The Snow Is Back In Japan – Chasing Sea Effect Storms

A major sea effect snow outbreak is hitting many parts of Honshu Japan – I’ve been out and about in Niigata prefecture hunting it down!

Yeah you know that good morning from the mioko national park in nigata Japan the sea effects snow as here and it is due to last for the next 36 to 48 hours in the mountainous areas in land which is where I am now the uh forecasting agency have

Said areas can expect up to you know 1.7 m that’s over 70 Ines of snow during this event now we’re in an alino winter here in Japan which typically sees much less snow than usual so big CA effect dumps like this are really appre appreciated not only by snow fans like

Me but the local uh you know snow Sports industry the travel industry a lot of people depend on this snow every year for their livelihoods all the uh amazing rice and uh sake which you get from this region it’s such high quality because of all this snow that falls and then melts

In the spring uh irrigates the land and creates really high quality uh agricultural projects products rice so yeah it’s it’s good to see the snow falling it’s nice to be out in it again I’m going to head down to the coast after this and see if I can intercept

Some snow squalls right there on the beach where the the winds come howling in off the ocean but yeah this is a very very beautiful and welcome site an exquisitly beautiful Coastline and all the heat that’s trapped in the ocean Ki kicking up this convection over there and that’s the

Next line of snow squirrs be here in about 15 minutes 10 minutes probably but absolutely stunning is