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Zao Now daily snow and weather - Tuesday 17th March 2015

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ARCHIVE REPORT: Posted at 9:37am on Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Tuesday 17th March 2015, 9:37am 		0cm
Monday 16th March 2015, 8:58am 0cm
Sunday 15th March 2015, 8:45am 0cm
Saturday 14th March 2015, 9:00am 5cm
Friday 13th March 2015, 9:05am 15cm
Thursday 12th March 2015, 9:10am 14cm
Wednesday 11th March 2015, 9:01am 25cm
Last 7 reports (total): 59cm
Last 14 reports (total): 66cm
Current month (March 2015) total: 88cm
2014/2015 season so far total: 688cm

Archive report: Posted at 9:37am on Tuesday 17th March 2015
The latest Zao Now report can be found here

It's warming up already this morning after a mild overnight with the sun out and once again blue skies above us.

A lovely spring day with snow conditions as you might expect. Still, there sure is lots of it around!

Warmth will probably continue through Thursday which should see rain and then temperatures hopefully dropping a bit. I think a return to proper winter like conditions is asking too much though!

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From Saturday 21st March it's officially "spring season" in terms of lift ticket prices - which are cheaper (by around 800 yen depending on the ticket) from that day.

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Official snow depths (Tuesday 17th March 15):

Utopia: 275cm
Chuo: 230cm
Paradise: 225cm
Uwanodai: 170cm

Zao Onsen is generally open as planned (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).

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Current night skiing operations at Zao:

Uwanodai area:
Daily until 22nd March
Open from 5pm until 9pm.

Archive report: Posted at 9:37am on Tuesday 17th March 2015
The latest Zao Now report can be found here

Zao Now ski lift operation notes:

Zao Onsen is open - normal weekday operations

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  2014/2015
*as of Tuesday 17th March 2015 		2013/2014
Season		 2012/2013
Season
17th March 0cm 3cm 0cm
16th March 0cm 1cm 0cm
15th March 0cm 0cm 0cm
14th March 5cm 0cm 0cm
13th March 15cm 0cm 0cm
12th March 14cm 30cm 0cm
11th March 25cm - 10cm
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April observed snowfall total - 4cm 22cm
May observed snowfall total - 0cm 0cm
Season observed snowfall total 688cm 579cm 657cm
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This table shows the amount of observed snowfall recorded at base in the Zao Now reports for each month and total season accumulation
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  October November December January February March April May
2021/2022 season - - - - - - - -
2020/2021 season - - - - - - - -
2019/2020 season - - - - - - - -
2018/2019 season - - - - - - - -
2017/2018 season - - - - - - - -
2016/2017 season - - - - - - - -
2015/2016 season - - - - - - - -
2014/2015 season - 20cm
[20cm] 		281cm
[301cm] 		118cm
[419cm] 		181cm
[600cm] 		88cm
[688cm] 		- -
2013/2014 season - 12cm
[12cm] 		179cm
[191cm] 		111cm
[302cm] 		166cm
[468cm] 		107cm
[575cm] 		4cm
[579cm] 		0cm
[579cm]
2012/2013 season - 3cm
[3cm] 		150cm
[153cm] 		243cm
[396cm] 		218cm
[614cm] 		21cm
[635cm] 		22cm
[657cm] 		0cm
[657cm]
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Saturday 14th March 2015, 9:00am 5cm
Friday 13th March 2015, 9:05am 15cm
Thursday 12th March 2015, 9:10am 14cm
Wednesday 11th March 2015, 9:01am 25cm
Tuesday 10th March 2015, 8:10am 3cm
Monday 9th March 2015, 8:57am 0cm
Sunday 8th March 2015, 9:19am 0cm
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Friday 6th March 2015, 9:07am 0cm
Thursday 5th March 2015, 9:18am 4cm
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Thursday 20th March 2014, 8:22am 0cm
Wednesday 19th March 2014, 9:30am 0cm
Tuesday 18th March 2014, 9:01am 0cm
Monday 17th March 2014, 10:45am 3cm
Sunday 16th March 2014, 10:01am 1cm
Saturday 15th March 2014, 8:00am 0cm
Friday 14th March 2014, 9:01am 0cm
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