Back on Monday Tokyo was hit by up to 9 inches of snow making it their biggest snowfall since 2014 while FEET of snow continues to pile into the central Alps west of the city due to ongoing arctic winds blowing across the Sea of Japan.
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Tokyo hit by heaviest snow since 2014 https://t.co/9Rch5Ly7Dl pic.twitter.com/zzSCUrnOWu
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) January 22, 2018
After #Tokyo's heaviest #snow in 4 years, feet of sea-effect snow will hammer parts of Japan this week: https://t.co/NXV8mSwfYD pic.twitter.com/fNKsLBbsZ0
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) January 25, 2018
To the west of the city, the Alps will see several feet of sea effect snowfall.
Credit: weather.com
In the wake of the heavy snowfall, skies cleared out and temps plummeted into the -20s C in the mountains but -4C in metro Tokyo this morning. That -4C happens to be the city’s coldest morning since 1970!
• -4°C in #Tokyo today (at 6:20 am)
• The last time it was this cold in #Japan's capital was Jan. 17, 1970https://t.co/9enheaRWgX— Kjeld Duits (@KjeldDuits) January 25, 2018
#kantowx Temps 7am – cooold morning. -4C recorded at Tokyo metro, it's been 48 years since the last obs of the value. pic.twitter.com/hha5S4bioE
— Weather Mizumoto (@hepomodeler) January 24, 2018
Froid au #Japon, qq records au sud-ouest de l'île d'Hokkaidō dans des stations ouvertes depuis 40 ans (-24.9°C Ōtaki, -22.1° Makkari, -16.2° Setana)
Aussi -4.0°C rare à #Tokyo, où il n'avait pas fait si #froid depuis 1970 il y a 48 ans ! mais record absolu de -9.2°C le 13-01-1876 pic.twitter.com/9IVsEDnCYj— Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) January 25, 2018
Himawari-8 image at 3pm – cold blow in full swinging, severe snowstorm battering San'in, Hokuriku through Hokkaido. #japanwx pic.twitter.com/5JopZ4PDVm
— Weather Mizumoto (@hepomodeler) January 24, 2018
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Yuji Nakamura @ynakamura56
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