Zao Now: Friday 28th February 2020
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 270cm
Posted on Friday 28th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Some snow from yesterday but we are starting the day today with lots of blue sky, sunshine and some cloud.
It's a fine morning and I am happy that it is remaining cold. It should remain in the low negative numbers here at base for the day.
Zao is.... quiet. If you want to experience what will probably be a quiet weekend, now's your chance!
It seems like tomorrow is forecast generally cloudy with more of a chance of sun on Sunday; perhaps slightly milder temperatures too.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 100cm
- Paradise area: 105cm
- Chuo area: 120cm
- Utopia area: 115cm
- Uwanodai area: 55cm
- Oomori area: 55cm
All lifts are now normally operating apart from the following:
- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Astraea Number 3 pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
- All courses are now mostly open
- Yokokura and Omori part open
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 28th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 270cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 123cm 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.