Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 5th February 2013
- Feb 5, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 486cm
Weather overview Cloudy, light snow
Wind
Light to moderate wind
Temperature -1C base / -8C top
Visibility
Fair to poor
Posted at 9:43am on Tuesday 5th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Rain, rain. Yes we got more than our fair share of it yesterday. Back in Minamiuonuma last night it was really pounding down as well. Can't have done us any favours and this morning the snow depth numbers of the resorts are mostly taking a dip. Let's try to get past that....
Overnight, the rain turned into snow and this morning just 1-2cm or so around town areas and up to 10cm on higher elevations. Very light snow is continuing to fall this morning though it's not the kind that will have new cm piling up. Grey clouds all around and the forecast is actually just for cloud for the day. It is currently -1C in Yuzawa town area and definitely feels colder than yesterday.
It's not too windy in town but higher up wind is causing problems at the Naeba areas - the Dragondola is closed today along with the Tashiro area of Kagura. Mitsumata Ropeway is open, with Kagura up until the main quad lift there.
Hopefully we have the rain behind us now and we can get back to snow. Maybe some overnight and then on Friday again and Sunday too. So it looks like it will be on and off in the coming few days.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Tuesday 5th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 486cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 8cm reported on 3 days December 2012 snowfall 217cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 254cm reported on 19 days February 2013 snowfall 7cm 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.