Zao Now: Friday 16th January 2015
- Jan 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 395cm
Posted on Friday 16th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A few cm of snow to report this morning from Zao though it's not snowing now and just cloudy.
A relatively mild 0C here in the village and no wind. All is calm.
Snow is expected tonight and tomorrow, with a chance of fairly strong winds.
They're having some practice runs on the ski jump today for the event that officially starts tomorrow.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 190cm
Chuo: 200cm
Paradise: 190cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (though note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 16th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 395cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 94cm 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.