50cm. That's what Kagura are reporting this morning. A cool half m.

At one point in the late morning yesterday it felt light it might end up similar to the previous day, as the snow clouds cleared leaving us with a bit of blue sky and sun over the valley.

As you can see from the report, the day started off with a good new thick layer of snow and it was snowing and forecast to be snowing.

A very good cold and snowy morning from Yuzawa.

As expected we got some rain yesterday as temperatures remained fairly mild and not going down into negative numbers.

Just a few cm more to add from around the resorts since yesterday, though with another 10cm on my car during the day that's the number I'm adding below.

Resorts around town reporting 5cm of snow this morning - ranging from town level to Kagura.

Cloudy and sort of snowing on and off yesterday, and overnight too.

Kagura is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall overnight.

Here we are into 2014 already. Why does time seem to speed up so much once the winter season gets underway!

Yesterday saw those fine skies over the valley once again with cloud and even snow falling to the north in Niigata Prefecture.

The sun is out this morning! It's not supposed to be, but it is!

Light snow yesterday but it didn't amount to much during the day though in the evening the snow started falling with a bit more conviction.

So yesterday started off with lovely clear skies and mid morning there were some deep blues to enjoy, though quite quickly things changed and by lunchtime it was still bright but overcast.