Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are possible across the central U.S. through Saturday. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are all possible. There is an increased threat for wildfire development in the southern to central High Plains. A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain are forecast across portions of the northern Plains and central New England into early Friday morning. Read More >
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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
1030 PM PST Thu Mar 5 2026
...Mount St. Helens...
Date Friday 03/06/26 Saturday 03/07/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
Cloud Cover (%) 85 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 100 100 100 100 100
Temperature 30 30 31 32 33 34 34 35 36 36 36 36 37 37
Min/Max Temp 28 35 34 38
Wind Dir W SW W W W W W W W W SW SW W W
Wind (mph) 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 9 11 11
Wind Gust (mph) 12 13 14 13 14 18 19
Precip Prob (%) 5 60 90 100 80 90 100 90 90 60 90 90 90 90 80
Precip Type S S S S S S R R R R R S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.03 0.26 0.20 0.26 0.19 0.07 0.02
6 Hour Snow 0.3 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Hour Snow 0.3 2.4 0.3 0.0
Low End Snow 0.1 0.0 0.0
High End Snow 4.7 0.7 0.0
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.8 6.9 8.0 8.5 8.1 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.8
...Mount Hood...
Date Friday 03/06/26 Saturday 03/07/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
Cloud Cover (%) 80 85 95 90 90 100 90 90 85 85 80 70 70 65
Temperature 24 25 27 29 30 32 31 32 33 33 33 37 38 37
Min/Max Temp 22 33 30 40
Wind Dir W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
Wind (mph) 19 19 16 17 19 20 19 19 20 21 21 20 24 25
Wind Gust (mph) 29 29 26 27 31 32 28 28 31 33 32 32 35 36
Precip Prob (%) 5 30 70 80 70 70 80 70 70 60 60 60 50 50 40
Precip Type S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 Hour QPF 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.10 0.07 0.02 0.01
6 Hour Snow 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 Hour Snow 0.2 1.8 0.7 0.0
Low End Snow 0.1 0.0 0.0
High End Snow 5.7 0.7 0.1
6 Hour Ice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Snow Level (kft) 3.9 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.5 5.8 6.7 7.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.3 7.3 7.3
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--- Precip Type Codes ---
CODE TYPE
T Thunderstorms
R Rain
S Snow
I Sleet
Z Freezing Rain
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