Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 190920
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
219 AM PDT SAT APR 19 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 SC SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 15 10 25 30 25 40 45 65 70 75 75 65 55 40 35 30
TEMPERATURE 33 33 39 42 40 32 29 29 28 30 32 34 33 30 28 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 28 36 26
WIND DIR W W NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 14 18 19 19 17 14 11 11 16 19 21 21 17 14 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 20 10 5 10 20 20 60 60 30 30 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.3 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 SC FW FW SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 30 10 10 30 35 45 90 90 95 95 95 90 90 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 37 36 40 42 41 36 33 33 31 33 34 35 35 32 31 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 31 37 30
WIND DIR W W SW W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 9 14 17 16 11 6 6 6 8 11 13 13 10 6 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 10 5 10 40 90 90 90 90 90 90 70 70 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.17 0.13 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.4 2.0 1.6
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.5
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 55 50 55 70 85 85 85 90 75 75 80 80 75 75 70
TEMPERATURE 38 37 41 43 42 38 36 35 34 33 35 37 36 33 32 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 32 38 29
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 0 0 5 20 30 40 30 40 40 60 60 70 70 60 60 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.17 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.7 2.6
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 55 55 60 75 80 85 85 85 80 80 90 90 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 39 37 43 45 45 39 36 34 34 33 36 39 39 35 33 31 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 33 41 31
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W NW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 3 5 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 5 10 30 50 40 30 50 50 70 70 90 90 70 70 30
PRECIP TYPE R S R S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.07 0.14 0.33 0.19
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.7
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.4 2.8 2.7 2.5
...WHITE PASS...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 45 30 40 50 60 65 75 75 70 70 80 75 70 70 65
TEMPERATURE 36 37 41 44 43 37 33 31 30 31 35 37 37 33 31 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 30 38 27
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 13 14 13 12 13 12 12 13 13 14 16 17 16 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 5 10 5 5 10 10 50 50 60 60 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.3 5.7 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.5 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.3 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.4
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE SATURDAY 04/19/25 SUNDAY 04/20/25
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 SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 60 40 25 35 40 50 65 75 80 75 75 85 85 75 70 65
TEMPERATURE 35 34 38 40 40 33 30 29 28 29 32 34 33 31 28 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 27 35 25
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 6 10 14 17 13 9 9 8 9 11 13 16 17 14 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 0 5 5 20 20 10 5 30 30 60 60 80 80 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.07 0.11 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.7 2.7 2.7 2.5
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN