Zao Now: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
- Jan 23, 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 317cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Hello from Zao.
A bit of a break in the snow clouds this morning but it has clouded over again and there is some light snow falling in places, but generally decent visibility and nice conditions.
There is some potentially heavy snow coming tonight and that is always welcome so I look forward to reporting that...
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from Karamatsu pair and Yokokura Number 2 pair
- All main courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 110cm
- Paradise area: 140cm
- Chuo area: 140cm
- Utopia area: 130cm
- Uwanodai area: 100cm
- Oomori area: 110cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd January 2019 Total snowfall at base 317cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 92cm 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.