An approaching storm will bring rain and high elevation snow to Pacific Northwest through the weekend. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Southeast today into this evening as a low strengthens over the Southeast. This system will form into a winter storm on Sunday that will bring heavy snow, high winds, and coastal flooding to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast into Monday. Read More >
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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
103 AM PST Sat Feb 21 2026
...Mount St. Helens...
Date Saturday 02/21/26 Sunday 02/22/26
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 (%) 85 90 100 90 90 90 85 75 95 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Temperature 23 26 26 27 29 29 29 29 28 30 29 29 29 29 30 32 30
Max/Min Temp 29 27 31 29
Wind Dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind (mph) 23 25 26 26 27 28 28 28 27 24 18 17 16 14 13 13 13
Wind Gust (mph) 35 39 41 41 41 43 44 44 42 36 29 28 26 24 21 21 21
Precip Prob (%) 70 90 100 90 80 50 80 50 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Precip Type S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.66 0.94 0.55 0.23 0.55 0.42 0.23 0.37
6 Hour Snow 7.6 8.3 4.0 1.5 4.0 3.8 1.3 1.8
12 Hour Snow 15.9 5.5 7.8 3.1
Low End Snow 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0
High End Snow 16.5 6.6 9.3 4.4
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 1.7 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.7 4.8
...Mount Hood...
Date Saturday 02/21/26 Sunday 02/22/26
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 (%) 90 100 95 80 90 80 85 70 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Temperature 19 22 24 24 25 24 25 24 22 24 27 26 27 28 28 29 28
Max/Min Temp 25 21 28 27
Wind Dir S S S S SE S S S S SE S SW SW S S S SW
Wind (mph) 18 20 24 25 27 27 25 25 23 19 14 11 11 11 12 12 13
Wind Gust (mph) 27 32 36 37 39 39 36 36 34 28 24 20 21 19 20 21 21
Precip Prob (%) 80 100 90 60 60 50 50 60 80 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Precip Type S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.54 0.35 0.17 0.04 0.25 0.28 0.36 0.31
6 Hour Snow 7.9 4.4 1.9 0.5 2.5 3.2 2.2 1.7
12 Hour Snow 12.3 2.4 5.7 3.9
Low End Snow 0.9 0.0 0.5 0.2
High End Snow 12.8 3.0 6.9 5.2
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.4
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--- Precip Type Codes ---
CODE TYPE
T Thunderstorms
R Rain
S Snow
I Sleet
Z Freezing Rain
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