Woken up by some strong wind this morning and unfortunately now that I'm up I can confirm that it is raining outside at the moment - quite heavy rain actually. The good news is that it seems to be snowing higher up - Kagura and Tashiro are reporting snow while it's raining at the car parks, at the Mitsumata area and also here in Naeba. We're hoping that as the day moves on it will be snow there too sooner than later. If and when the rain changes to snow around town - who knows? Let's crossing those fingers.

A high of around 4 degrees is forecast for the day. We should be seeing it snowing later on today and also tomorrow as well. Temperatures should be dropping again tonight, tomorrow and into Monday so there is potential. I'll let you know how it goes in the report tomorrow tomorrow.

For now though it's a bit of a wet start at resorts around town, with snow falling at higher altitudes so the better conditions as you get higher.

Official resort snow depths @ Friday 23rd March 12, AM:
Mt Naeba:
280cm
Kagura:
380cm
Kagura - Tashiro:
350cm
GALA Yuzawa:
370cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
315cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
270cm
Iwappara:
205cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
310cm
Yuzawa Park:
210cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
200cm
Ludens Yuzawa:
180cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama:
290cm
Centleisure Maiko:
380cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
220cm