Author Archives: Matt

In the last few days the forecasts have started to look more promising in Nozawa. Snow is forecast on Sunday the 14th and again the following Wednesday/Thursday. The falls are [...]

After a sprinkle of snow a few days ago Nozawa has enjoyed a couple of beautiful fine days with freeze/thaw conditions on the mountain. This has been thanks to a [...]

In the last couple of days the forecast has changed somewhat. The system approaching from the south has tracked further to the east and Nozawa should see a small amount [...]

Well the last week of weather has been fairly disappointing for Nozawa. The forecast snow last Thursday didn’t materialise and although nearby Hakuba had a great dump it bypassed Nozawa [...]

From http://www.jma.go.jp/en/mesh20/ Matthew Walkington is a pilot, aviation meteorology tutor, and long time weather enthusiast. He has visited Nozawa twice. He will be writing regular weather updates for Nagano Go [...]