Zao Now: Friday 24th March 2017
- Mar 24, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 500cm
Posted on Friday 24th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao and there's a bit more fresh snow on the ground here.
Much improved visibility this morning and generally cloudy skies above.
More snowfall is expected early in the week but before that we should be able to enjoy generally clearer conditions with some forecasts giving us the chance of light snowfall at times.
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 24th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 500cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 241cm observed on 16 days February 2017 snowfall 105cm observed on 14 days March 2017 snowfall 45cm 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.