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Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies this Weekend

A Pacific storm and atmospheric river will impact the Pacific Northwest states and northern Rockies this weekend, bringing locally heavy low elevations rain and heavy high elevation snow in the mountains. By Sunday over the Interior Northwest, rain combined with snowmelt will increase the risk of flood hazards. Flood Watches are in effect. Read More >

 

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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
401 AM PST Fri Feb 21 2025


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                    Friday 02/21/25                         Saturday 02/22/25                  
Time (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   

Cloud Cover             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)         80   75   75   95   95   90   85  100   85  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Temperature             32   34   35   34   33   33   34   32   34   34   35   37   38   38   38   38
Max/Min Temp                           36                  32                  38                  37
Wind Dir                SE    S    S   SW    S   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    S
Wind (mph)              12   13   14   16   14   16   16   14   14   17   19   21   23   19   17   17
Wind Gust (mph)         31   33   39   39   31   33   31   31   31   33   39   41   41   39   33   33
Precip Prob (%)     5   10   20   40   90   90   80   70  100   70  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Precip Type                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    Z    Z    Z    R    R    R    R    R
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.15      0.78      0.35      0.22      0.47      0.99      0.83
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.7       3.2       1.0       0.5       0.3       0.0       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          0.7                 4.2                 0.8                 0.0
 Low End Snow                          MM                  MM                  MM                  MM
 High End Snow                         MM                  MM                  MM                  MM
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.02      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)       4.3  4.4  4.7  4.7  4.9  5.4  5.9  5.9  6.1  6.5  7.0  7.9  8.4  8.1  7.6  7.5


...Mount Hood...

Date                    Friday 02/21/25                         Saturday 02/22/25                  
Time (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   

Cloud Cover             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)         70   75   75   85   80   80   75   90   75   90   90  100  100  100  100  100
Temperature             27   32   33   32   29   29   30   29   30   33   34   35   35   35   36   36
Max/Min Temp                           35                  28                  36                  35
Wind Dir                SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
Wind (mph)              11   14   14   14   13   17   18   19   16   14   18   24   32   34   32   31
Wind Gust (mph)         27   31   31   31   29   33   34   36   31   31   34   41   51   55   51   51
Precip Prob (%)     5    5   10   20   70   50   50   50   80   30   80   80  100  100  100  100  100
Precip Type                        S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.05      0.44      0.30      0.07      0.17      0.75      0.76
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.3       3.4       2.1       0.5       0.6       2.1       1.8
12 Hour Snow                          0.3                 5.5                 1.1                 3.9
 Low End Snow                          MM                  MM                  MM                  MM
 High End Snow                         MM                  MM                  MM                  MM
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)       4.5  4.8  5.1  5.3  5.3  5.3  5.8  6.0  6.3  6.7  7.0  7.8  8.7  8.8  8.2  8.1

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     Thunderstorms
 R     Rain
 S     Snow
 I     Sleet
 Z     Freezing Rain