Zao Now: Sunday 16th March 2014
- Mar 16, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 550cm
Posted on Sunday 16th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It is snowing in Zao this morning. Mild, but snowing. Poor visibility out on the mountain and some quite strong winds blowing at times, but ski lifts are operating as planned as far as I can tell.
Tomorrow should be calmer.
Around Tuesday we are expecting warmer conditions but later in the week cold again and around Thursday there might even be some moderate snowfall on the mountain. Winter not quite giving up just yet?!
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 320cm
Chuo: 260cm
Paradise: 290cm
Uwanodai: 180cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 16th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 550cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 16th February) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 111cm observed on 18 days February 2014 snowfall 166cm observed on 10 days March 2014 snowfall 82cm observed on 7 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.