Avalanche Weather Guidance
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FWUS45 KLKN 050810
AVGLKN

AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1209 AM PST FRI DEC 5 2025


...CORRAL CANYON (8444 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   80   80   75   70   80   80   90   90   85   55   50   35   40   30   45   40
TEMPERATURE        27   28   29   32   31   32   33   34   35   32   33   35   32   29   29   28   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           33                  30                  35                  26
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   10   10   11   11   13   16   18   20   18   17   18   13   12   10    9    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   50   20   20   20   40   60   60   60   40   20   20   10   10   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.08      0.01      0.13      0.37      0.24      0.02      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.6       0.1       0.6       0.7       1.3       0.1       0.0       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.6  6.0  6.6  7.2  7.7  7.8  8.1  8.3  8.0  7.2  6.9  6.6  6.4  6.2  6.2  6.2  6.2


...DORSEY BASIN (8100 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   85   85   90   95   95   95   95   90   80   65   60   50   35   40   45
TEMPERATURE        27   29   29   29   30   32   32   34   33   33   31   31   29   27   27   27   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           33                  29                  34                  24
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         17   17   13   13   13   17   19   20   20   20   18   17   12   10    8    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   60   30   40   60   80   70   80   70   40   30   30   10   10   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S              S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.16      0.17      0.50      0.58      0.14      0.03      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.4       1.2       2.9       2.9       1.0       0.3       0.0       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.5  5.9  6.4  7.0  7.3  7.5  7.5  7.6  7.3  6.8  6.4  6.2  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.7  5.5


...DRY CREEK (6500 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   85   80   90   90   95   95   95   90   75   60   60   45   35   40   45
TEMPERATURE        32   33   36   38   39   38   39   39   38   36   39   42   40   35   33   32   31
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  35                  43                  27
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   14   14   13   12   13   16   17   18   18   18   16   11    9    6    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   60   20   40   60   80   70   80   70   40   30   30   20   20   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    S    R    R    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.11      0.10      0.37      0.52      0.11      0.02      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.6       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.6  6.0  6.5  7.1  7.4  7.6  7.6  7.7  7.3  6.8  6.4  6.2  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.7  5.6


...GREEN MOUNTAIN (8000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   85   80   85   85   85   95   95   90   70   55   45   45   35   45   40
TEMPERATURE        27   28   29   30   30   32   32   33   33   32   32   32   30   28   28   28   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           33                  30                  35                  25
WIND DIR           NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         12   10   10   11   11   12   14   18   19   18   17   18   13   12   10    8    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   60   30   30   20   50   70   70   70   50   30   30   10   10   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.14      0.06      0.25      0.57      0.23      0.02      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.2       0.4       1.3       2.8       1.4       0.1       0.0       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.7  6.1  6.6  7.3  7.6  7.7  7.7  8.0  7.8  7.3  6.8  6.6  6.3  6.1  6.2  6.2  6.1


...HOLE IN MOUNTAIN (8161 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   85   75   75   85   90   90   90   90   85   65   60   60   50   35   40   45
TEMPERATURE        25   27   26   26   26   29   30   31   30   29   27   26   24   24   24   24   23
MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  26                  30                  22
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         29   26   18   19   18   25   31   32   34   32   24   23   16   14   13   13   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   50   30   40   60   80   70   90   70   40   30   30   20   20   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.20      0.21      0.91      0.99      0.21      0.05      0.04      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 2.2       2.0       7.4       7.4       2.0       0.6       0.5       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.9  6.2  6.7  7.1  7.6  7.7  7.7  7.8  7.3  6.6  6.3  6.2  6.1  5.8  5.6  5.6  5.4


...LAMOILLE #3 (7700 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   85   80   85   90   90   95   95   90   80   60   55   45   35   45   45
TEMPERATURE        28   28   32   33   32   31   33   34   34   32   36   34   29   26   27   26   25
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  30                  37                  23
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         14   14   14   14   12   16   18   20   21   21   21   18   12   10    8    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   60   40   40   50   70   70   70   70   50   30   30   20   20   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.23      0.13      0.44      0.75      0.20      0.04      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 2.6       1.3       3.8       6.0       2.1       0.4       0.0       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.6  6.7  7.1  7.5  7.8  7.9  8.1  8.2  7.7  7.1  6.6  6.5  6.2  6.0  6.0  6.0  5.9


...POLE CANYON (7759 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   80   75   70   80   90   90   90   90   85   70   55   55   45   30   35   45
TEMPERATURE        27   30   31   32   31   31   34   34   34   33   33   33   30   28   28   28   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           33                  30                  35                  23
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         17   16   13   16   14   18   21   21   21   19   18   18   13   11    9    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   60   30   40   60   80   70   80   70   40   30   30   20   20   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.22      0.23      0.74      0.86      0.16      0.03      0.01      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.9       1.6       1.7       2.0       1.0       0.3       0.1       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.7  6.0  6.5  7.1  7.5  7.5  7.7  7.6  7.3  6.8  6.4  6.2  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.7  5.6


...TENT MTN LOWER (7104 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 12/05/25                         SATURDAY 12/06/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   90   85   95   95   95   95   95   95   70   65   65   55   40   45   50
TEMPERATURE        29   30   31   33   34   33   34   35   35   34   35   38   34   31   30   29   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           36                  32                  40                  28
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)         20   18   13   14   13   18   21   24   24   21   18   17   11   10   10    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   50   20   40   60   80   80   90   70   30   30   30   20   20   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.10      0.14      0.49      0.49      0.13      0.03      0.02      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.8       0.5       0.6       0.4       0.4       0.1       0.2       0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.5  5.9  6.4  6.9  7.3  7.5  7.5  7.6  7.2  6.6  6.3  6.1  6.1  5.8  5.6  5.6  5.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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