It was good to see some sunshine yesterday. It was bright and kind of hazy.

Rain varied yesterday - easing off at times during the day time - and then got heavier in the evening.

It's more clear blue skies, sunshine and warmth this morning.

It's more clear blue skies, sunshine and warmth this morning.

The sun is out, but it's windy this morning.

We did get some rain in the afternoon yesterday but perhaps we should be happy that it held off until later on.

We have clear skies above Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma again this morning and the sun is out.

Clouds all around this morning with the threat of rain - and some spots of rain already started. We're hoping that it won't last long, as per forecasts.

The rain only started in the afternoon yesterday but it did rain quite heavily in the evening.

Lots of sunshine yesterday and we are forecast more sun today. Early on there is a lot of cloud around again.

After the brightness of yesterday, it's an overcast and grey start to the day today.

The rain that was forecast (and unfortunately we got) yesterday turned into snow later on and it is nice to see a layer of white this morning.

And Nature has presented us with a nice gift for the beginning of the weekend... 5-10cm of fresh snow on the ground.

More incoming fresh snow yesterday and overnight, measuring 9cm in total.