Zao Now: Sunday 9th February 2014
- Feb 9, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 350cm
Posted on Sunday 9th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
We ended up with some very stormy weather yesterday evening - enough to cancel the light up top ropeway operations.
Good news is that this morning I can report 30cm or snow down here in the village, meaning more than that on the mountain and some surely excellent conditions this morning.
It's a cold morning, -6 degrees, and still snowing though actually it looks like the top of the resort isn't much colder than down here according to the official report posted by the resort.
An easing off of these conditions is likely this morning and then we have sun likely tomorrow.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 270cm
Chuo: 220cm
Paradise: 240cm
Uwanodai: 165cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 9th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 350cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 111cm observed on 18 days February 2014 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.