Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
355 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2026


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   CL   FW   BK   BK   OV   SC   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5   20   70   50   75   30   50   30   40   65   85   70   50   60   90   80
TEMPERATURE        62   57   54   52   51   48   55   60   60   56   55   54   51   48   53   56   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  63                  48                  58
WIND DIR           NE    W   SW   SW   SW    W   NE   NE    N   SW   SW   SW   SW    N    E    E   SW
WIND (MPH)          5    2    3    3    3    4    4    8    9    2    3    2    2    4    9    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   40   40   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.05
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) 11.9 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.5 11.0 11.4 11.5 11.2 10.8 10.6 10.5 10.5 11.0 11.2 11.3


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   FW   FW   BK   BK   OV   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5   20   60   50   75   25   60   40   50   60   85   65   50   55   85   80
TEMPERATURE        53   50   46   45   43   45   48   53   51   50   48   46   44   46   46   48   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           43                  53                  44                  49
WIND DIR           SE    S   SW    S    S    S    E    E    E    W    W    W    W   NW    E   SE    W
WIND (MPH)          5    2    4    3    3    3    6    5    9    3    3    2    3    6    9    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   30   30   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04
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) 11.7 11.3 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.8 11.2 11.3 11.2 10.8 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.9 11.1 11.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   CL   SC   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    0   25   65   50   80   50   50   35   35   65   75   55   50   65   85   85
TEMPERATURE        57   43   42   40   39   43   56   58   56   44   44   42   40   44   54   53   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           39                  58                  40                  55
WIND DIR            E    S    S    S    S    S    E   SE   SE   SW   SW    W    W    W    E   SE   SW
WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    4    4    4    9   11   11    5    5    4    4    8   12   10    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   40   40   50
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.12
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) 11.9 11.4 11.2 10.9 10.7 10.3 10.7 11.2 11.2 10.7 10.7 10.5 10.7 10.8 11.1 11.2 11.3


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        FW   CL   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   30   65   50   65   25   50   25   40   70   85   70   50   60   80   80
TEMPERATURE        57   53   49   47   45   38   49   55   56   54   51   49   45   38   47   51   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  57                  38                  52
WIND DIR            N   SW   SW    S    S    S   NE    N    N   SW   SW   SW   SW   NW    E   SE   SW
WIND (MPH)          4    3    4    3    4    5    6    8    8    3    4    3    2    5   10    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   40   40   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.05
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) 11.9 11.4 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.5 11.1 11.4 11.4 11.1 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.5 11.0 11.2 11.3


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   FW   SC   FW   SC   FW   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    5   20   30   25   55   40   25   45   25   30   20   60   60   65   70
TEMPERATURE        62   52   49   49   49   54   64   66   62   54   52   51   51   55   63   62   57
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  66                  50                  64
WIND DIR           NW   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   SW    S    S    S    S   SE   SE   SE    S
WIND (MPH)          3    1    1    1    2    4    4    6    5    2    3    3    5    9   10    9    5
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                          21   20
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   30   30   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
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) 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.7 12.0 11.9 11.7


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   FW   SC   FW   SC   FW   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    5   20   35   35   50   35   25   50   25   35   20   60   55   55   70
TEMPERATURE        53   47   45   45   44   48   53   55   53   49   47   47   47   48   51   53   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  56                  46                  54
WIND DIR            W    E   SE    E    E   SE    S   SW    S   SE    E   SE    E    E   SE   SE    S
WIND (MPH)          4    2    1    2    4    6    8   10    6    3    5    5    8   10   12   11    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   20   20   40
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) 11.2 10.9 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.7 11.1 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.7 12.0 11.9 11.7


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 09/20/26                         MONDAY 09/21/26
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        CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   FW   SC   FW   SC   FW   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    5   20   35   25   55   40   25   40   25   25   20   60   60   70   70
TEMPERATURE        61   51   49   48   48   53   63   65   61   53   51   51   51   54   62   61   56
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  65                  49                  63
WIND DIR            N    S    S   SE   SE    S   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE   SE   SE    S
WIND (MPH)          3    2    1    2    3    5    5    6    5    4    4    3    5    9   11    9    5
WIND GUST (MPH)                                       18                                 23   20
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   30   30   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
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) 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.8 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.7 12.0 11.9 11.7

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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