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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #312
Weekly Snow News for North America, updated 30 April 2026: Palisades gains a fortnight of extra skiing after 80" (2m) of April snow, while Arapahoe Basin shocks with an unusually early closure.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 01 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 31.0mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the WNW on Fri night, light winds from the S by Sun afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Wed afternoon, min -1°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Mon night, calm by Wed afternoon). | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | Wednesday 6 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light snow | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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18 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
min °C | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
-3 | -6 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -9 | -6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | |
93 | 83 | 58 | 36 | 61 | 79 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 86 | 78 | 55 | 34 | 48 | 69 | 71 | |
2400 | 2700 | 3050 | 3400 | 3000 | 2850 | 4100 | 4000 | 3400 | 2400 | 1750 | 2800 | 3300 | 3300 | 3400 | 3250 | |
 | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:39 | — | — | 4:37 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:32 | — |
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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 May has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Minowa at the specific elevation of 1500 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Minowa. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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