Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
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FWUS46 KPDT 292156
AVGPDT
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
256 PM PDT MON SEP 29 2025
...BROKEN TOP...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV SC BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 70 45 60 55 70 60 85 85 80 80 90 80 65 55 50
TEMPERATURE 41 38 37 36 35 34 39 43 39 37 38 39 38 37 37 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 45 36 42
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 10 11 13 17 17 17 14 14 18 18 14 14 14 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 20 10 10 0 0 5 60 80 90 80 80 70 70 80 80 50
PRECIP TYPE R S R R R R R R S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.30 0.26 0.05 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 8.7 8.0 7.5 6.9 6.3 6.7 7.5 7.6 8.1 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4
...TAM MCARTHUR RIM...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV BK SC BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 65 35 55 55 70 60 85 80 75 80 85 75 65 50 50
TEMPERATURE 42 39 37 36 35 35 41 45 40 38 39 39 38 38 39 42 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 46 37 43
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 8 10 12 14 17 18 18 16 16 19 19 16 14 14 13 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 20 10 10 0 0 5 60 80 90 70 70 70 70 70 70 50
PRECIP TYPE R S R R R R R R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.32 0.27 0.05 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 8.8 8.0 7.5 6.8 6.3 6.7 7.5 7.6 8.1 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4
...NEWBERRY CRATER...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 65 60 60 55 50 65 90 85 80 80 85 85 70 55 45
TEMPERATURE 44 40 39 38 36 35 40 45 42 39 39 40 38 38 38 43 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 47 37 46
WIND DIR SW SW SW S S S S SW SW S S S SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 6 8 11 13 17 17 14 12 12 17 19 17 16 14 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 10 10 10 5 0 5 40 60 60 60 60 50 50 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 9.4 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7
...WALLOWA MOUNTAINS (8,000 FT TO 9,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK OV BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 90 80 80 65 50 60 80 80 60 65 70 65 60 65 70
TEMPERATURE 52 45 43 42 40 39 42 44 43 42 39 38 37 37 39 41 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 45 36 42
WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S S S S S SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 8 8 9 10 12 13 13 11 10 9 9 10 12 12 11 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 90 60 70 40 60 40 20 30 40 50 50 50 50 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S R R S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.24 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.0 10.8 10.1 9.9 9.4 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.6
...SALT CREEK AREA (5,000 FT TO 7,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV BK BK OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 95 85 85 75 55 60 75 80 60 70 75 65 65 70 70
TEMPERATURE 59 52 48 47 46 46 49 51 51 48 45 43 42 43 46 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 53 41 49
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 8 8 9 11 12 14 13 11 10 9 9 9 12 13 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 90 70 80 50 60 40 30 30 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.17 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.1 10.9 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6
...CLEAR CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 95 90 90 85 75 70 75 80 75 70 80 80 75 80 75
TEMPERATURE 56 49 46 45 44 43 44 46 47 45 43 41 40 40 41 43 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 48 40 45
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 6 4 5 9 12 14 14 11 9 6 5 5 10 13 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 60 80 50 50 40 20 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R T R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.37 0.07 0.16 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.1 10.8 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.7
...CATHERINE CREEK AREA (6,000 FT TO 8,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 95 80 85 70 60 60 70 80 85 80 85 80 70 75 70
TEMPERATURE 56 47 46 44 44 42 44 48 48 45 43 41 41 40 42 45 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 50 39 46
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 8 6 8 9 11 13 12 10 10 6 8 9 11 12 11 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 80 50 70 40 50 30 20 20 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.32 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.0 10.4 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.6
...NORWAY AREA (7,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 95 90 90 85 75 70 80 80 75 70 80 80 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 51 45 44 43 41 40 39 41 42 42 40 38 37 37 36 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 43 36 40
WIND DIR S SW S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 6 6 8 10 13 16 14 12 10 8 8 8 12 13 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 60 70 40 50 30 20 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S T S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.40 0.02 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.1 10.7 10.1 10.0 9.5 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.7
...ANTHONY LAKES AREA (8,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK BK OV BK OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 90 75 75 55 40 55 70 75 65 75 80 75 65 75 70
TEMPERATURE 49 44 43 42 40 38 41 45 45 41 39 38 38 37 39 42 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 48 36 45
WIND DIR S S SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 6 6 8 10 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 11 12 12 10 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 40 50 50 30 30 20 20 40 50 50 50 50 50 70 70 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S R R R R R R S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.14 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 10.8 10.2 9.7 9.3 8.8 8.5 8.7 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4
...BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/30/25 WEDNESDAY 10/01/25
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 OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 90 85 70 65 40 60 75 80 75 80 75 80 75 80 75
TEMPERATURE 65 54 50 49 48 48 54 58 58 53 50 49 48 48 51 53 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 60 46 55
WIND DIR SW W W SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 8 6 8 8 6 8 8 8 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 60 60 50 40 30 30 20 30 40 50 50 50 50 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 10.7 10.1 9.9 9.4 8.9 8.4 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN