And yes, rain happened. This morning it is raining lightly and it's a rather warm 5 degrees here in Hirafu village area.

Yesterday I said how today is expected to be warmer still. And it definitely is. 5C on the thermometer outside right now and for the moment it's just cloudy. Rain is definitely on the cards though in lower areas at least.

Ah a clear Sunday morning. As good as it is to have snow falling most days, it's really nice to have clearer days every now and again. And it's a lovely morning here in the Niseko area and we can actually see the mountains.

Just a trace of new (wet-type) snow on the ground to report this morning, but it has been snowing lightly early on. As I type this, eased off. Around 0C at the moment.

10cm or so of new snow to report from Hirafu this morning and with Niseko Grand Hirafu's resort snow depth increasing a fair bit to an impressive 520cm, we can of course expect more snow on the mountain. 520cm in the middle of March. It's pretty good isn't it.

Back to colder conditions once again this morning in Niseko and right now it is around -5C.

The resorts are calling it snow or sleet - and I have no reason to doubt them of course, and a look at the webcams shows it to be the case - but here at village level it has been raining. The temperatures is just nudging over into the positives and it feels rather mild.

Just a few cm of new snowfall to report this morning and feeling milder than the same time yesterday. At the moment it is borderline 0 degrees and light snow is falling, wet variety. Hopefully we will avoid it getting too... wet.

Colder again this morning at -6C now, and lots of new snow in the Hirafu area. 15-20cm or so of it, and undoubtedly more on the mountain.

5-10cm of new snow this morning to report since yesterday here from my vantage point in the Hirafu village area.

It's a snowy and windy start to the day - it's one of those days when it is difficult to put a number on it because the wind has been blowing it all around.

Another morning with no new snowfall to report, though the snow depth for Hirafu has risen by 10cm since yesterday. It did actually snow yesterday for a while after starting off raining.

No new snowfall to report since yesterday from the Niseko area.

I had fun out there yesterday and was a bit surprised to find some fairly deep untouched snow out in places. Was good.