Zao Now: Thursday 19th February 2015
- Feb 19, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 547cm
Posted on Thursday 19th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow in Zao this morning with around 15cm on the ground here in the village. Cloud, fog on upper areas of the resort, relatively mild and not much of a wind.
But fresh snow. Perhaps a bit more but easing off. Should be a good morning.
Sunny skies more likely tomorrow and Saturday. Was just reading other reports and it seems that everywhere Sunday is set to be warm and perhaps wet... Zao may not escape that either.
Happy Chinese New Year to everyone enjoying holidays here!
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 245cm
Chuo: 210cm
Paradise: 220cm
Uwanodai: 160cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 19th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 547cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 128cm 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.