Zao Now: Sunday 24th February 2013
- Feb 24, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 563cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Strong
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's whiteout here in Zao this morning. Crazy wind blowing about at least 20cm of fresh since yesterday.
Limited operations this morning on the mountain, with Utopia and Kurohime areas closed and the chance of others during the day. It doesn't look like it's going to let up.
Once this storm passes, going to be awesome conditions. Late February sometimes brings us a mixed bag, but we are ending February this year in style. Just a shame for the people here for the day today and not able to use all the mountain and not see much of anything at all.
The onsens are probably going to be busy today!
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 563cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (27th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 150cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 243cm reported on 21 days February 2013 snowfall 167cm reported on 18 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.