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Winter Weather in the Eastern U.S.; Fire Weather in the Southern High Plains

A wintry mix may impact travel across portions of the Ohio Valley, central Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast U.S. today through Tuesday. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado today and Tuesday. Read More >

 

FWUS46 KPQR 022105
AVGPQR

Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
104 PM PST Mon Mar 2 2026


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                                        Tuesday 03/03/26                        Wednesday 03/04/26
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        FW   FW   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)    25   20   65   75   80   90   85   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Temperature        39   36   34   34   35   35   35   34   34   35   35   35   34   34   33   33   32
Min/Max Temp                           33                  36                  33                  34
Wind Dir           NW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W
Wind (mph)         10    6    8    9   10   10   10   11   12   11   12   13   12   11   12   13   14
Wind Gust (mph)    16                  16        18   20   19   19   19   20   20   18   21   25   25
Precip Prob (%)    10   10    5   10    5   60   80   70  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
Precip Type                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.18      0.38      0.41      0.68      0.55      0.35
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.0       0.7       1.8       2.1       3.4       3.3       3.1
12 Hour Snow                          0.0                 2.5                 5.5                 6.4
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.2
 High End Snow                        0.1                 2.8                 7.1                11.5
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)  5.8  5.5  5.6  5.7  5.8  5.8  5.4  5.1  5.2  5.1  4.9  4.9  4.5  4.2  3.9  4.0  3.9


...Mount Hood...

Date                                        Tuesday 03/03/26                        Wednesday 03/04/26
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        SC   FW   FW   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)    30   10   20   45   65   75   85   75   90   90  100  100  100  100  100  100   95
Temperature        36   33   31   31   30   30   32   32   32   31   30   30   29   29   29   29   28
Min/Max Temp                           28                  34                  28                  31
Wind Dir           NW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W
Wind (mph)         13    9   10   11   11   11   12   16   20   18   18   18   19   19   24   26   29
Wind Gust (mph)    23   16   17   17   18   18   20   27   29   26   25   26   27   29   35   42   46
Precip Prob (%)    10    0    0    0    5   20   50   50   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   90
Precip Type                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.04      0.14      0.20      0.42      0.52      0.22
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.0       0.3       1.1       1.8       4.2       7.4       2.9
12 Hour Snow                          0.0                 1.4                 6.0                10.3
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.3                 1.6
 High End Snow                        0.0                 1.5                 6.6                12.5
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)  6.2  5.7  5.8  5.7  5.9  6.0  5.8  5.7  5.7  5.4  5.1  5.0  4.7  4.6  4.2  4.1  4.0

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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