Zao Now: Wednesday 19th February 2020
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 240cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Early morning report with snow falling yesterday and this morning, but it seems due to possibly be clearer as the morning progresses today.
We're due a dry period for a few days, bit warm come Saturday and then all being well back to colder temps and a bit of snow around Sunday.
There should be some fresh out there to enjoy today.
All lifts are now normally operating apart from the following:
- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Astraea Number 3 pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
- All courses are now mostly open; some restricted areas
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 85cm
- Paradise area: 95cm
- Chuo area: 110cm
- Utopia area: 95cm
- Uwanodai area: 50cm
- Oomori area: 40cm
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 240cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 93cm 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.