Zao Now: Thursday 9th January 2014
- Jan 9, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 241cm
Posted on Thursday 9th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Not so cold this morning just under 0 degrees at the minute. I have a few cm of fresh snowfall to report from base, so hopefully a bit more than that higher up. Light snow is falling at the moment and visibility has improved a bit since earlier this morning and it's not too bad at the moment.
Snowfall forecast through until the end of the weekend in the region so should be getting regular topups.
The Juhyo Ice Monsters are doing really well this year with the good December that we got. I would say better than they have been for a few years. Let's hope it continues over the next few weeks.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 195cm
Chuo: 160cm
Paradise: 190cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Thursday 9th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 241cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 50cm observed on 6 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.