Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
248 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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        BK   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   55   45   65   70   70   70   75   75   75   60   50   70   65   70   65   70
TEMPERATURE        55   52   51   51   51   51   53   53   53   52   50   50   50   50   52   52   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           50                  54                  49                  54
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    N    N    N    N    N    N   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N
WIND (MPH)          2    1    5    5    2    3    4    4    3    3    2    2    2    2    3    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    5    5    5    5    5
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      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.5 10.5 10.3 10.1  9.9  9.9  9.9 10.0 10.0 10.0  9.9  9.7  9.5  9.6  9.7  9.7  9.7


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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        SC   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   55   45   70   70   80   70   70   80   90   90   80   85   75   75   80   75
TEMPERATURE        63   59   55   55   54   53   53   55   56   53   53   53   52   50   50   52   54
MIN/MAX TEMP                           53                  57                  50                  55
WIND DIR            W    S    W    N    W   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    2    2    0    3    3    4    5    5    4    4    3    3    4    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20   10    5    5   20   20   20   30   20   20   20   20   30   30   20   20   10
PRECIP TYPE         T                   R    R    R    R    R    R    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      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.1 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.0  9.9  9.9  9.9  9.8


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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        SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   60   65   65   80   75   65   40   30   55   60   70   80   75   65   45   50
TEMPERATURE        70   63   56   53   53   51   56   63   64   58   52   51   49   48   52   57   57
MIN/MAX TEMP                           51                  65                  48                  58
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9    6    5    4    4    4    4    5    6    6    6    6    6    5    5    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   10   20   10   10   10   20   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE                        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
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.0  9.7  9.4  9.4  9.3  9.4  9.5  9.5  9.6  9.8


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

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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        BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   45   55   60   60   65   40   25   25   55   60   85   75   75   70   65   60
TEMPERATURE        68   61   53   51   50   50   55   61   61   55   49   49   48   48   51   57   58
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  62                  47                  59
WIND DIR            W   NW    N    N   NW   NW   NW    W   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          6    4    6    5    2    3    4    5    5    4    4    3    3    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5   10   10    5    0    0    5   10   20   20    5    5    0    0   10
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      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.7 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.1  9.9  9.6  9.4  9.2  9.1  9.0  9.0  9.0  8.9  9.1  9.4  9.5


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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        BK   OV   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   85   45   35   50   55   30   40   35   75   75   70   65   55   40   25   25
TEMPERATURE        68   61   51   48   47   47   55   61   61   54   47   45   44   44   51   57   57
MIN/MAX TEMP                           46                  62                  43                  58
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    8    5    6    5    6    6    9   10    9    9    9    9    9    8    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    5    5    5
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      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.8 10.6 10.3 10.0  9.5  9.1  8.9  9.0  9.1  9.0  9.0  8.6  8.5  8.5  8.6  9.4  9.7


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

DATE                                        MONDAY 08/12/24                         TUESDAY 08/13/24
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   30   35   35   35   30   40   50   65   60   65   60   60   55   50   55
TEMPERATURE        60   54   49   49   47   47   50   54   55   50   46   45   44   44   46   49   50
MIN/MAX TEMP                           46                  56                  43                  51
WIND DIR            W   NW    N   SW    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    1    0    2    2    3    6    8   10    8    6    5    5    5    6    6    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    5
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      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.5 10.5 10.2  9.9  9.5  9.1  8.8  8.8  8.9  8.9  8.9  8.4  8.4  8.7  9.0  9.3  9.5

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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