Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
355 AM PDT SUN AUG 9 2026


...MT LOCKE (10410 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   BK   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   15   35   40   25   35   40   35   15   50   75   45   40   45   35   30
TEMPERATURE        61   59   73   73   73   66   63   61   60   58   70   71   72   66   62   59   58
MAX/MIN TEMP                           77                  58                  74                  55
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SE    E    W    W    W   SW   SW    W    E   SW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    4    6    9    9    6    6    5    3    2    6   10   10    6    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   20   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    5   20   20    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE                        T    R                                       R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.4 14.2 14.6 15.0 14.9 14.7 14.4 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.6 15.0 15.0 14.8 14.5 14.1 13.9


...MT TOM (11594 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5   20   55   55   25   40   25   15   15   50   70   45   40   40   30   25
TEMPERATURE        56   60   65   67   64   61   57   55   54   58   63   64   62   59   56   54   52
MAX/MIN TEMP                           68                  53                  66                  52
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SE    S    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    E   SW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    4    6    5    9    6    6    6    5    4    4    5    9    8    6    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   20   30    5    0    0    0    0    0    5   20   20    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE                        T    R                                       R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.4 14.3 14.5 15.0 15.2 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.4 14.2 14.5 14.9 15.0 14.9 14.5 14.1 13.9


...ABOVE ONION VALLEY CAMPGROUND (10351 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   CL   BK   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   OV   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   55   80   55   30   20   15   15   35   45   75   40   30   25   25   20
TEMPERATURE        54   59   70   70   68   57   56   55   54   58   67   68   66   55   55   52   51
MAX/MIN TEMP                           71                  52                  69                  50
WIND DIR            S    S    S    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SE   SW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    5    6    9   10    9    5    4    5    4    6    8   11    9    5    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0   30   30   40    5    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   10    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R                                  T
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.03      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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.3 14.1 14.7 15.3 15.0 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.7 15.1 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.2 13.9


...TABLE MOUNTAIN (10971 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   BK   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   15   35   50   20   40   30   35   20   60   75   45   45   45   35   30
TEMPERATURE        54   50   65   68   69   66   58   55   52   49   63   65   66   64   56   53   50
MAX/MIN TEMP                           71                  49                  68                  47
WIND DIR            S    S   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   NE   SW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    4    6    8    8    6    6    5    3    2    6    9    9    6    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   20   20    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   20   20   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE                        T    R                                       R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.4 14.2 14.6 15.1 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.6 15.0 15.0 14.8 14.5 14.1 13.9


...LEE CANYON AREA (9199 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10   50   45   45   35   40   25   20   30   35   30   20   30   35   40   45
TEMPERATURE        63   69   78   78   76   68   64   63   62   67   76   76   75   68   63   61   60
MAX/MIN TEMP                           80                  60                  78                  59
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SW
WIND (MPH)          3    3    4    5    6    4    6    5    4    5    6    8    8    4    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)                                  18                       19        16
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0   30   20   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0   10
PRECIP TYPE                   R    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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.7 14.8 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.1 15.0 14.3 13.6 13.4 13.9 14.1 14.0 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.3


...CHARLESTON PEAK (11916 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   20   35   35   30   45   25   20   35   35   30   15   30   35   35   50
TEMPERATURE        58   61   68   69   67   61   59   58   58   60   65   67   66   60   58   57   55
MAX/MIN TEMP                           70                  56                  68                  55
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          5    4    8    9    9    6    9    8    8    8   10   11   10    6    6    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0   10   10   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0   10
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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.7 14.8 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.3 13.6 13.5 13.8 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.2 14.3


...MUMMY MOUNTAIN (11533 FT)...

DATE                    SUNDAY 08/09/26                         MONDAY 08/10/26
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5   55   55   50   40   40   20   20   30   45   35   25   35   35   40   45
TEMPERATURE        62   69   76   76   74   67   64   62   61   66   75   75   74   66   62   60   59
MAX/MIN TEMP                           78                  59                  77                  58
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          4    3    3    4    5    5    8    6    5    5    6    6    6    5    6    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)                                       18                  19   18
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0   30   20   30    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0   10
PRECIP TYPE                   R    T    R
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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 14.7 14.8 15.1 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.0 14.3 13.6 13.4 13.9 14.1 14.0 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.3

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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