Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
345 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   80   90   95   85   85   55   60   75   55   70   70   50   40   40   50   55
TEMPERATURE        46   48   53   52   51   49   47   47   46   47   50   51   52   49   45   43   42
MAX/MIN TEMP                           54                  45                  53                  42
WIND DIR            S   SW   NW   NW   NW   SW    S    S    S    S    W    W    W    S    S   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)          4    1    3    4    3    3    4    6    6    5    4    5    5    5    6    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   30   40   30   10   10   20   20   30   30    5    5    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R              R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.05      0.04      0.00      0.01      0.01      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)  9.7  9.6  9.6  9.7  9.8  9.8  9.6  9.3  8.4  7.9  7.9  8.2  8.0  7.7  7.4  7.7  7.6


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   70   85   80   90   95   90   90   90   95   95   95   60   60   50   65   60
TEMPERATURE        50   51   56   59   57   52   50   49   49   48   49   51   54   51   47   46   46
MAX/MIN TEMP                           60                  47                  54                  45
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    W   NW   SE    S   SW   SW    W   SW    W    N    E    S    S
WIND (MPH)          6    3    3    5    6    2    3    6    2    2    4    4    3    2    1    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10    5    5   30   40   50   60   60   80   80   80   80   40   40   20   20   30
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.06      0.11      0.08      0.09      0.01      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.4  9.3  9.6  9.9  9.9  9.8  9.7  9.6  9.3  9.1  8.9  8.7  8.4  8.1  7.8  7.9  7.7


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   70   90   95   85   95   80   90   85   85   75   65   55   65   70   75   75
TEMPERATURE        51   53   61   63   61   55   52   51   51   51   53   56   58   54   50   50   49
MAX/MIN TEMP                           64                  49                  58                  47
WIND DIR            S    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    3    5    8    9    5    4    4    5    5    5    8   10    8    6    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   30   50   40   20   20   40   40   40   40   40   40   30   30   10
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.04      0.04      0.05      0.03      0.02      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.6  9.6 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.1  9.9  9.7  9.4  9.1  8.8  8.6  8.7  8.8  8.9  8.5  8.2


...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   65   80   95   80   90   75   85   85   85   80   70   60   65   70   75   70
TEMPERATURE        51   52   64   67   64   57   53   51   51   51   55   60   61   57   52   50   49
MAX/MIN TEMP                           68                  50                  61                  48
WIND DIR            N    N    W    W   NW   NW    N   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          5    5    3    6    6    5    4    2    6    5    4    8    8    8    5    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    5   30   50   40   30   30   50   50   30   30   40   40   30   30   10
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.08      0.05      0.05      0.04      0.02      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.6  9.7  9.8 10.2 10.2 10.0  9.9  9.7  9.4  9.0  8.5  8.3  8.5  8.6  8.3  8.3  8.1


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   90   90   90   85   80   50   70   75   75   60   45   35   40   40   65   60
TEMPERATURE        48   53   60   62   61   55   51   49   48   49   54   58   59   55   49   46   44
MAX/MIN TEMP                           63                  47                  60                  44
WIND DIR           SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    5    8   11    6    9   10    8    6    8   10   10    9    8    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   40   40   20   10   10   10   10   20   20   20   20   10   10    5
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R                        R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      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)  9.9  9.9 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.0  9.7  9.4  8.9  8.3  8.5  8.7  8.6  8.4  8.5  8.2


...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   95  100   90   90   70   55   60   65   60   55   45   45   45   60   70
TEMPERATURE        46   48   53   54   53   48   47   46   45   44   47   51   52   48   45   44   43
MAX/MIN TEMP                           56                  44                  52                  42
WIND DIR           NW   NW   NW   NW    W   SW    W   NW   NW    W    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    4    3    4    5    3   12   13    8    6   10    9    6    3    6    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   30   40   30   10   10   30   30   20   20   20   20   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.03      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.8  9.8 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.0  9.9  9.6  9.3  8.8  8.4  8.6  8.6  8.5  8.3  8.3  8.0

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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