Zao Now: Monday 16th February 2015
- Feb 16, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 532cm
Posted on Monday 16th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Seems a while since we had some blue skies and sunshine to enjoy, buy that's what we got this morning. Still quite a bit of cloud around, but nice weather this morning.
After that busy and windy day yesterday with some lifts having to stop unfortunately, it's a much calmer start to the day today.
Just a few cm of snow to report.
Snowfall lined up once again on the forecast mid week.
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 Monday 16th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 532cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 113cm 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.