Zao Now: Monday 5th January 2015
- Jan 5, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 349cm
Posted on Monday 5th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Not as cold this morning in Zao and I can actually see the mountain, the lower parts anyway.
Cloudy start to this Monday morning but more sky appearing over the last hour or so - perhaps we'll still get to see more of that and the sun later on.
Tomorrow also should be on the milder side but come Wednesday we're due a return to very cold though the forecast doesn't give us much in terms of snowfall in the coming week.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 175cm
Chuo: 200cm
Paradise: 170cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (though note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Monday 5th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 349cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 48cm observed on 5 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.