Zao Now: Monday 16th January 2017
- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 39cm
Snowfall at base this season 282cm
Posted on Monday 16th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
It's our turn to get an impressive snowfall number this morning with close on 40cm on the ground outside my place.
It has been a good run of days and while there doesn't seem to be that much snow on the forecast over the next few days, it's looking good for the weekend with decent snow currently forecast Friday night.
Good fresh conditions out there now though so it should be a good week. (Daily top-ups though please!)
The following lifts are not operating:
Karamatsu pair
Paradise Number 3 pair
Yokokura Number 2 pair
Official snow depths:
Chuo - 130cm
Utopia - 150cm
Uwanodai - 90cm
Paradise - 140cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 16th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 282cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 173cm 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.