Zao Now: Thursday 31st December 2020
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 142cm
Posted on Thursday 31st December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
I thought I got it terribly wrong yesterday because as soon as the post went up, it started to rain. However, not long after that it started to snow quite a bit, with even some blizzard like winds.
Result, 17cms of fresh this morning - doesn't sound huge but around the house, on the car and carpark, it is thick enough and coming up to knee level on parts of the slopes.
Snow feels slightly heavy though so aim for the steeper slopes. Snow continues on and off and it is much colder today, albeit if you're enjoying the powder, you should be plenty warm enough. Here and there the sun is trying to shine though so, all in all, it should be a good day (but may be a bit windy higher up). More snow forecasted for this evening through to the morning.
The news is featuring heavier snow causing problems for our pals over in Niigata, but I'm sure the folk on the slopes don't mind!
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Thursday 31st December 2020 Total snowfall at base 142cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (on 17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 142cm 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.