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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

 

FWUS46 KPQR 092114
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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
213 PM PDT Sat May 9 2026


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                                        Sunday 05/10/26                         Monday 05/11/26
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        BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW
Cloud Cover (%)    55   65   65   50   70   85   85   60   45   45   40   30   35   15   10    5   10
Temperature        54   52   48   46   43   46   46   46   46   43   40   38   36   42   50   54   55
Min/Max Temp                           43                  48                  36                  55
Wind Dir           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N    W    W   NW
Wind (mph)          6    4    4    4    5    4   13   18   20   13    9    9   10    5    6    8    8
Wind Gust (mph)                                       26   32   27   14   14   16   11        13     
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Precip Type                                                                                          
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
 High End Snow                        0.0                 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)  7.3  7.2  7.3  7.3  7.1  6.9  7.0  6.8  6.9  6.5  6.1  5.8  5.6  5.6  6.8  7.6  8.0


...Mount Hood...

Date                                        Sunday 05/10/26                         Monday 05/11/26
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        BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW
Cloud Cover (%)    55   60   50   40   35   85   85   65   55   55   25   30    5   10    5   10   20
Temperature        51   50   45   43   41   44   45   43   41   40   36   33   32   41   49   51   51
Min/Max Temp                           41                  46                  32                  53
Wind Dir            W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    N   NE   NE    N
Wind (mph)          9    3    4    5    8   10   17   25   28   17    9    6    6    3    8    8   10
Wind Gust (mph)    17        10        13   17   25   34   39   31   18   12             14   14   17
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Precip Type                                                                                          
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
 High End Snow                        0.0                 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)  8.4  8.4  8.4  8.4  8.7  8.5  8.1  7.8  7.3  7.1  6.5  6.2  5.9  6.3  7.4  8.1  8.5

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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