960  
FWUS46 KPQR 020904  
AVGPQR  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
203 AM PDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
   
..MOUNT ST. HELENS  
 
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26  
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05  
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A  
 
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK SC SC FW SC FW FW CL FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 85 85 70 70 55 45 50 50 40 25 25 15 10 0 10  
TEMPERATURE 24 25 26 27 28 28 26 25 25 27 33 38 39 35 32 30 30  
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 24 40 29  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW N NE E  
WIND (MPH) 12 16 18 19 18 11 6 5 6 5 3 5 9 8 10 11 12  
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 26 32 33 31 19 12 16 16 18  
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 80 70 40 20 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.17 0.14 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 1.9 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 4.4 0.4 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) 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.5 3.3 4.1 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.0  
 
   
..MOUNT HOOD  
 
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26  
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05  
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A  
 
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 90 80 70 70 50 30 25 30 10 5 10 15 5 5 5  
TEMPERATURE 18 19 19 21 22 23 23 23 21 24 33 36 37 33 29 28 28  
MAX/MIN TEMP 24 18 38 27  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W SW S S  
WIND (MPH) 28 37 43 41 37 28 19 16 12 11 9 10 12 9 10 10 11  
WIND GUST (MPH) 42 54 62 58 52 41 28 23 19 18 16 19 21 14 16 17 18  
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 90 80 70 30 10 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.41 0.20 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 5.2 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 7.7 0.5 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 8.2 0.7 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) 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 4.1 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6  
 
 
 
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---  
 
CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
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