Zao Now: Friday 18th December 2015
- Dec 18, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 77cm
Posted on Friday 18th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Perhaps not as much as we were expecting and it's not snowing just now but we are hoping for more before tomorrow morning.
It is good and cold though this morning and feeling wintery, just a slight wind.
Take a look at the forecast... there's not much on there once we get past tomorrow and while it does seem likely that early week it will be slightly milder, hopefully temperatures won't rise too much.
Lifts that are currently operating (subject to change):
- Sky Cable (gondola)
- Zao Chuo Ropeway
- Zao Ropeway
- Chuo Number 1 pair AB
- Chuo Number 1 pair AB
- Utopia Number 2 pair
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 15cm
Chuo: 40cm
Paradise: -cm
Uwanodai: 10cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 18th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 77cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 4th and 5th December) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 55cm observed on 5 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.