Zao Now: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 560cm
Posted on Wednesday 3rd April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Brrrrr... it is a cold winter... April... morning!
There's more snow to report, this time I have 5cm to add to the record. Light snow early on but we expect mostly cloudy skies today.
Still some more snow potential on the forecast as winter refuses to give up grip this year. That will be mixed in with a good amount of clearer sunnier skies and maybe some rain as well (though when it is raining at base it should still be snow higher up).
Parts of the mountain now closed but still quite a big area available with the lifts below still operating.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 115cm
- Paradise area: 160cm
- Chuo area: 160cm
- Utopia area: 180cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Oomori area: 70cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Total snowfall at base 560cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 91cm observed on 10 days March 2019 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days April 2019 snowfall 33cm 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.