Ski area reporting 10cm and friend reporting 6cm. That's not as much as we thought, but some proper decent snow is still due later and over the next few days.

The snow did ease off yesterday and this morning early cloud cover is breaking up to bring with it some sunshine.

Not as much snow as we were told to expect, but around 15-20cm all the same. There's a bit of wind this morning and visibility is rather limited with continued snow.

I was expecting more this morning, just a few cm really, but the snow has started and should be continuing through the day and into tomorrow - with heavy snow due tonight.

Right now there's blue sky (less than before) and cloud (more than before). About 5cm of snow from overnight and the chance of some more during the day, and a better chance of more later on tomorrow.

This Monday morning is starting with a lot of cloud around and quite limited visibility in places, but we are still expecting some sun today - as unlikely as it may seem right now.

Cloud and light snow due this morning but right now it's just cloudy.

Snow started falling about an hour ago and now it's due to set in and we should be getting some cm during the day today and into tomorrow as well.

There's quite a lot of blue sky above our mountain here in Madarao, and a fair amount of cloud looking away from the mountain - for now.

Catching a bit of breath now after all that snow. There's actually some lovely blue skies now as we probably enter a period of calmer and brighter, clearer weather.

Phew. Bit mad out there at the moment. Loads of snow and poor visibility continues.

It's really snowing hard as I write this. Coming down fast and visibility is suitably poor too because of it. Cold too. Care really needed in these conditions.

It's a mostly cloudy start this morning with snow easing off. There are some breaks in the cloud over on the Tangram side of the mountain as I write this.

Morning from Nagano. Yes, I'm away from Madarao just now, but had a call with my friend over there and official sources to get the info.