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Tracking Late Season Winter Storms; Unusual Early-Season Heat Wave in the Southwest

Heavy snow and high winds continue in the Great Lakes and Northeast. A moderate atmospheric river will continue to bring heavy precipitation to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. A major winter storm will develop across the northern High Plains tonight into Saturday and rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Great Lakes on Sunday. Above-average temperatures expected in the Southwest. Read More >

WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        SATURDAY 03/14/26                       SUNDAY 03/15/26
 TIME (LT)          17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17
                    5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV
 CLOUD COVER (%)    70   75   60   75   95   95   70   65   55   65   65   55   55   50   65   75   80
 TEMPERATURE        34   32   31   32   28   22   20   26   18   12   12   10   10   14   23   27   27
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           19                  31                  10                  29
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)         18   16   17   19   20   26   34   39   36   28   21   13    9    9   11   12   14
 WIND GUST (MPH)                        43   57   62   63   58                                        
 PRECIP PROB (%)    50   80   60   90   90   40   40   20   40   50   20   20    0    0   10   10   60
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S                        S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.05      0.25      0.16      0.03      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.3       1.7       1.7       0.5       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.0  6.9  6.9  6.9  6.3  4.5  1.8  1.4  1.0  0.5  0.2  0.2  0.4  0.4  1.4  2.7  3.4
 
 

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