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Grasshopper's Weekly Japan Forecast, Thursday January 16th – More Deep Powder Before the Weekend

High pressure builds over Japan on Saturday, allowing leftover snowfall to clear...

January 16, 2025
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potential for good snowfalls for southern British Columbia,...

January 9, 2025
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there’ll be heavy falls of the stuff as cold northwesterlies push down into th...

January 9, 2025
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A series of storms from the Pacific will first hit the northwest before pushing ...

January 2, 2025
Grasshopper's Weekly Japan Forecast, January 2nd, 2025 – Powder Tap Dries Up this Weekend, First Pacific Low of the Season Hits Early Next Week

on Wednesday, a cold northwesterly flow over Japan will bring moderate-heavy fal...

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RESORT	SNOW FORECAST
(7 DAYS FORECAST)
Hakkaisan	34 cm
Myoko Kogen	26 cm
Nozawa Onsen	20 cm
Hakuba	19 cm
Mount Naeba	18 cm
Kiroro	14 cm
Shizukuishi	12 cm
Niseko	12 cm
Okunakayama Kogen	12 cm
Tazawako	12 cm
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