Zao Now: Wednesday 10th February 2016
- Feb 10, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 365cm
Posted on Wednesday 10th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from a snowy Zao where it has been coming down at quite the rate at times this morning.
There's 8cm of fresh to report and more coming down now.
This snowfall is probably going to ease off today and over the next few days some sunshine is forecast. Warmth and rain is still a possibility for Saturday - here as in many places through Japan by the looks of things - so the weekend is not looking good unless the forecast changes. Fingers crossed for that.
Next few days should be good though.
All planned lifts are operating this morning.
The Karamatsu pair lift does not operate on weekdays.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 125cm
Chuo: 160cm
Paradise: 140cm
Uwanodai: 115cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 10th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 365cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 19th January) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 211cm observed on 25 days February 2016 snowfall 36cm observed on 8 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.