
Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. A life-threatening storm surge is expected along the coast with damaging wind gusts extending well inland. Areas of heavy rainfall are forecast throughout much of the Southeast U.S. The remnants of Rachel will bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the Southwest U.S. this weekend. Read More >
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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
203 AM PDT Fri Oct 9 2026
...Mount St. Helens...
Date Friday 10/09/26 Saturday 10/10/26
Time (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5a 8a 11a 2p 5p 8p 11p 2a 5a 8a 11a 2p 5p 8p 11p 2a 5a
Cloud Cover BK OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV BK BK OV OV SC FW FW FW
Cloud Cover (%) 65 85 80 75 65 70 70 80 80 65 65 80 70 30 25 20 20
Temperature 43 44 41 42 37 34 35 35 35 35 34 34 35 34 34 34 34
Max/Min Temp 44 33 35 33
Wind Dir W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW N N NE NE NE
Wind (mph) 9 11 13 11 10 9 11 11 8 4 2 1 2 3 9 10 11
Wind Gust (mph) 16 19 25 23 21 16 19 18 14 11 16 17
Precip Prob (%) 10 60 60 5 0 0 5 10 10 40 20 40 0 0 0 0 0
Precip Type R R S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.00
6 Hour Snow 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 Hour Snow 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0
Low End Snow 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
High End Snow 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 7.5 7.8 7.7 5.6 5.0 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7
...Mount Hood...
Date Friday 10/09/26 Saturday 10/10/26
Time (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5a 8a 11a 2p 5p 8p 11p 2a 5a 8a 11a 2p 5p 8p 11p 2a 5a
Cloud Cover BK OV OV OV OV OV SC BK OV OV BK BK BK SC SC SC BK
Cloud Cover (%) 70 75 70 85 75 90 35 60 80 75 70 60 50 35 30 40 60
Temperature 42 41 37 40 33 32 31 31 31 32 28 28 31 30 30 31 31
Max/Min Temp 42 28 33 28
Wind Dir W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW W E E E
Wind (mph) 21 21 19 17 17 20 29 26 16 10 5 4 3 2 3 6 10
Wind Gust (mph) 36 37 34 33 31 35 52 54 36 23 16 13 10 13 19
Precip Prob (%) 0 10 50 40 10 0 5 20 10 20 20 10 0 0 5 5 5
Precip Type R S S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 Hour Snow 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Hour Snow 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Low End Snow 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
High End Snow 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 8.3 7.6 8.7 7.8 5.7 4.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
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--- Precip Type Codes ---
CODE TYPE
T Thunderstorms
R Rain
S Snow
I Sleet
Z Freezing Rain