Zao Now: Saturday 28th December 2013
- Dec 28, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 177cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's a very cold morning in Zao. -5 degrees earlier and not much 'warmer' now!
Snow is falling adding to the 5cm that we got overnight and generally quite poor visibility on the mountain.
The forecast has little snowmen all nicely lined up all the way through into New Year now, so we should be getting consistent snowfall. Strong winds might be an issue, and indeed this morning there's a fairly strong wind out there but not enough to affect the lifts and gondolas (at time of writing).
Evening "light up' - Starto! (See yesterdays report if that is confusing!)
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 145cm
Chuo: 130cm
Paradise: 140cm
Uwanodai: 85cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 177cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 12th December) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 165cm observed on 15 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.