The winds are still with us but should be less intense than yesterday.

Christmas day was warm and wet. Temperatures went up to +6c, and that combined with heavy rain.

Merry white Christmas from Furano. As predicted the rain arrived and it definitely is a front of heavy rain, at the moment anyway.

It is a warm morning at -2c and the town temperature should rise to a high of 0c.

It is another cold -9c morning here in the town and the temperature is set to top out at a not warm -6c.

There is no snow falling now but there is 7cm of new snow on the ground that sneaked in there over night.

It is a very cold start to the morning with the thermometer sitting at -10c, but the good news it is a very nice clear morning.

The skies will likely be high overcast today with some light snow falling, however for now we have blue above and brilliant sunshine.

It is snowing moderately here in the village right at the moment.

There are a few snow flakes lofting down very slowly with no wind around.

The big news today is that the resort will open up part of the Kitanomine Zone.

The key word this morning is wind. There were very strong winds overnight and they are still blowing strongly around the village.

There is a light breeze in the village this morning causing snow that has built up on the white birch trees to fall off occasionally, leaving a puff of powder in the air.

The sun is out on this very chilly -11c morning. Overnight there has been 11cm of new snow.