Zao Now: Friday 7th December 2012
- Dec 7, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 35cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 10:30am on Friday 7th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There is 10cm or so of snow to report in the village this morning, temperature of around -1C and slight wind. It is cloudy this morning with some light snow falling. Visibility is poor with lots of cloud and fog covering the mountain. The snowy conditions will continue through the weekend and into next week, so hopefully we will have some decent new snow to report and more of the resort opening up soon.
Some very strong winds are going to be blowing about over the weekend as well, so it might be blizzard conditions out there and may well affect any lifts that plan to be open. We need the snow though, so it would be good if we had a considerable snowfall to get the season moving.
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 7th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 35cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (2nd, 5th and 7th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 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.