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Rain Coming to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the Southern U.S. will bring heavy to excessive rainfall over portions of west-central Texas into tonight then from central Texas through the central Gulf Coast on Friday. The Southeast U.S. will see heavier rain Saturday. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. Read More >

 

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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
207 PM PDT Thu Apr 30 2026


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                                        Friday 05/01/26                         Saturday 05/02/26
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        SC   FW   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC
Cloud Cover (%)    50   20   25   20   35   45   60   65   70   70   75   75   80   65   55   45   50
Temperature        52   49   45   44   43   47   53   55   53   47   46   45   44   46   53   56   57
Min/Max Temp                           42                  56                  44                  59
Wind Dir            E    E    E   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   NW   NW    N    N    N    N    N    N    N
Wind (mph)          8    6   11   11   10    6    8   11   12   11    8    6    6    5    6    9   10
Wind Gust (mph)    13                                 19   23   18                       12   17   18
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   10
Precip Type                                                 R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R     
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)  7.4  7.4  7.2  7.3  7.5  7.9  8.0  8.3  8.6  8.8  8.8  8.4  8.2  8.1  8.3  8.4  8.6


...Mount Hood...

Date                                        Friday 05/01/26                         Saturday 05/02/26
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        SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
Cloud Cover (%)    50   25   10   10   20   45   55   45   70   75   85   80   80   75   65   55   55
Temperature        47   43   40   39   39   43   50   52   50   44   42   41   40   43   49   51   53
Min/Max Temp                           37                  54                  39                  55
Wind Dir            E    E    S    S    S    S    S    S   NE    W    W    W    N    N   NE   NE   NE
Wind (mph)         14   11   11   10    9    6   10   11    9   14   13   12   10    9   11   13   14
Wind Gust (mph)    23   19   18   16   14   12   18   20   24   23   20   19   17   16   20   23   24
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5   30   30   30   30   30   30   30   30   20
Precip Type                                                 S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 Hour QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.05      0.00      0.00
6 Hour Snow                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 Hour Snow                          0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 0.0
 Low End Snow                         0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
 High End Snow                        0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 0.0
6 Hour Ice                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
Snow Level (kft)  7.9  7.8  7.8  8.1  8.2  7.9  7.9  8.6  9.0  8.8  8.6  8.4  8.3  8.1  8.2  8.3  8.6

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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