Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
- Mar 3, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 1219cm
Posted on Tuesday 3rd March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from a lovely bright and sunny Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma.
Almost clear blue skies early on this morning, just a bit of very thin cloud here and there giving it a lighter blue look.
It actually seems to have got a bit hazier looking in the 30 minutes since I started putting this report together. Cloud is actually expected to move in by late morning or early afternoon, but no snow (or rain) forecast.
The 2cm I am putting in the report is from yesterday afternoon... no new snow overnight, just a frosting on the car. Kagura are also reporting 5cm of snow since yesterday.
It is a chilly start to the day but forecast to warm up to maybe around +7C this afternoon.
There doesn't feel like much of a wind down here in town but GALA Yuzawa are saying that they will be closed today due to strong winds forecasts up there. No word of closure from Kagura as I write this...
Not really much in terms of snowfall on the forecast at the moment, Thursday looking like the best chance though as the forecast stands right now we probably can't expect anything major.
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It's the 63rd Yuzawa Onsen Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival) this coming Saturday with the main event from 5pm until 9pm. Lots of festival like events going on ending with fireworks at 8:50pm. Should be fun. There's no shortage of snow this season of course, but would be good we get some fresh snow that the snow sculpting folk can get to work with.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
450cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
320cm
Iwappara:
250cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
280cm
Kagura:
370cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
360cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
380cm (upper)
240cm (lower)
Naeba:
280cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
301cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
300cm (Kogen)
250cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
235cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 3rd March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1219cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 12cm reported on 2 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.