No official snow reports out yet, but we got very little snow since yesterday--just a light dusting.

The day started with some continuing light snow, after the most perfect snowflakes late last night--big, sparkly star-like flakes that probably meant great powder this morning (while I sit at my desk---grrr--but I'm out in a few minutes).

It's a sunny, cold day today. Colder than I think some of the resorts are showing; I had -9°C in the car (which is surprisingly accurate), -8°C on the outside digital thermometer.

Snow! Lots of snow! It's very 'Myoko' out there this morning, with heavy snowfall, delayed trains and people heading out early to try and get back to the big cities. Meaning a great day for the powderhounds.

Oh, people; snow is the norm. Snow is what we want. Sun is something we may or may not see once or twice a month. We want it to just keep on falling.

A sushi run down to Joetsu, on the Japan Sea, had us pretty excited last night--blasting snow obscuring vision (OK, if a little too much wind).

Heading for the hills today, so a quick report before I run! The ski resorts haven't released data yet, but it's a bit mild (right around 0°C) with some moderate to strong winds from the west.

The snow is falling again - just in time to cover the icy chunks left over from the rain and the following high winds and increasing cold.

After the rain of yesterday we awoke to some snow this morning. Not a huge amount but definitely better than rain. (Isn't everything!?) The day started off with light snow but at the moment it's just cloudy.

I was going to wait a bit before writing today's report, because today can't decide what kind of a day it's going to be.

The rain is gone! Wind and a dusting of snow followed during the night, so it's not wet and nasty (even if the snow isn't that great just yet).

A day for ski....videos, maybe. Actually, the rain isn't falling that hard, and people are out there having fun. The wind isn't blowing as hard as was predicted--yet--so it's not a terrible day. Just not great.

None of the resorts have submitted snow reports today--maybe busy doing those end-of-the-month billings and reporting--but I'll give you the officially, me-observed data for the last day of January.

It looked like it might be getting sunny early in the morning, but the light snow turned back on again, so hopefully there will be a little fresh powder out there (we could use a little reset in places).