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Heavy Snow in the Northwest; Wintry Mix from the Great Lakes to Northeast

Two cold fronts will pass through the Northwest U.S. this week with the main impact being heavy mountain snow across the Cascades, and northern Rockies. A quick moving storm system will bring mixed precipitation including some freezing rain to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes today then the Northeast U.S. tonight into Wednesday. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 01/07/26                      THURSDAY 01/08/26
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   95   90   75   80   70   75   85   85   75   70   75   80   75   80   85
 TEMPERATURE        32   33   34   33   30   27   28   29   27   26   25   25   24   23   23   25   25
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  29                  22                  28
 WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         14   17   18   16   14   10    9    8    6    9   11   12   13   13   12   12   11
 WIND GUST (MPH)    40   42   43   43   43   35   27   25        26   32   35   36   36   35   34   32
 PRECIP PROB (%)    80   90  100   80   30   20   10   30   70   80   50   50   60   60   70   70   50
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.34      0.42      0.04      0.07      0.14      0.16      0.06      0.04
 6 HOUR SNOW                 2.6       3.7       0.6       0.9       1.9       2.3       0.9       0.6
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.1  4.3  4.3  3.9  2.7  2.1  2.1  2.3  2.4  1.8  1.7  1.4  1.2  0.9  1.0  1.9  2.3
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN