Zao Now: Monday 30th December 2013
- Dec 30, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 189cm
Posted on Monday 30th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A few more cm of fresh snowfall this morning to report from Zao Onsen. At the moment it isn't snowing but it's very cloudy with generally poor visibility. It's quite windy as well, though lift operations do not seem to be affected at all.
Snow due every day over the next week, with particularly heavy snowfall likely on New Years Day along with strong winds if the forecast turns out to be correct. Might be a good excuse to party that bit more tomorrow night and then have a good soak the next morning in an onsen.
For now though, it's busy here in Zao. Very nice snow conditions. Enjoy.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 150cm
Chuo: 145cm
Paradise: 150cm
Uwanodai: 90cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 30th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 189cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 12th December) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 177cm observed on 17 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.