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Areas of Critical Fire Weather and Heavy Snow Friday

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of southern New England and Hawaii Friday where Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Several feet of snow may accumulate over the Cascades from late Friday night into Monday evening as a storm system move through the Pacific Northwest. Read More >

 

FWUS46 KPQR 151201
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FWUS46 KPQR 151201
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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
401 AM PST Fri Nov 15 2024


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                    Friday 11/15/24                         Saturday 11/16/24                  
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             SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)         30   30   55   65   50   45   40   55   80   95   95  100  100  100  100  100
Temperature             23   25   25   24   22   22   21   21   23   25   25   27   27   28   31   34
Max/Min Temp                           26                  21                  29                  27
Wind Dir                NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW
Wind (mph)               5    5    5    5    3    3    3    5    6    8    8    9   12   16   16   16
Wind Gust (mph)              11   12   11                            14   14   17   21   25   26   25
Precip Prob (%)    30   10    5   20   20    5    0   20   30   30   90   90  100  100  100  100  100
Precip Type                        S    S              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.01      0.00      0.01      0.35      0.73      0.82
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.3       0.2       0.0       0.1       3.2       2.8       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          0.3                 0.2                 3.3                 2.8
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 2.1                 1.6
 High End Snow                        0.3                 0.2                 3.6                 3.0
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)       2.1  2.3  2.6  2.5  2.0  1.9  1.7  1.8  2.0  2.5  2.8  3.6  6.0  7.1  7.1  6.6


...Mount Hood...

Date                    Friday 11/15/24                         Saturday 11/16/24                  
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             SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)         45   30   35   60   70   65   65   55   70   85   85  100  100  100  100  100
Temperature             20   21   20   17   18   18   18   18   21   24   23   26   26   27   31   33
Max/Min Temp                           21                  17                  29                  26
Wind Dir                NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
Wind (mph)              19   18   16   13   13   13   12   12    9    4    3    3    9   14   23   27
Wind Gust (mph)         27   27   23   20   20   20   19   18   14                  14   24   34   40
Precip Prob (%)    40   20   10   20   20   20   20    5   20   20   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      0.00      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.14      0.39      0.53
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.1       0.2       0.0       0.0       1.5       2.6       1.3
12 Hour Snow                          0.1                 0.2                 1.5                 3.9
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.9                 2.7
 High End Snow                        0.2                 0.3                 1.6                 4.3
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)       2.3  2.3  2.5  2.3  2.2  1.9  1.9  1.9  2.1  2.9  3.6  4.5  6.1  7.2  7.5  7.2

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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