Zao Now: Sunday 15th February 2015
- Feb 15, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 530cm
Posted on Sunday 15th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Very cold night last night with the wind and today wind is a factor - some lifts stopped today due to winds including the Sky Cable Gondola, though the other Ropeways seems to be moving.
More fresh snow on the ground though so wind aside it's great conditions.
Cloud forecast for this afternoon and perhaps some sun tomorrow and Tuesday. Next snowfall due from around Wednesday.
Winter continues!
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 245cm
Chuo: 210cm
Paradise: 215cm
Uwanodai: 155cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 530cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 111cm 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.