Cloudy (and some limited visibility in places) yesterday - in the town region, anyway - with some spots of rain in the evening.

So, a bright and sunny day of the hazy kind yesterday and warm too. It warmed up to just over 20C in town, as expected.

From today just two ski areas in Yuzawa remain open - GALA Yuzawa and Kagura.

After that partial clear up yesterday morning, the clouds were back and we endured some at times heavy rain at times later on.

It is Monday morning and we start the week with cloudy/overcast skies.

Well, the grey and rather miserable weather down in town continues this morning.

Yesterday there was some blue sky and sunshine by late morning, but we are back to cloudy skies this morning.