Zao Now: Tuesday 19th February 2019
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 458cm
Posted on Tuesday 19th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
Catching up on the last few days. Some sunshine yesterday amongst the cloud making for some fine views from the mountain.
It is cloudy this morning and this week we are expecting some warmer conditions after some really cold.
There is a chance of some light rain later on today with these warmer conditions but hopefully that won't last long.
There's not much snow on the horizon either though unfortunately.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from Karamatsu and Yokokura Number 2.
- All main courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 120cm
- Paradise area: 165cm
- Chuo area: 165cm
- Utopia area: 160cm
- Uwanodai area: 120cm
- Oomori area: 120cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 19th February 2019 Total snowfall at base 458cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 88cm observed on 9 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.