Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
356 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2025


...BROKEN TOP...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5   10    5    5   10   30   45   80   80
TEMPERATURE        32   33   42   46   46   38   36   34   33   32   41   45   43   33   30   30   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  32                  47                  27
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   NW   NW    W   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)          6    5    5    5    5    5    6    6    8    6    6    6    6    5    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20   20   40   40   70
PRECIP TYPE                                                                     S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.05
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.2
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.4  6.5  6.9  7.0  6.9  6.7  6.6  6.5  6.3  5.9  6.6  6.9  7.3  7.4  6.9  6.6  5.4


...TAM MCARTHUR RIM...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5   10    5    5   10   30   40   75   80
TEMPERATURE        34   34   44   48   47   39   37   36   35   34   43   46   44   34   31   31   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           49                  34                  48                  28
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   NW   NW    W   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)          6    6    5    6    5    6    6    6    8    8    8    8    8    5    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20   20   40   40   70
PRECIP TYPE                                                                     S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.04
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.2
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.4  6.5  6.9  7.1  7.0  6.7  6.6  6.5  6.3  6.0  6.6  6.9  7.3  7.4  6.9  6.6  5.4


...NEWBERRY CRATER...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5   10   10   10   15    5    5   20   25   50   70   80
TEMPERATURE        33   32   43   48   47   38   36   36   34   34   42   46   45   36   32   31   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           49                  34                  47                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    N   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    5    5    6    6    6    8    8    8    6    5    5    5    6    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   30   30   60
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.06
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.1
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.4  6.2  6.8  6.9  6.8  6.7  6.7  6.4  6.1  5.9  6.5  6.6  6.9  7.1  6.8  6.6  5.5


...WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10    5    5    5    5    5    5    5   10    5    5    5   10   20   30   45
TEMPERATURE        33   32   43   44   42   36   35   35   34   34   42   43   40   32   31   30   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           44                  33                  44                  26
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   11   10    9    9   11   12   12   12   12   12   11   12   13   14   11   10
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
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  6.1  6.8  6.9  6.8  6.4  6.2  6.0  5.9  5.9  6.4  6.4  6.2  5.7  5.4  5.3  5.2


...SALT CREEK AREA (5,000 FT TO 7,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5   10   10   10    5   10   10    5    5   10   20   30   45
TEMPERATURE        32   32   45   47   44   36   34   34   33   33   44   47   43   34   32   31   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  33                  48                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          9    8    8    8    6    8    9    9    9   10   10   10    9   10   11    8    6
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
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  5.7  6.5  6.8  6.8  6.2  5.8  5.5  5.3  5.6  6.1  6.2  6.0  5.5  5.3  5.1  5.1


...CLEAR CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5   10    5    5    5   10   10    5    5   10   15   30   40
TEMPERATURE        27   27   37   39   38   32   29   29   28   28   37   40   39   31   29   28   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  28                  41                  26
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          8    8    8    8    6    8    8    8    8    8    9    9    9    9    9    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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
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  5.4  6.1  6.4  6.3  5.9  5.6  5.4  5.2  5.1  5.5  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.3  5.2  5.1


...CATHERINE CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5    0    5   10    5    5    5   15   20   35   50
TEMPERATURE        31   30   39   43   41   35   33   32   31   31   39   41   40   33   31   31   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           43                  30                  42                  28
WIND DIR           SE   SE    S    S    S   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E
WIND (MPH)          8    8    8    8    6    8    8    8    9   10   10   10    9   10   10    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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
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)  5.3  5.7  6.3  6.5  6.4  6.0  5.8  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.8  5.8  5.6  5.4  5.2  5.2  5.1


...NORWAY AREA (7,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5   10    5    5    5   10    5    5    5   10   15   30   40
TEMPERATURE        28   28   37   39   39   34   31   30   29   28   35   37   36   30   28   28   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  28                  38                  26
WIND DIR            W    W   SW    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   NW   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)         11   10   10    9    9   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   12   13   11   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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
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)  5.4  5.6  6.2  6.4  6.4  6.1  5.8  5.6  5.4  5.2  5.5  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.3  5.3  5.1


...ANTHONY LAKES AREA (8,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   FW   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10    5    5    5   10   10   15   10   15   10    5    5   20   25   40   55
TEMPERATURE        34   34   43   47   45   39   37   37   35   35   41   42   39   32   31   30   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  33                  43                  25
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          9    9    8    8    8    9    9   10   11   12   12   11   11   10   10    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         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)  5.7  5.9  6.8  7.0  6.9  6.5  6.3  6.0  5.6  5.6  6.2  6.3  6.1  5.4  5.1  5.1  5.1


...BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 02/28/25                         SATURDAY 03/01/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    0    5    5    5   10   10    5   10    5    5    5    5   20   35   50
TEMPERATURE        32   32   42   48   47   38   36   34   33   33   42   46   45   36   33   31   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  32                  47                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW
WIND (MPH)          6    6    6    5    6    6    6    6    8    9   10    9    6    5    5    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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
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)  5.9  5.9  6.1  6.4  6.6  6.6  6.5  6.3  5.9  5.3  5.4  5.6  5.7  5.8  5.3  4.9  5.0

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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