Zao Now: Tuesday 16th February 2016
- Feb 16, 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 368cm
Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
It's a cold morning and there's just a light sprinkling of snow to report. Lots of cloud but also some sunshine this morning. I'd expect some icy scratchy like conditions out on the slopes this morning in particular.
Snow is forecast to be falling today and tomorrow as well and we're hoping for a decent amount out of it as well.
Come Thursday and Friday we're expecting clearer skies once again to be followed by more snow on Saturday.
All planned lifts are operating this morning.
The Karamatsu pair lift does not operate on weekdays.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 80cm
Chuo: 140cm
Paradise: 140cm
Uwanodai: 90cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 16th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 368cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 39cm observed on 11 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.