Zao Now: Tuesday 9th February 2016
- Feb 9, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 357cm
Posted on Tuesday 9th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Fine weather conditions yesterday making for some beautiful scenery and some fine looking ice monsters, even if they may generally be smaller than usual.
Earlier on this morning some snow was falling but since then it has eased off and there's been a bit of sunshine.
Snowfall is expected though today and overnight tonight; hopefully quite a lot of it as well so I look forward to reporting that in my report tomorrow morning.
All planned lifts are operating this morning.
The Karamatsu pair lift does not operate on weekdays.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 125cm
Chuo: 160cm
Paradise: 140cm
Uwanodai: 110cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 9th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 357cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 19th January) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 211cm observed on 25 days February 2016 snowfall 28cm observed on 7 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.