Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 041014
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
314 AM PDT MON AUG 4 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 FW FW SC SC BK SC SC OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 35 45 60 45 45 90 60 65 65 65 80 75 70 70 75
TEMPERATURE 46 50 56 57 56 52 49 48 48 49 52 53 53 50 50 51 50
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 47 55 50
WIND DIR NE N N N NW W S SW S SW N N SW SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 30 30 60 60 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.02
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) 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.5 9.6 10.6 10.6 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.2 10.1
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 BK BK BK SC BK BK SC BK OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 50 45 60 50 40 50 70 65 60 60 80 80 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 49 50 53 57 57 54 50 49 48 49 55 58 57 53 51 51 51
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 47 60 50
WIND DIR SW W W W W W S S S SW W W SW SW S S S
WIND (MPH) 2 3 5 8 9 6 3 2 2 3 5 6 6 4 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 20 20 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
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) 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.7 9.2 9.9 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.1
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 SC BK BK OV OV OV SC BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 80 50 40 40 50 65 75 90 75 45 50 70 80 70 75 80
TEMPERATURE 49 48 54 61 61 55 50 49 49 49 58 66 64 57 51 51 50
MAX/MIN TEMP 62 48 66 49
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 6 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 10 10 30
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
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) 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.6 9.1 9.9 10.4 10.5 10.4 10.3
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 SC OV OV OV BK SC SC OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 45 45 30 35 75 85 85 55 35 50 70 75 70 70 75
TEMPERATURE 49 48 55 61 63 58 53 51 50 50 60 66 65 58 54 52 51
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 48 67 50
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 3 2 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 0 10 10 20 20 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
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) 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 9.4 10.0 10.4 10.6 10.5 10.4
...WHITE PASS...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 FW SC BK BK OV OV BK SC SC BK OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 30 25 40 60 60 75 90 55 30 40 70 80 65 65 70
TEMPERATURE 44 46 55 59 60 55 49 47 46 48 58 63 63 56 51 49 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 62 46 65 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30
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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.4 9.6 10.2 10.6 10.8 10.6 10.6
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 BK OV BK OV BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 50 35 35 45 65 70 70 90 55 35 60 75 80 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 44 43 48 52 53 48 46 45 45 45 51 55 54 49 49 49 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 43 57 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W NW W W W W W W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 3 4 6 8 10 6 3 2 2 2 4 6 8 5 3 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
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) 9.0 9.0 9.3 9.5 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 9.9 10.4 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.5
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN