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FWUS41 KGYX 212030
AVGGYX
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
430 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2026
..PRESIDENTIAL RANGE FORECAST AREA/MOUNT WASHINGTON (6,288 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW BK OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 30 20 5 10 5 10 10 25 25 60 85 60 75 75 80 80
TEMPERATURE 32 27 24 22 29 35 39 42 39 32 30 30 37 42 42 42 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 43 28 45
WIND CHILL 17 10 6 3 14 24 31 33 29 20 17 17 28 34 35 33 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE NE E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 31 32 31 32 28 18 14 18 20 20 19 19 16 16 12 19 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.3 3.5 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.0 5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2
SNOW DENSITY (%) 25 25 20 16 16 16 20 20 25 25 25 25 33 25 33 33 50
..FRANCONIA NOTCH/MOUNT LAFAYETTE (4000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 30 15 10 10 5 15 20 30 30 60 85 70 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 39 34 29 26 36 44 51 52 46 41 38 37 45 52 54 53 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 53 36 56
WIND CHILL 30 24 18 14 28 38 35 32
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE E E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 16 14 13 13 12 11 9 11 11 9 8 6 6 5 5 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.3 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.4 6.2 6.2 5.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 25 25 25 25 25 25 50 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 100
..TUCKERMAN AND HUNTINGTON RAVINES (4500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW BK OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 25 20 10 5 5 10 10 20 20 55 80 60 75 70 75 80
TEMPERATURE 39 33 29 25 35 45 52 54 48 42 38 37 46 52 55 54 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 55 36 56
WIND CHILL 30 22 18 13 26 36 32 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE E E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 16 16 14 14 13 10 8 10 10 9 9 9 5 6 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.4 3.5 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.4 6.2 6.0 5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
SNOW DENSITY (%) 33 33 25 25 25 33 50 100 100 100 50 50 50 33 50 50 50
..CRAWFORD NOTCH AMC HIGHLAND CENTER (1900 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 30 15 10 10 5 10 15 30 30 60 80 55 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 43 36 30 27 38 47 55 57 48 41 38 36 47 56 58 57 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 58 36 59
WIND CHILL 37 30 24 20 32
WIND DIR N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N NE SE E SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 10 6 5 5 8 9 8 9 5 3 2 2 3 6 8 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.4 3.5 4.4 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.3 6.2 6.1 5.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 33 25 25 33 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 100
..KANCAMAGUS HIGHWAY PASS (2855 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 30 10 10 5 5 10 10 15 35 65 80 85 75 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 43 36 32 29 39 49 55 57 49 42 39 37 47 54 55 55 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 58 37 56
WIND CHILL 37 29 25 21
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW N NW NW W NW NW N NW E SE SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 10 9 8 8 5 5 3 8 6 4 3 3 3 5 6 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.6 3.5 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 50 33 33 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50
..MOUNT OSCEOLA (4340 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 30 10 15 5 5 15 15 15 35 65 80 85 75 80 75 80
TEMPERATURE 41 35 30 28 37 45 51 53 48 42 39 37 45 50 51 51 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 53 37 53
WIND CHILL 33 25 19 16 29 33
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW E SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 14 14 13 14 12 9 6 10 10 8 8 6 5 8 8 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.6 3.5 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.3 6.1 5.9 5.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
SNOW DENSITY (%) 33 33 33 25 25 25 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 33 50 50 50
..CANNON MOUNTAIN (4080 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 30 15 10 5 5 15 15 25 35 60 80 75 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 39 33 29 26 35 42 50 54 48 42 39 37 45 52 54 53 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 55 36 57
WIND CHILL 30 23 18 15 26 36 36 33 31
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW E E SE S SE
WIND (MPH) 16 13 13 12 12 11 9 12 10 9 8 8 5 8 8 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.3 3.3 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.4 6.1 6.2 5.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 25 25 25 25 25 25 50 50 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100
..BALDFACE MOUNTAIN (3547 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW SC BK OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 10 10 5 5 10 5 10 25 50 75 60 75 75 75 85
TEMPERATURE 46 39 33 30 39 48 56 59 52 44 40 38 47 56 58 57 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 59 37 59
WIND CHILL 24
WIND DIR NW N N N NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW N E SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 8 5 5 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 5 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.3 3.3 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.9 5.7 5.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 33 33 33 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 100
..MOUNT MOOSILAUKE (4802 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/22/26 SATURDAY 05/23/26
TIME (LT) 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 35 10 15 5 5 25 30 25 35 65 85 90 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 42 37 31 28 37 44 50 51 47 43 39 38 46 51 51 50 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 52 38 52
WIND CHILL 34 28 22 17 29 38 33
WIND DIR NW N NW NW N N NW NW N N N N E SE SE S SE
WIND (MPH) 16 13 11 12 11 10 8 11 10 8 8 5 4 6 8 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.6 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.3 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.2 5.9 6.3 5.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
SNOW DENSITY (%) 33 33 25 33 25 25 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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