269  
FWUS46 KPDT 182157  
AVGPDT  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
256 PM PDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
   
..BROKEN TOP  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW SC BK OV OV FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 40 65 90 90 25 15 15 15 15 20 30 25 10 15 20  
TEMPERATURE 44 38 34 34 33 34 39 41 40 33 30 26 24 27 35 37 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 42 24 38  
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW W W  
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 5 6 8 10 13 14 12 8 5 5 5 9 12 16  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10  
PRECIP TYPE S S  
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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.9 7.1 7.1 6.9 5.6 4.9 4.5 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.3  
 
   
..TAM MCARTHUR RIM  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW SC BK OV OV FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 35 70 90 90 25 5 10 15 10 20 30 20 10 15 15  
TEMPERATURE 44 39 35 35 34 35 40 43 41 34 31 28 25 29 37 38 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 43 25 39  
WIND DIR NW W W W W W NW W W W W W W W NW W W  
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 5 6 8 11 13 16 13 8 6 5 5 9 13 17  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10  
PRECIP TYPE S S  
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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.1 6.9 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.2 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.3  
 
   
..NEWBERRY CRATER  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW SC SC OV OV BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 30 50 90 95 55 20 25 20 10 10 25 20 5 10 15  
TEMPERATURE 47 42 36 35 34 36 40 45 46 39 32 29 27 29 36 41 41  
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 47 26 43  
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 6 5 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 12 9 8 8 8 9 11 14  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 6.7 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.4 5.3 5.7 5.8  
 
   
..WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW SC SC BK SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 15 40 75 80 85 85 55 30 5 15 25 35 40 65 50  
TEMPERATURE 36 31 29 28 28 33 37 37 37 32 29 27 25 29 35 36 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 39 25 39  
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W NW W SW W W W W NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 12 12 11 10 10 9 10 14 16 17  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 10 20  
PRECIP TYPE S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 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) 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.2 7.2 6.7 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.7 5.5 5.7 5.7  
 
   
..SALT CREEK AREA (5,000 FT TO 7,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW SC SC BK BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 15 40 70 75 85 85 60 35 10 15 25 35 40 65 55  
TEMPERATURE 43 35 32 32 31 36 44 44 43 38 33 31 29 34 42 43 42  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 46 29 45  
WIND DIR NW W SW SW SW S SW W NW W SW W W W W NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 5 4 6 6 8 10 11 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 10 11 11  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 10 20  
PRECIP TYPE R R S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01  
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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.5 6.1 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.8 5.9 5.2 4.5 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.8  
 
   
..CLEAR CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 10 40 70 75 85 80 45 15 10 15 20 35 30 45 40  
TEMPERATURE 40 34 30 29 28 33 39 40 41 35 30 28 26 31 38 41 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 42 26 42  
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W SW W NW W W NW NW W SW W NW  
WIND (MPH) 6 6 8 6 8 10 12 10 9 8 9 8 8 8 13 12 12  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
PRECIP TYPE S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.5 6.2 6.8 7.1 7.2 6.8 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.9 5.6 5.8 5.9  
 
   
..CATHERINE CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 15 30 75 85 90 80 50 15 10 15 20 35 30 45 45  
TEMPERATURE 42 35 32 31 31 36 39 39 40 36 31 29 28 31 37 39 38  
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 41 28 40  
WIND DIR NW N N NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW  
WIND (MPH) 6 5 5 5 6 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 12 14  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 10 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10  
PRECIP TYPE S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.1 6.7 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.5 5.5  
 
   
..NORWAY AREA (7,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 10 35 60 75 85 75 35 15 5 15 15 30 30 40 30  
TEMPERATURE 35 30 28 27 26 31 35 35 35 32 28 26 24 28 34 36 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 36 24 37  
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 10 11 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 16 16 17  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
PRECIP TYPE S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 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) 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.7 6.4 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.8 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.8  
 
   
..ANTHONY LAKES AREA (8,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW FW SC OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 20 45 70 90 85 70 45 20 10 15 20 30 30 35 50  
TEMPERATURE 41 34 31 31 31 35 37 38 39 34 31 27 26 28 35 38 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 41 25 40  
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 8 8 9 11 11 12 10 9 8 8 9 11 14 17  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5  
PRECIP TYPE S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 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) 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.9 7.3 7.3 6.7 5.3 4.6 4.1 4.3 5.1 5.5 5.5  
 
   
..BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25  
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 FW FW SC SC OV OV OV SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 30 45 80 85 80 50 20 15 10 15 25 45 45 45 50  
TEMPERATURE 50 43 39 38 37 40 45 47 49 43 37 33 31 34 39 43 42  
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 49 30 44  
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 3 2 4 4 6 8 9 9 9 8 6 5 4 6 9 10 10  
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 27 27  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 30 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10  
PRECIP TYPE R R S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.5 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.9  
 
 
 
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---  
 
CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
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