14th looking the goods at this stage.It's certainly not winter yet!!!
Around Tokyo, it's been sort of 8-11 degrees and rain/drizzle the last few days.... more like England than Tokyo!!!
Fri / Sat looking more like early winter for a couple of days: Clear and 4-11 degrees and 4-12 degrees forecast.
In the mix, looks like the first late autumn step on 3rd/4th Dec for central Japan, with rain /snow mix in Niigata city, and freeze levels down to around 500m. The early winter step change possibly coming around the 14th Dec.
Bases can come overnight here !its late this year ..
Ill be in Niseko around Dec 16 , glad i booked up north .. but they are not open yet , but do have a base..
It's not late.its late this year ..
Ill be in Niseko around Dec 16 , glad i booked up north .. but they are not open yet , but do have a base..
Not really, as the weather gurus will tell you, very hard to pick these localized falls. I'm in the habit of doing the old 10X when it comes to sites such as Snow Forecast and other aggregating sites, which are indicative but not really accurate. Then there are some very real variations valley to valley and district to district, not to mention between Hokkaido and Honshu and within various prefectures in Honshu. Once the switch is flicked, it becomes less geographically varied but still has many localized variations. For my first 10 years in Hokkaido, I rarely bothered to check the weather. Its Hokkaido, its winter, it snows!amazing im obviously looking at the wrong Nippon forecast sites.
I still have my car up hereSome heavy snow forecast tonight for central resorts. Nice!
Hmmm....I still have my car up hereRain for a couple of days after , so SHOULD be ok ????
Good till Wednesday.Thoughts Honshu ?
Still have my car up here ...it's good till about 40cms
Yep. Copping it in Furano, also snowing heavily in Tomamu.smashing down by the looks of some cams in hokkaido..
https://www.snowjapan.com/japan-daily-snow-weather-reports/webcam-kiroro-snow-world-hokkaido
Light winds this arvo, and no fetch.I thought Honshu would be colder by now (today).
Early season the main reason it doesn't penetrate, is that it's more often from the west. Even if it's strong, a westerly will rake the coast along Niigata & Nagano. The exception is Happo and Goryu/47 at Hakuba where the westerly pushes hard over the high peaks and they get blow over snow.... and to some extent at Myoko Suginohara, which is on the southern flank of Mt Myoko.the moisture hasn't penetrated that much inland in places like niigata or nagano.... I am guessing thats because the winds are not that strong yet
The temps are starting to dip below freezing so once the moisture hits, it should be snow rather than rain
Early season the main reason it doesn't penetrate, is that it's more often from the west. Even if it's strong, a westerly will rake the coast along Niigata & Nagano. The exception is Happo and Goryu/47 at Hakuba where the westerly pushes hard over the high peaks and they get blow over snow.... and to some extent at Myoko Suginohara, which is on the southern flank of Mt Myoko.
And of course, the resorts of Gifu face west, so they cop snow on a westerly.
This is a good record of that. last 48 hours snowfall:The westerlies are also usually good for northern Honshu (Tohoku)
This is a good record of that. last 48 hours snowfall:
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The snow to the bottom is in Gifu, and next to right(ESE of Toyama) are the mountains west of Hakuba and to the east of the resorts in Gifu. Just to the NE(just north of Nagano city) is a tiny patch where Mt Myoko is located.
Then you have Tohoku, when most of the snow has been around Yamagata.
And snow in Hokkaido mainly in central Hokkaido, but more recently around the Niseko region.
The baron! Good timing. On slopes 26th.21st December for Honshu
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He's back
Will be 21st December this year imoWhen does the winter ‘switch’ usually turn on for Honshu?
Honshu is a big island.......depends where.When does the winter ‘switch’ usually turn on for Honshu?
Central Japan, usually between 15th & 20th December.When does the winter ‘switch’ usually turn on for Honshu?
Central Japan, usually between 15th & 20th December.