Author: vc-dev

Today’s lowest temperature was -16°c at Visiter center.
It is freezing.
It is perfect day to see “Frost flower” as shown in the picture.

We sometimes call “Snow flower”, “Ice flower”.
It is so amazing.
Look at the second picture, please.
This is “Yuki makuri” .
Wind makes snowball.

We will tell about these natural phenomena in Center new Mar.25.
In Center news Jan.25 we will tell about looking back 2020.

Information
Center lecture will start tomorrow.
We have winter nature lecture on Saturdays and on Sundays until Feb 28th.
More information, please check on our website.
We are waiting for your visiting.

There is a snow storm in Sounkyo.
Sometimes strong wind blows, it is bad weather.
Yesterday we got 26cm snow (Meteorological Agency said)
Today we have already got more than 10cm snow.
This year’s amount of snowfall is 85cm.That is 110% comparing with last year.
Big snow is expected to remain unchanged.
In this weekend the temperature will rize.
It is very hard to forecast.

Every day it is freezing in Sounkyo
Today’s temperature was -15°c at Sounkyo visiter center.
Weather forecast says that it will be -20°c, become warm in weekend.
(Beware of snow falling from roof.)

When in the freezing morning, we can see window frost
When water vapor in the air freezes, Window frost is made.
It is one of ice crystal. It has many pattern like a needle, like a feather, like a branch, like a fan.
Window frost needs under -6~10°c.
Water vapor around window is chilled by out side air of window very quickly, and becomes ice. Ice joins another ice crystals, it becomes bigger.
At last window frost becomes beautiful geometric pattern.

When we find window frost , We think “This morning is really cold.”.
If window frost is very big and wide , the temperature must be under -15°c

We wish you a Happy New Year.
We look forward to your continued good will in the coming year.
Thank you for many people that visited our center, took part in our lecture, watched our website.
We try to help people about studying nature and to experiencing in nature.
Also we try to make people to interest in nature.

It has been snow storm since early morning.
But in a few days it is very calm.

We hope this year will be calm weather and have no natural disasters.