Zao Now: Monday 1st April 2019
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 555cm
Posted on Monday 1st April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
And do I have news for you.
OK so yesterday there was 12cm of snow that I measured and this morning there's another 16cm. So that's 28cm that I am adding to the report today. Mindful of the day, can I just say that this really isn't a joke! The fresh snow has given the dirty looking snow a nice clean new layer which is very pleasing and the folks here to ski and board should be very pleased with their lucky timing.
The snow will probably ease off later but there is still snow on the forecast over the next few days. So there might well be more cm to report.
Parts of the mountain now closed but still quite a big area available with the lifts below still operating.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 115cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 180cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Oomori area: 70cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 1st April 2019 Total snowfall at base 555cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 91cm observed on 10 days March 2019 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days April 2019 snowfall 28cm observed on 1 day |
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.