Zao Now: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 228cm
Posted on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Snow is falling and visibility is limited this morning. Not a huge amount on the ground to report to you but hopefully it might be building up if this snow continues.
Cold conditions should be continuing this week - as you would expect in early January - though the forecast doesn't seem to be showing heavy snowfall. More of the light variety.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts open
- All courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 95cm
- Paradise area: 120cm
- Chuo area: 120cm
- Utopia area: 100cm
- Uwanodai area: 80cm
- Oomori area: 90cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 2nd January 2019 Total snowfall at base 228cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 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 3cm observed on 2 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.