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Zao Now daily snow and weather - Saturday 31st March 2018

Zao Now (Archive Report)

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ARCHIVE REPORT: Posted at 9:06am on Saturday 31st March 2018
Current weather conditions
Observed fresh snowfall
weather condition
Fine weather 		Base temp:
2°C

Top temp:
-1°C
Precipitation Wind Visibility
precipitation condition
None 		wind condition
Light westerly 		visibility condition
Very good
This report
Saturday 31st March 2018, 9:06am 		0cm
Friday 30th March 2018, 9:20am 0cm
Thursday 29th March 2018, 10:10am 0cm
Wednesday 28th March 2018, 6:18am 0cm
Monday 26th March 2018, 12:09pm 0cm
Sunday 25th March 2018, 14:01pm 0cm
Saturday 24th March 2018, 7:40am 0cm
Last 7 reports (total): 0cm
Last 14 reports (total): 8cm
Current month (March 2018) total: 24cm
2017/2018 season so far total: 753cm

Archive report: Posted at 9:06am on Saturday 31st March 2018
The latest Zao Now report can be found here

It was actually rather cold overnight and early this morning.

The sun is out though with no wind and so it will be warming up today and further still tomorrow and early in the week.

Zao Onsen hopes to remain part open until Sunday 6th May. From Monday until the end of the season, I plan to post a few update reports each week until the ski lifts stop for the season.

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Lifts and course info:

The following course areas have now closed for the season:

- Kotan
- Diamond Valley
- Ryuzan
- Karamatsu
- Sunrise (remains part open)

The following lifts have now closed for the season:

- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Diamond Number 2 pair
- Onsen Number 3 Parallel AB
- Onsen Number 4 quad
- Zao Kokutai pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Sunrise pair AB

Official snow depths:

- Summit area: 150cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 165cm
- Uwanodai area: 75cm
- Oomori area: 55cm

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Zao Onsen forecast:

Zao Onsen 6-day snow and weather forecast

Archive report: Posted at 9:06am on Saturday 31st March 2018
The latest Zao Now report can be found here

Zao Now ski lift operation notes:

See main report above

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  2017/2018
*as of Saturday 31st March 2018 		2016/2017
Season		 2015/2016
Season
31st March 0cm 0cm 0cm
30th March 0cm 0cm 0cm
29th March 0cm 0cm -
28th March 0cm 4cm 0cm
26th March 0cm 0cm 0cm
25th March 0cm 4cm 3cm
24th March 0cm 3cm 0cm
Previous 7 days total 0cm 20cm 3cm
Previous 14 days total 8cm 27cm 3cm
November observed snowfall total 66cm 11cm 22cm
December observed snowfall total 193cm 98cm 96cm
January observed snowfall total 275cm 241cm 211cm
February observed snowfall total 195cm 105cm 83cm
March observed snowfall total 24cm 65cm 45cm
April observed snowfall total - 0cm 3cm
May observed snowfall total - 0cm -
Season observed snowfall total 753cm 520cm 460cm
Zao Now observed snowfall data: Monthly and annual accumulation
The data displayed is correct up to and including Saturday 31st March 2018
This table shows the amount of observed snowfall recorded the Zao Now reports for each month and total season accumulation
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  October November December January February March April May
2018/2019 season - - - - - - - -
2017/2018 season - 66cm
[66cm] 		193cm
[259cm] 		275cm
[534cm] 		195cm
[729cm] 		24cm
[753cm] 		- -
2016/2017 season - 11cm
[11cm] 		98cm
[109cm] 		241cm
[350cm] 		105cm
[455cm] 		65cm
[520cm] 		0cm
[520cm] 		0cm
[520cm]
2015/2016 season - 22cm
[22cm] 		96cm
[118cm] 		211cm
[329cm] 		83cm
[412cm] 		45cm
[457cm] 		3cm
[460cm] 		-
2014/2015 season - 20cm
[20cm] 		281cm
[301cm] 		118cm
[419cm] 		181cm
[600cm] 		103cm
[703cm] 		0cm
[703cm] 		0cm
[703cm]
2013/2014 season - 12cm
[12cm] 		179cm
[191cm] 		111cm
[302cm] 		166cm
[468cm] 		107cm
[575cm] 		4cm
[579cm] 		0cm
[579cm]
2012/2013 season - 3cm
[3cm] 		150cm
[153cm] 		243cm
[396cm] 		218cm
[614cm] 		21cm
[635cm] 		22cm
[657cm] 		0cm
[657cm]
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Friday 30th March 2018, 9:20am 0cm
Thursday 29th March 2018, 10:10am 0cm
Wednesday 28th March 2018, 6:18am 0cm
Monday 26th March 2018, 12:09pm 0cm
Sunday 25th March 2018, 14:01pm 0cm
Saturday 24th March 2018, 7:40am 0cm
Friday 23rd March 2018, 7:40am 4cm
Thursday 22nd March 2018, 11:06am 4cm
Wednesday 21st March 2018, 9:32am 0cm
Tuesday 20th March 2018, 7:48am 0cm
Monday 19th March 2018, 7:15am 0cm
Sunday 18th March 2018, 12:40pm 0cm
Saturday 17th March 2018, 13:24pm 0cm
Friday 16th March 2018, 12:22pm 0cm
Thursday 6th April 2017, 9:16am 0cm
Monday 3rd April 2017, 8:43am 0cm
Sunday 2nd April 2017, 7:56am 0cm
Friday 31st March 2017, 8:57am 0cm
Thursday 30th March 2017, 11:03am 0cm
Wednesday 29th March 2017, 8:41am 0cm
Tuesday 28th March 2017, 9:58am 4cm
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