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Current weather conditions and live observations for Yamagata Zao Onsen based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Yamagata Zao Onsen right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Yamagata Zao Onsen as reported by the 5 closest weather stations (updated hourly)
Distance / Altitude	Resort	Report Date / Time	Weather	Wind	Temp.	Visibility	Cloud
44 km / 43 m	Sendai (Japan)	2012-02-12 06:00 local (2012-02-11 21:00 GMT)	-	calm (2 km/h at 350)	-3.3 °C	40 km	mostly cloudy
45 km / 5 m	Sendai Airport (Japan)	2012-02-12 06:00 local (2012-02-11 21:00 GMT)	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 230 to 310 degs) (6 km/h at 280)	-6 °C		few scattered broken
88 km / 213 m	Wakamatsu (Japan)	2012-02-12 06:00 local (2012-02-11 21:00 GMT)	Continuous light snow	calm (2 km/h at 50)	-4.2 °C	0.3 km	no observation
105 km / 375 m	Fukushima Arpt (Japan)	2012-02-12 06:10 local (2012-02-11 21:10 GMT)	Shower light snow	calm (4 km/h at 1)	-3 °C		few broken
116 km / 4 m	Niigata (civ/jas (Japan)	2012-02-12 06:10 local (2012-02-11 21:10 GMT)	Shower light snow	near gales from the NW (52 km/h at 310)	1 °C		few scattered broken
* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include Ship synop data if a synop is submitted close to Yamagata Zao Onsen and within an acceptable time window.