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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 49.0mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||
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t-storm risk | mod. rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | t-storm risk | some clouds | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | clear | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | |
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mm | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 4 |
max °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
min °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
chill °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
Humid % | 75 | 89 | 83 | 89 | 87 | 89 | 92 | 87 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 88 | 84 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 76 |
Freeze m | 4750 | 4900 | 4850 | 4700 | 4750 | 4750 | 4700 | 4700 | 4650 | 4700 | 4800 | 4900 | 5050 | 5000 | 5050 | 5000 | 5050 | 5100 |
 | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — |
 | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:19 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Week 3 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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