It is a colder start to the day today with the temperature in village going down to around +2 degrees overnight.

Today is going to be a fine day I predict. Not only with the weather - lovely clear blue skies - but also the fine new layer of snow.

Some more snow to report from Hakuba this morning. Just a frosting and thin layer in base areas, but more up on the mountains.

Warm it was yesterday though it did chill down overnight. But very warm it will be today.

Interesting this morning. Quite cool and now about 7 degrees at Happo base and 5 degrees up at Usagidaira @ 1400m.

It got very overcast by the end of the day yesterday and this morning there's a lot of cloud lingering about.

Fresh snow! Yes, a few cm of fresh snowfall here in Hakuba this morning and resorts around the valley reporting up to 10cm of new snow on upper slopes (see below). Hurray!

After the very warm spring of yesterday, this morning we are back for a short blast of more winter like conditions in Hakuba.

After the very warm spring of yesterday, this morning we are back for a short blast of more winter like conditions in Hakuba.

Some wild weather conditions yesterday and lots of variation too. After the storm, rain, wind, fog and cloud, we ended the say with lots of blue sky above Hakuba village and the sun making a late appearance.

We have had a bit of rain this morning in Hakuba, both in village and up on the mountain apparently. It's a bit of a mixed bag already today actually as now the rain has eased off, the sun is out and there's quite a lot of blue sky.

Light snow falling on and off yesterday on the mountain, with variable visibility as clouds moved in and out of the area and over the slopes.

So yesterday we started off with those lovely blue skies. As often happens some thin clouds started to form early afternoon and we ended up with overcast skies by the time the lifts had closed for the day.

So yesterday we had that lovely bluebird start to the day.