talk about winter weather and conditions that have been spiraling here you see those clouds east of hokkaida. it has been building up all that white stuff. pictures coming out of there to show you the situation, first of all. this is what's happening there. broke previous record for the 24-hour snowfall amounts in that region due to persistent snow that has been sitting off the east coast pumping heavy snow. as you can see, personnel were deployed in the town to help residents dig out after the snow covered homes and businesses. so people are still trying to recover from this blizzard conditions, which is still an ongoing event. gusts are reaching 100 kilometers per hour. more than three meters in the sea of japan side. winter pressure pattern is very intensified and also it's bringing that pacific area dry. so it's a typical event. people are used to it in hokkaido. woo ear likely to see 30 sent meres additional snowfall. certainly both combined are likely to lower visibility. dangerous conditions will in fact, continue on. high pressure system dominates much of the rest of this continent a