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Great Lakes Snow through Friday; High Winds in the Northern and Central Plains

A clipper storm will drop south from Canada today bringing wintry weather from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes through Friday. This system is expected to bring strong northerly winds to much of the northern and central High Plains this afternoon through Friday, with gusts up to 60 mph expected. Read More >

 

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Avalanche Weather Guidance
National Weather Service Portland OR
401 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026


...Mount St. Helens...

Date                    Friday 01/16/26                         Saturday 01/17/26                  
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        CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW
Cloud Cover (%)     5    5    0    0    5    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    5    5    5    5
Temperature        37   37   41   43   41   37   36   37   36   34   39   42   40   31   30   30   30
Max/Min Temp                           44                  34                  42                  29
Wind Dir            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    E    E    E    E
Wind (mph)         26   27   26   23   24   28   29   31   29   29   26   21   14   18   18   18   17
Wind Gust (mph)    39   39   39   35   34   42   43   44   44   43   40   34   24   27   27   27   25
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
Precip Type                                                                                          
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)  6.5  6.6  6.6  6.5  6.5  6.7  6.3  6.3  6.5  6.6  6.5  6.4  6.6  6.5  6.5  6.3  6.1


...Mount Hood...

Date                    Friday 01/16/26                         Saturday 01/17/26                  
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        FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW
Cloud Cover (%)    15   15   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   15   15    5   10   10   10   10   10
Temperature        33   33   37   39   34   30   30   30   30   27   34   35   32   23   23   23   23
Max/Min Temp                           41                  26                  36                  22
Wind Dir            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE
Wind (mph)         33   34   32   31   32   34   35   34   34   33   27   25   18   18   17   16   16
Wind Gust (mph)    46   48   44   44   44   47   47   48   47   47   41   37   28   27   25   24   24
Precip Prob (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    5
Precip Type                                                                                          
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)  5.7  5.9  5.8  5.9  5.5  5.4  4.9  5.0  4.5  4.5  4.8  4.4  4.4  5.1  5.4  5.5  5.4

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--- Precip Type Codes ---

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