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Heavy Snow in the Sierra Nevada; Heavy Rainfall in Texas Sunday

Heavy snow is expected in the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges into Saturday causing hazardous travel conditions. Winter Storm Warnings have been issued. Thunderstorms and moderate to heavy rainfall are expected across portions of eastern Texas into Louisiana on Sunday. Read More >

 

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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
103 AM PST Sat Nov 14 2026


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                    Saturday 11/14/26                       Sunday 11/15/26                    
Time (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   

Cloud Cover        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
Cloud Cover (%)    90   90   90   85   90   75  100   95  100   90  100   90   95   95   75   85   90
Temperature        35   35   34   35   35   36   37   38   37   35   34   36   32   31   32   31   31
Max/Min Temp                           37                  33                  38                  29
Wind Dir           SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE   SE   SE   SE
Wind (mph)         17   14   13   12   13   20   24   25   24   19   13    6    5    8   10   12   12
Wind Gust (mph)    32   27   26   27   25   31   37   39   40   36   31   20   12        19   20   19
Precip Prob (%)    80   80   80   40   10   20  100   90   90   90   90   60   90   90   70   70   90
Precip Type         S    S    S    S         S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.15      0.12      0.07      0.55      0.29      0.12      0.07      0.03
6 Hour Snow                 1.0       0.5       0.3       1.4       1.3       0.8       0.6       0.3
12 Hour Snow                          1.5                 1.7                 2.1                 0.9
 Low End Snow                         0.1                 0.1                 0.2                 0.0
 High End Snow                        2.4                 2.5                 4.2                 2.1
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)  4.9  5.1  5.4  5.5  5.6  5.8  5.8  6.1  5.7  5.3  4.9  4.8  4.6  4.5  4.3  4.2  4.2


...Mount Hood...

Date                    Saturday 11/14/26                       Sunday 11/15/26                    
Time (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   7a   10a  1p   4p   7p   10p  1a   4a   

Cloud Cover        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   BK   BK   SC   BK   OV
Cloud Cover (%)    75   85   80   80   85   60   95   85   95  100   80   45   60   60   50   65   75
Temperature        30   31   28   30   30   31   32   34   34   31   29   32   27   26   26   24   24
Max/Min Temp                           32                  28                  35                  22
Wind Dir           SW   SW   SW   SW   SE    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W   SW    W    W   SW   SW   SW
Wind (mph)         19   13   10    9    6   18   17   18   14   11    9    8    6    9    9    8    8
Wind Gust (mph)    41   27   25   21   14   29   28   34   29   23   21   20   16        16   13     
Precip Prob (%)    50   60   40   20    5   10   90   60   70  100   70   20   40   40    5    5   30
Precip Type         S    S    S    S              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S              S
6 Hour QPF                 0.11      0.01      0.01      0.15      0.17      0.04      0.03      0.00
6 Hour Snow                 1.4       0.1       0.1       0.7       1.5       0.5       0.3       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          1.5                 0.8                 2.0                 0.3
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 0.0
 High End Snow                        1.5                 2.6                 3.5                 1.3
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)  4.9  5.0  5.4  5.6  5.8  6.0  6.3  6.8  6.2  5.6  5.1  5.0  4.9  4.5  4.3  4.1  4.0

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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