Zao Now: Monday 15th February 2016
- Feb 15, 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 367cm
Posted on Monday 15th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Ah, it's good to see signs of winter returning after that strange and not very nice weekend.
Fairly cold this morning with a moderate wind and a dusting of snow on the slopes I would imagine - just 1cm here at base - but it is still snowing.
I would expect some board-rattling conditions this morning so we'd like a nice soft fluffy layer on top of that please.
Sadly due to the weather attacking our lovely ice monsters and affecting their conditions, the night time light up evening service is not operating now... officially 'for the time being'. Will we see it back up and running?
I suppose it will all depend on the weather and what snow we get from now. We are due light snow today and tomorrow with forecast heavier snow around Wednesday.
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 15th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 367cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 38cm observed on 10 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.