Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
356 AM PST WED JAN 8 2025


...BROKEN TOP...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   75   80   65   30   20   15   15   10   20   30   25   30   45   55   65   60
TEMPERATURE        31   33   34   36   34   28   27   26   25   25   31   36   34   31   32   32   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  24                  36                  26
WIND DIR            W   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N   NE    E   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          8    6    5    4    4    5    6    5    6    6    6    6    6   10   13   14   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   60
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)  5.8  7.1  7.6  7.2  6.5  5.8  5.3  4.9  4.7  4.6  4.8  5.7  6.2  6.7  7.9  7.6  6.6


...TAM MCARTHUR RIM...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   75   75   65   30   20   15   15   10   20   30   30   30   45   55   65   60
TEMPERATURE        33   35   36   37   35   29   27   26   25   26   32   37   34   32   32   33   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  25                  37                  27
WIND DIR            W   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    N   NE   SE    S    S   SE    S   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          9    6    5    4    4    5    6    5    6    6    6    6    6   11   14   16   17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   60
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)  5.9  7.1  7.6  7.2  6.5  5.8  5.3  5.0  4.7  4.6  4.8  5.7  6.2  6.6  8.0  7.6  6.7


...NEWBERRY CRATER...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   70   70   60   30   20   20   15   10   20   20   25   35   40   50   70   70
TEMPERATURE        27   31   32   36   36   29   27   26   25   25   30   35   33   28   29   29   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  24                  36                  25
WIND DIR           NW   NW   NW   NW    N    N   NE   NE    E    E   SE   SE   SE    S    S    S   SW
WIND (MPH)          6    5    4    4    4    5    4    4    4    4    4    3    4    5    9   10   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   30
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)  4.5  5.7  7.3  7.5  6.9  6.1  5.3  5.0  4.6  4.5  4.6  5.2  5.2  5.4  6.6  6.1  5.7


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   60   50   35   30   20   20   15   10   10    5   30   40   45   50   50   65
TEMPERATURE        26   27   30   30   26   22   21   20   18   18   26   30   26   24   24   25   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           32                  17                  31                  20
WIND DIR            W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    N   NW   SW   SW    S    S
WIND (MPH)         13   12    9    6    6    8    8    6    6    4    3    3    4    9   13   18   21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    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)  3.7  4.3  5.1  5.2  4.8  4.5  4.2  3.8  3.4  3.0  3.2  3.8  3.9  3.4  3.4  3.5  3.8


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   65   50   40   30   15   15   15   10   10    5   25   35   45   50   50   65
TEMPERATURE        23   25   30   32   29   24   24   23   22   21   30   34   30   25   24   23   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           34                  20                  34                  22
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    E    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)         10   10    8    4    4    6    6    6    5    4    3    3    4    8   11   14   17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   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)  3.1  3.4  4.2  4.5  4.4  4.1  3.9  3.7  3.3  3.0  3.2  3.9  4.0  3.3  3.0  3.0  3.1


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   60   40   30   25   15   20   10    5    5    5   25   35   45   45   50   65
TEMPERATURE        21   22   26   30   27   22   21   20   19   18   27   31   28   23   21   20   20
MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  18                  31                  18
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W   NW   NW    N    N   NW   NW    N    N    W   SW   SW    S    S
WIND (MPH)          8    8    6    4    4    8    9    9    8    6    3    4    4    5    8   11   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    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)  3.0  3.2  4.1  4.7  4.5  4.2  4.0  3.6  3.2  2.9  3.1  4.0  3.9  3.3  2.9  2.9  2.8


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   70   50   40   30   20   15   10   10    5    5   25   35   40   45   55   70
TEMPERATURE        24   25   29   31   29   25   23   22   21   21   28   32   28   25   24   24   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           31                  20                  32                  22
WIND DIR            S   SW    W   NW    N    N    N   NE   NE   NE   NE    W   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)          6    5    5    5    6    6    6    5    5    4    3    3    4    6    9   12   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   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)  3.1  3.4  4.1  4.7  4.6  4.3  3.9  3.5  3.2  2.9  3.1  4.1  4.1  3.4  3.2  3.3  3.3


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   55   40   30   25   15   20   10    5    5    5   20   35   40   45   50   65
TEMPERATURE        22   22   26   28   25   21   20   19   18   17   24   29   25   22   20   20   20
MAX/MIN TEMP                           29                  17                  29                  17
WIND DIR            W    W    W   NW   NW    N    N    N    N    N    N    N   NW    W    W   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         10    9    9    8    8   11   12   11   10    8    4    4    5    8   10   14   16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    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)  3.2  3.5  4.4  5.0  4.7  4.3  4.0  3.6  3.2  2.9  3.1  4.1  4.0  3.3  3.1  3.0  3.0


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   70   60   50   30   25   20   15   10   10   10   20   25   50   50   60   70
TEMPERATURE        26   27   28   29   26   23   22   21   20   20   26   32   28   25   25   25   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           31                  19                  33                  20
WIND DIR            W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N   NE   NE   NE   SW    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          9    8    6    6    6    6    6    5    5    4    3    3    4    8   10   13   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   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)  3.6  4.2  5.0  5.4  5.1  4.7  4.3  4.0  3.5  3.2  3.3  4.3  4.5  3.7  3.6  3.5  3.4


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 01/08/25                      THURSDAY 01/09/25
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        OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   70   50   35   30   25   20   15   10   15   15   40   45   50   50   60   70
TEMPERATURE        27   28   32   35   32   26   26   25   24   23   29   33   31   27   26   27   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  23                  34                  25
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W   NW   NW    N    N    N   NE    E   SE   SE   SE    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          6    6    4    3    2    2    2    2    1    2    2    2    3    5    9   10   11
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                    29
PRECIP PROB (%)    10    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   30
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)  2.8  3.1  3.6  4.0  3.9  3.8  3.7  3.4  3.1  2.9  3.1  3.7  3.7  3.2  3.0  3.1  2.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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