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FWUS45 KREV 162134
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
234 PM PDT TUE JUL 16 2024


...NEAR DONNER PASS - ELEV 7200 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   CL
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    0    5    5    0    5    5    5    5   10   10    5    5    5    5
TEMPERATURE        70   61   53   53   51   57   67   71   71   61   53   53   52   58   70   74   73
MIN/MAX TEMP                           51                  72                  52                  75
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW    S   SE   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         10    9    5    5    4    6   10   11   10    6    3    2    2    2    5    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    21   16   10    9    9   14   19   20   20   11    6    4    4    4   11   19   20
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    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
6 HOUR ICE                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.1 11.6 11.4 11.2 10.9 10.8 11.2 11.4 11.4 11.6 12.3 13.3 13.0 12.9 12.7 12.9 13.0


...NEAR MT ROSE SUMMIT - ELEV 8900 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   CL   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   10    5    5    5    5    0    5    5    5   10   15    5   10    5   15
TEMPERATURE        68   58   55   54   52   56   65   70   69   59   55   55   53   58   67   72   71
MIN/MAX TEMP                           52                  72                  53                  74
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    S   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         12   11   10   10    9    8    8   11   13   10    8    5    5    4    4    8   13
WIND GUST (MPH)    24   23   19   18   17   16   18   23   24   19   16   13   13   11   12   17   24
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    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
6 HOUR ICE                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.4 13.3 12.7 12.1 11.5 11.8 12.4 12.6 13.1 13.4 13.5 13.0 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.5


...NEAR HOMEWOOD - ELEV 8000 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10   15   15    5    5    5    5
TEMPERATURE        71   64   59   58   56   61   68   72   71   64   60   59   57   63   70   73   73
MIN/MAX TEMP                           56                  72                  57                  75
WIND DIR           SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   SW   SE    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         14   12    9    8    8    8   11   13   13   10    5    5    4    3    5   10   13
WIND GUST (MPH)    29   23   14   14   13   17   21   26   27   19   11    9    8    6   12   20   27
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    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
6 HOUR ICE                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.2 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.1 11.1 11.6 11.8 11.9 12.2 12.7 13.5 13.0 13.0 12.8 12.9 13.0


...NEAR ECHO PASS - ELEV 7500 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10   15   10    5   25   25   10
TEMPERATURE        67   62   57   56   54   58   67   71   68   63   58   58   55   61   69   73   69
MIN/MAX TEMP                           53                  72                  54                  73
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW    S    S    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    6    5    4    4    5    6    9   10    5    3    2    2    2    4    8   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    21   14    9    8    8   11   17   20   20   12    8    5    5    5   11   18   21
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   20   20    5
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.5 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.4 11.4 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.6 13.3 13.6 13.2 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.2


...NEAR CARSON PASS - ELEV 8800 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    0    5    0    5    0    0    0    5   10   10   10   10   30   30    5
TEMPERATURE        67   60   53   53   50   56   65   70   69   61   55   55   52   58   69   72   70
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  71                  51                  72
WIND DIR           SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW   SW    S    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         11   10    8    8    6    5    6   10   10    9    5    4    3    2    4    8   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    24   19   13   11   10   14   19   23   23   16   10    8    6    6   12   19   21
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   20   20    0
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.6 12.0 12.2 12.0 11.6 11.5 12.1 12.5 12.6 12.8 13.5 13.6 13.2 13.0 13.2 13.3 13.3


...NEAR SONORA PASS - ELEV 9800 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    0    5    5    0    5    0    5    5    5   10   15   15   10   30   30   40
TEMPERATURE        69   58   51   48   46   55   66   70   71   59   53   51   48   57   69   71   71
MIN/MAX TEMP                           45                  73                  47                  74
WIND DIR           SW    W   SW    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         10    8    5    5    5    5    8   10   10    5    4    3    3    3    5    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    21   19   13   12   13   14   18   20   20   14   11   10   10    9   14   19   19
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.2 12.4 12.5 12.3 11.9 11.8 12.6 13.1 13.2 13.4 13.7 13.7 13.3 13.2 13.6 13.7 13.8


...NEAR TIOGA PASS - ELEV 10000 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    0    0    5    5   10   15   15   15    5   30   35   40
TEMPERATURE        63   53   49   46   43   51   63   67   66   56   52   49   46   54   64   67   65
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  67                  45                  67
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         10    8    5    4    4    8   10   11   10    5    4    3    3    3    8   10   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    19   14   11   10   11   16   19   19   17   13    9    8    8   10   17   18   17
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.4 13.0 12.8 12.5 12.1 12.3 13.1 13.7 13.7 13.9 13.9 13.8 13.4 13.4 13.9 14.0 14.1


...MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN - ELEV 10000 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    5    5    0    0    5    0    5   15   15   15   15   10   30   35   40
TEMPERATURE        63   57   53   51   49   54   63   66   65   59   56   54   51   56   64   67   64
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  67                  50                  67
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         16   13   11    9    8    8   11   14   13   12    9    6    5    5    8   11   13
WIND GUST (MPH)    29   26   19   16   13   18   24   27   28   23   16   12   10   10   19   24   26
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.1 13.1 13.1 12.8 12.5 12.6 13.1 13.6 13.8 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.5 13.5 14.0 14.0 14.1


...NEAR MAMMOTH - ELEV 9000 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0   10    5    5    5    0    5    0    5   15   15   15   15   10   30   35   40
TEMPERATURE        69   61   58   56   54   60   68   71   70   64   60   58   56   62   69   71   70
MIN/MAX TEMP                           53                  73                  55                  73
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         11   10    6    4    3    5    9   11   10    9    4    2    2    2    5   10   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    28   24   18   14   11   17   23   26   26   21   14   11    9    9   17   24   26
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.1 13.1 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.6 13.1 13.6 13.8 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.5 13.5 13.9 14.0 14.1


...NEAR MAMMOTH - ELEV 8000 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5   10    5    0    0    5    5    5   10   15   15   20   15   30   40   40
TEMPERATURE        75   68   63   58   53   62   74   79   77   69   65   60   56   64   75   78   77
MIN/MAX TEMP                           52                  80                  55                  80
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   10    5    4    2    2    6   11   10    8    3    2    2    1    3    8   10
WIND GUST (MPH)    28   24   16   12   10   13   21   26   26   20   12    9    6    6   14   23   26
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.3 13.5 13.3 12.9 12.7 12.7 13.2 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.5 13.6 14.0 14.1 14.1


...BARCROFT RESEARCH STATION - ELEV 12470 FT...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 07/17/24                      THURSDAY 07/18/24
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        BK   SC   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   30   15    5    5    5   15   30   55   30   20   15   15   10   30   55   65
TEMPERATURE        54   50   45   42   40   46   53   57   56   51   47   44   42   48   54   55   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           40                  58                  42                  57
WIND DIR           SW    W    E   SE   SE   SE   SW   SW   SW    S   NW    N   NW   NW    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)         11    9   10   10   10   10   13   14   13    9    8    9   10    9   13   17   13
WIND GUST (MPH)    18   12   13   14   14   14   20   21   20   13   11   11   14   13   21   24   20
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               T    T    T
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      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                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.3 14.2 14.0 13.6 13.4 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.2 14.0 13.6 13.7 14.0 14.0 14.3

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN