Zao Now: Friday 20th February 2015
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 548cm
Posted on Friday 20th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Just a bit more snow overnight and slightly colder early on this morning.
The sun is out at the moment - it's a mix of cloud and blue skies at the moment, with those clouds casting big moving shadows. All very dramatic.
As with most area of Japan it seems, the weekend is going to be warmer and even here there's a chance of rainfall on Sunday. Hopefully nice and sunny tomorrow.
It is going to be mid week before it gets back to winter like conditions by the looks of the current forecast.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 245cm
Chuo: 210cm
Paradise: 220cm
Uwanodai: 160cm
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 20th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 548cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 129cm observed on 12 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.