Northern Hemisphere Weekly Snow News #329
Weekly Snow News for Northern Hemisphere, updated 27 August 2026: Alpine glaciers see light 10cm (4") top-ups and welcome sub-freezing nights, though ski areas remain closed.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 28 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Moderate rain (total 19.0mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||
Fri 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | clear | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
max °C | 16 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
min °C | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
chill °C | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
Humid % | 70 | 35 | 74 | 91 | 100 | 98 | 89 | 97 | 89 | 76 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 89 | 58 |
Freeze m | 4600 | 4800 | 4650 | 4800 | 5100 | 4900 | 5000 | 5050 | 5050 | 5100 | 5050 | 4950 | 4950 | 5050 | 5100 | 5300 | 5400 |
 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
 | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:07 | — |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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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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