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FWUS46 KPQR 161102
AVGPQR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
401 AM PDT SAT MAY 16 2026
..MOUNT ST. HELENS
DATE SATURDAY 05/16/26 SUNDAY 05/17/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 80 100 80 75 75 70 75 65 50 50 60 40 60 65 70
TEMPERATURE 31 30 29 31 31 30 30 31 30 31 34 37 39 38 34 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 28 39 31
WIND DIR W W W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 16 18 16 16 18 16 13 13 11 11 11 12 14 11 10 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 28 27 28 32 29 27 25 21 21 20 23 25 20 17 14
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 60 80 60 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.30 0.44 0.13 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 4.0 4.7 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 8.7 1.5 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 8.9 1.6 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) 3.3 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1
..MOUNT HOOD
DATE SATURDAY 05/16/26 SUNDAY 05/17/26
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 OV OV BK BK BK SC BK SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 80 90 95 90 75 85 70 65 65 55 30 55 30 45 65 65
TEMPERATURE 27 26 24 25 26 24 25 25 25 27 27 29 31 32 27 28 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 27 22 33 26
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 29 32 31 27 27 31 28 27 18 14 12 12 16 11 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 44 46 44 41 39 42 41 40 32 26 19 20 23 18 13 14 14
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 70 80 90 80 60 30 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.36 0.56 0.42 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 5.7 8.8 6.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 14.5 7.5 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 14.5 7.6 0.1 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 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.8 4.5 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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