Zao Now: Monday 24th December 2012
- Dec 24, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 122cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Good
Posted at 10:30am on Monday 24th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Well, consistent snowfall I said yesterday but there's just a few cm of new snow to report this morning, so not as much as we were hoping for. The snow eased up and those darker clouds moved on with some blue sky on show as well. It turned into a pretty nice day, and it was rather busy out there as well.
Anyway so we have a few cm of new snowfall and it is about -6C this morning and cloudy with just a slight wind. The mountain covered in cloud and so can't see the top but visibility out there looks fairly decent.
While pretty much all of the mountain is open, we're still not 'deep' as you can see by the numbers below. Consistent snowfall is forecast for the next few days and so we hope it can bring decent amounts with it. Strong winds still likely this week.
For now though a calm Christmas Eve. Enjoy your cake!
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 24th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 122cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 119cm reported on 13 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.