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Zao Now: Thursday 15th December 2016

  • Dec 15, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata


New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 69cm

Posted on Thursday 15th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


Morning from Zao Onsen and I have just under 15cm of fresh snow to report from down here at base. Nice, that should be a bit more higher up and make for some good conditions on the runs that are open.


Opening remains unchanged this morning.


Snow is forecast over today and tomorrow though not much after that through into early next week and so we'd really like a lot over the next 48 hours please.



Zao Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Thursday 15th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 69cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (on 15th December) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 58cm observed on 8 days




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