Zao Now: Thursday 11th February 2016
- Feb 11, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 366cm
Posted on Thursday 11th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Lots of cloud around this morning but blue sky as well.
It's a national holiday here (National Foundation Day) and so there will be a lot of day-trippers coming up to have a day skiing, though perhaps not as busy as a weekend... we'll see. Seems to be a lot of people around early on though.
Sun is forecast for tomorrow and then - as with most places it seems - a real warm up for the weekend. And very possibly rain.
Come Monday we should be back to winter-like cold once again with snow expected on Monday and Tuesday.
Recommendation - plan accordingly!
All planned lifts are operating this morning.
The Karamatsu pair lift does not operate on weekdays but is running today because it is a national holiday here in Japan.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 125cm
Chuo: 160cm
Paradise: 140cm
Uwanodai: 115cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 366cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 37cm observed on 9 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.