Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
253 AM PDT WED AUG 14 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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        FW   CL   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    15    5   35   40   35   20   20   10   25   10   45   55   65   65   65   65   70
TEMPERATURE        49   50   56   56   56   53   52   51   50   52   56   55   54   52   52   51   50
MAX/MIN TEMP                           58                  49                  56                  49
WIND DIR           NE   NE    N    N    N    N   SE   SE    E   NW    N    N    N   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    3    4    5    4    4    3    4    3    2    4    3    4    4    3    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE
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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.6  9.7  9.7  9.9  9.9  9.9  9.8  9.7  9.7  9.6  9.7  9.9  9.8  9.6  9.5  9.5  9.3


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   25   25   30   35   45   30   35   30   20   30   50   55   70   75   75   75
TEMPERATURE        51   52   57   61   62   57   54   54   52   52   58   60   60   55   54   53   53
MAX/MIN TEMP                           63                  50                  62                  52
WIND DIR           NE    W    W    W    W   NW    S   NW    N    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          1    1    3    5    5    4    2    1    1    2    4    6    6    4    3    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   10   10   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.2


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   OV   OV   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   65   25   15   20   35   45   45   70   70   45   40   55   70   75   80   90
TEMPERATURE        50   50   59   67   65   58   53   52   51   51   57   63   61   55   53   52   51
MAX/MIN TEMP                           67                  50                  64                  50
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    3    3    5    5    5    4    3    3    3    4    5    6    6    6    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0   20   20   30   30   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    R    R    R    R    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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.4


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   50   30   15   20   45   55   55   70   70   55   55   65   75   85   85   85
TEMPERATURE        51   50   58   67   67   59   54   52   51   51   58   63   62   57   54   52   51
MAX/MIN TEMP                           69                  49                  64                  49
WIND DIR            N   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    N   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    3    4    4    3    1    1    1    2    4    5    5    3    3    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   30   30   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE                                                                     R    R    R    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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.1 10.0  9.9 10.1 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.2 10.1  9.9  9.9  9.9 10.3 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.0


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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        SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   20   10   15   35   30   30   45   65   65   40   45   55   75   80   80   75
TEMPERATURE        46   47   60   67   66   60   52   50   49   49   57   61   60   54   50   49   47
MAX/MIN TEMP                           68                  47                  62                  46
WIND DIR            W   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    4    3    5    5    5    4    4    4    5    5    6    8    6    6    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   20   20   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      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        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.6  9.6 10.0 10.7 10.9 10.6 10.1  9.8  9.7  9.7  9.8 10.4 10.7 10.5 10.4 10.0  9.6


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 08/14/24                      THURSDAY 08/15/24
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        FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    25   10   20   25   35   45   25   30   35   25   40   65   75   85   80   85   75
TEMPERATURE        46   47   53   57   59   53   50   49   48   48   51   53   52   49   48   48   47
MAX/MIN TEMP                           59                  47                  54                  46
WIND DIR            N   NE    S   SW    W    N    N   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    3    3    5    4    2    2    2    2    5    6    6    5    4    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   20   20   10   10    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.9  9.7  9.8 10.4 10.7 10.7 10.4 10.0  9.8  9.8  9.8 10.0 10.4 10.2 10.1  9.8  9.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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