we ev we are looking at over 2 meters of snowfall in many parts of niigata prefecture. on top of that, more than 3 meters of snowfall is expected in the hokuriku region. and snowfall will also increase in hokkaido and the tohoku region, as we go into the next couple of days. the heaviest snowfall will be seen in the sea of japan side of the country. but some snowfall will also spread into the pacific side of the country. even low areas may get some snowfall. sapporo will continue to see snowy and windy days, as we go into the weekend. meanwhile, tokyo on the dry side as we go into monday. but temperatures will be in the single digits. many parts of northeast asia are dealing with the coldest temperatures of the season, on friday morning. cold weather will persist in beijing, shanghai, and seoul, on friday. but a warming trend is expected as we go into the next week. a little moisture from the pacific will produce persistent showers along the western seaboard of british colombia, all the way down to northern california for the next couple days. we have already had copiou

hundreds of vehicles remain stuck on a main road in niigata prefecture. 0ne driver said he was trappedeaten snow after running out of food and water. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. the first week of 2021 certainly has been a cold and wintry one with temperatures well below average in some of us have seen some sleet and some snow around too. a bit of sunshine picture ta ken on wednesday afternoon in county durham. for the coming few days, no great change in the general theme to the weather. interesting cold with further ice and snow for some of us and also some freezing fog to contend with and things will eventually start to turn a little bit milder and the weekend but before we get start to turn a little bit milder in the weekend but before we get there, we are still in this cold air. during wednesday, during wednesday, it was piling in from the north and direction, provide a weak weather frontjust pushing its way into the northwest and through thursday morning, it'll bring some snow to parts of scotland into the far north of england and several