Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVGSEW

AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
749 PM PDT SAT JUN 29 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)         95   85   50   70   55   55   65   55   40   25   55   65   50   25   25   10
TEMPERATURE             49   49   47   46   47   50   51   52   50   45   43   42   45   50   52   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           46                  53                  42                  53
WIND DIR                 W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NW    W    W    W   NW    N   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)               3    2    2    3    4    5    6    6    6    4    5    5    6    9   10    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         60   20   10   20   20   20   20    5    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE              R    R         R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.19      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       9.7  9.5  9.3  8.7  7.9  7.8  7.9  7.9  7.6  7.3  7.1  7.1  7.3  7.5  7.8  7.8


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   BK   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)         90   85   85   85   85   90   85   70   55   45   55   60   70   75   65   55
TEMPERATURE             53   50   49   49   49   49   51   53   51   47   46   44   46   49   52   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  54                  44                  54
WIND DIR                 W   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)               4    2    2    2    4    6    8    8    6    4    2    2    4   10   11   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         20   60   70   80   80   70   60   30   30   10   10   30   30   30   30   10
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R              R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.13      0.05      0.09      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       9.5  9.4  9.4  9.4  9.2  9.0  8.8  8.5  8.0  7.8  7.6  7.6  7.9  8.1  8.2  8.2


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         95   80   75   85   80   80   55   50   70   70   75   75   70   50   35   30
TEMPERATURE             55   52   51   50   51   53   56   58   55   50   49   48   49   52   56   56
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  58                  47                  58
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)               5    4    4    4    5    6    9    9    8    6    6    6    6    8   10   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         60   20   10   30   40   30   20   30   30   20   20   10   10    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE              R    R         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.02      0.08      0.05      0.01      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)      10.3 10.2  9.6  9.4  9.2  8.8  8.6  8.6  8.5  8.4  8.1  7.9  7.8  8.0  8.2  8.3


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   BK   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)         90   70   60   75   75   80   60   55   55   50   65   75   65   45   40   25
TEMPERATURE             57   53   51   51   51   56   59   61   57   51   50   48   48   56   61   60
MIN/MAX TEMP                           50                  61                  47                  62
WIND DIR                NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)               3    2    2    2    3    4    6    6    4    3    3    3    4    5    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         50   10   20   40   40   30   20   40   40   30   30   10   10    5    5   10
PRECIP TYPE              R         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.04      0.05      0.09      0.04      0.02      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)      10.2  9.9  9.6  9.4  8.9  8.5  8.3  8.4  8.4  8.2  8.0  7.7  7.5  7.7  8.1  8.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   SC   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)         85   45   60   70   75   65   55   30   45   30   55   60   50   25   10   15
TEMPERATURE             55   50   49   48   49   54   58   59   56   49   46   44   47   54   58   58
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  60                  44                  60
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)               8    6    6    6    9   10   12   12   11    9    8    9   10   11   12   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         30    5   10   20   20   10   10   20   20   10   10   10   10   10   10    5
PRECIP TYPE              R              R    R              R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.01      0.03      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)      10.5 10.0  9.6  9.4  8.8  8.5  8.4  8.6  8.6  8.4  8.0  7.6  7.6  7.9  8.5  8.6


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/30/24                         MONDAY 07/01/24
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   SC   FW   BK   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)         90   60   50   65   60   45   45   25   30   25   55   70   55   25   25   15
TEMPERATURE             49   47   46   45   44   47   50   52   48   44   43   42   42   47   51   51
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  53                  41                  53
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)               5    3    3    3    5    9   12   13   10    5    4    4    6   10   13   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         40   10   10   20   30   20   10   20   20   10   10   10   10    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE              R              R    R    R         R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)      10.3  9.8  9.5  9.3  8.8  8.5  8.4  8.5  8.4  8.1  7.7  7.5  7.6  8.0  8.4  8.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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