Zao Now: Saturday 23rd February 2019
- Feb 23, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 461cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
A few cm to report from the start of the day yesterday with no more this morning and a bit more cloud early this morning but signs of some blue sky and perhaps it will clear up further.
This morning the resort is reporting a temperature of -8C at the top of the resort with temps hovering around 0C at base.
Sunshine is forecast for tomorrow too and possibly the sun will be a regular feature of the coming few days. There's still not much snow there on the forecast I'm afraid.
Let's make do with what we have.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating
- All main course areas open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 115cm
- Paradise area: 165cm
- Chuo area: 165cm
- Utopia area: 145cm
- Uwanodai area: 120cm
- Oomori area: 110cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd February 2019 Total snowfall at base 461cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 |
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.