The good news is that it is not raining this morning. We have started the day with cloudy conditions. It was a very warm evening with temperatures keeping above 10 degrees in town. That was after the very warm day that we had yesterday - up to 16 degrees in Yuzawa!

So it's not raining or snowing at the moment but by this afternoon it probably will be - and in that order lower down and up on the mountains. Hopefully by tonight or overnight it will be snow even in town. It's going to be borderline though because while temperatures are due to fall, whether they can far enough or not is another matter. We'll just have to see.

There's a fairly strong wind in places as well and that seems to be affecting some lifts over at Kagura/Naeba. More on that in the Naeba Now report for today.

After the warmth we can only expect spring snow conditions out there of course. Better the higher you go, but still even at higher elevations conditions were quite heavy out there yesterday.

Official resort snow depths @ Saturday 31st March 12, AM:
Mt Naeba:
250cm
Kagura:
380cm
Kagura - Tashiro:
350cm
GALA Yuzawa:
350cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
300cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
245cm
Iwappara:
170cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
280cm
Yuzawa Park:
195cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
180cm
Ludens Yuzawa:
100cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama:
260cm
Centleisure Maiko:
335cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
200cm

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Update

Oh well, that didn't last long did it?!.... things have changed quickly, and the bad news is that it is now raining! We can just hope it turns into snow sooner than later.