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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 04 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri night, fresh winds from the ENE by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||
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PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | t-storm risk | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
min °C | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
chill °C | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
Humid % | 83 | 47 | 73 | 83 | 77 | 89 | 76 | 83 | 67 | 94 | 80 | 85 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 83 | 71 |
Freeze m | 5650 | 5700 | 5550 | 5600 | 5450 | 5350 | 5400 | 5350 | 5250 | 5200 | 5150 | 5100 | 5150 | 5150 | 5050 | 5050 | 5000 |
 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — |
 | 6:45 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:40 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:38 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 1 of August has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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