It is snowing heavily and the snow is forecast to continue through the day.

Yesterday was very warm and the snow turned to spring conditions. Today is a return to colder conditions and a good top up of fresh snow.

It is a mild morning with the temperature already -1c and heading for a high of +2c.

Winter is back with us and there is snow forecast for the next 7 days.

Furano received a storm front yesterday that lasted through until evening. That has now passed and today is fine weather.

We received a full day of rain yesterday along with mild temperatures. By evening this turned the roads and footpaths around town into very slippery surfaces.

It is a nice clear morning over the resort with a mild start of -7c.

It looks like a great morning up on the resort with moderate snow falling and 10cm of fresh on the ground.

It is a nice bright start to the morning. There was blue sky earlier on but it has clouded over.

It is snowing very lightly and the fine snowflakes amount to 2cm on the ground.

There is cloud hanging over the resort and the upper half of the mountain is well into that cloud.

It is snowing lightly with 9cm of new snow to report today.

Furano was hit by a major snow front on Tuesday and Wednesday. That has delivered a total of 39cm of light dry powder at town level.

It is a very warm morning. Already the temperature is -2c and this will be the high for the day.