Zao Now: Thursday 3rd March 2022
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 587cm
Posted on Thursday 3rd March 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Yesterday turned out very fine and sunny with a very light snowfall overnight. This morning is going very much in accordance with the forecast.
It is cloudy, foggy (higher up) and snowing lightly on and off with wind around. A modest amount of snow is expected during the morning.
It should, however, get brighter as the day goes on and perhaps turn out like yesterday.
Official snow depth
Summit: 180cm
Paradise: 260cm
Chuo: 260cm
Utopia: 295cm
Uwanodai: 180cm
All areas and lifts should be opening as scheduled, subject to weather.
Zao Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Thursday 3rd March 2022 Total snowfall at base 587cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 66 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 27th and 28th December) November 2021 snowfall 38cm observed on 3 days December 2021 snowfall 160cm observed on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 227cm observed on 26 days February 2022 snowfall 159cm observed on 21 days March 2022 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.