Zao Now: Friday 25th January 2019
- Jan 25, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 343cm
Posted on Friday 25th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
20+cm of snow on the ground this morning with more to come tomorrow, and perhaps some clearer (or at least just cloudy) conditions on Sunday.
It's cold too and just cloudy at the moment but snow is likely to be falling during the day today too.
Conditions should be good this morning and tomorrow. But be prepared for the weather!
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: 115cm
- Paradise area: 140cm
- Chuo area: 140cm
- Utopia area: 150cm
- Uwanodai area: 110cm
- Oomori area: 110cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 25th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 343cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 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 118cm observed on 14 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.