Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 AM PST SUN JAN 19 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    5   10   35   50   65   60   65   65   40
TEMPERATURE        16   14   20   26   27   21   21   21   21   20   27   31   30   27   26   25   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           29                  19                  32                  22
WIND DIR            N    N   NE   NE    E    E    E    E    E   SE    S   NW    W   SW   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    4    5    5    3    4    4    4    4    3    2    2    3    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.6  0.6  0.9  1.1  0.6  0.2  0.2  0.2  0.2  0.3  0.4  1.2  1.1  1.0  0.9  0.6  0.5


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    15   10    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20   35   55   60   70   70   60
TEMPERATURE        16   15   20   26   26   20   19   19   18   17   23   29   28   26   25   24   23
MAX/MIN TEMP                           29                  16                  31                  21
WIND DIR            E   NE   NE   NE    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   NW    S   SE   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          3    6    8    9    9   10    9    9    6    4    3    2    2    3    4    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.0  0.0  0.3  0.5  0.3  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.5  0.6  0.4  0.4  0.2  0.1


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   15   10    5    5    5    5   10   10   10   10   15   60   60   60   65   45
TEMPERATURE        16   14   20   26   25   17   15   14   13   11   17   23   22   17   17   19   19
MAX/MIN TEMP                           27                  11                  24                  15
WIND DIR            W   NE   NE    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    S    W
WIND (MPH)          2    3    3    3    4    5    8    8    8    6    5    5    4    4    3    2    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.1  0.0  0.8  1.2  0.7  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.7  0.7  0.4  0.5  0.4  0.3


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   15   45   55   60   65   55
TEMPERATURE        17   17   22   29   28   20   17   16   15   15   20   26   25   21   20   21   21
MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  15                  28                  19
WIND DIR            E    E   SE    S   SE    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    W
WIND (MPH)          1    1    2    2    3    4    6    6    8    8    8    6    5    5    4    3    1
WIND GUST (MPH)                                       24   25   26
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.1  0.1  0.7  1.3  1.1  0.1  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.4  0.5  0.3  0.4  0.5  0.4


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   FW   CL   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5   10   10    5   10   20   50   50   50   60   55
TEMPERATURE        13   13   19   25   24   16   13   12   10    9   16   25   24   18   18   20   19
MAX/MIN TEMP                           27                   9                  27                  16
WIND DIR           NW    N    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE    S   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          2    0    3    5    5    8   11   11   11   11    9    8    5    5    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)                                       28
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  0.4  0.3  0.6  1.0  0.7  0.1  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.1  1.0  1.2  0.7  0.8  0.7  0.6


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 01/19/25                         MONDAY 01/20/25
TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5   20   45   55   55   60   50
TEMPERATURE        12   12   18   26   26   18   17   16   15   14   20   27   27   24   26   26   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  14                  30                  20
WIND DIR           NW   NE    N   SE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E    E    E    E   NE    S   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          1    1    2    3    4    5   10   10   10    9    8    4    2    2    5    2    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    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      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  1.1  1.0  1.5  1.8  1.7  0.7  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.6  0.7  1.9  1.8  1.4  1.3  0.8  0.7

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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