Zao Now: Wednesday 12th December 2018
- Dec 12, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 41cm
Posted on Wednesday 12th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It was just cloudy earlier on, but it is raining very lightly just now as I write this (and the Chuo area that is open is reporting that too). It is a bit of a mild morning.
We did get some fresh snowfall overnight though with 11cm to add to the reports. Let's hope that rain turns back into snow pretty quickly - the forecast says that should happen.
No changes to resort operations for the moment.
Snow please!
Lifts and course info:
- Chuo Number 1
- Mikaeri pair
- Zao Ropeway
- Zao Chuo Ropeway
- Sky Cable
- Chuo course part open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 5cm (?!)
- Paradise area: 25cm
- Chuo area: 35cm
- Utopia area: 30cm
- Uwanodai area: 20cm
- Oomori area: 20cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 12th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 41cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (on 9th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 34cm observed on 5 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.