Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 142223
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
223 PM PST THU NOV 14 2024
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV SC FW SC BK BK SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 45 15 30 60 55 30 45 35 30 65 70 80 90 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 29 26 24 24 24 23 27 29 27 24 24 26 26 27 28 29 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 29 24 34
WIND DIR W SW S SW W NW NW NW NW S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 6 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 11 13 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 10 10 10 20 10 5 10 20 20 20 20 60 60 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.14
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.4 2.1 2.9 4.0 5.5 6.3
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV BK OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 85 65 70 55 55 65 70 50 50 65 75 80 95 95 100
TEMPERATURE 31 30 29 27 26 24 27 28 27 24 23 23 23 24 25 26 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 29 22 31
WIND DIR S S S S S SE N NW W SW SW SE SE S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 8 11 16 19 21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 30 60 20 60 10 10 30 30 30 20 20 50 50 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.20
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 0.2 0.1 2.4
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.8 2.5 2.9
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 75 75 70 70 60 65 75 75 60 65 65 70 90 90 100
TEMPERATURE 33 31 30 30 28 26 26 29 27 26 25 23 23 22 26 29 29
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 29 21 31
WIND DIR W SW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW E
WIND (MPH) 2 1 3 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 30 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 80 80 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.13
6 HOUR SNOW 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3
12 HOUR SNOW 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.3
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.8 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.0 3.1 3.6
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 75 70 60 60 50 55 65 65 60 60 55 65 90 90 100
TEMPERATURE 36 34 33 32 30 29 30 33 32 29 28 25 25 24 29 34 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 34 23 35
WIND DIR W W N N N N NW NW NW NW N N NW S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 3 2 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 2 3 2 1 3 4 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 70 30 10 20 10 30 20 30 30 5 5 20 20 80 80 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.15
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.0
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.3 3.3 3.9
...WHITE PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 80 75 70 60 45 60 70 60 50 65 60 70 85 90 100
TEMPERATURE 32 30 29 27 26 24 26 28 27 24 22 21 20 20 25 29 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 29 19 32
WIND DIR W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 3 4 5 5 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 20 10 5 20 5 0 10 20 20 10 10 20 20 80 80 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.09
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.9
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.9
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.3 3.2 3.6
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE FRIDAY 11/15/24 SATURDAY 11/16/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK BK SC SC SC BK BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 70 60 40 40 30 55 50 50 40 60 60 70 90 90 100
TEMPERATURE 29 27 26 24 21 20 23 24 24 20 19 19 20 20 24 25 27
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 26 18 31
WIND DIR W NW NW W NW NW SW SW N N N N W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 8 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 30 10 5 10 10 10 30 30 30 10 10 20 20 80 80 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.20
6 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.1
12 HOUR SNOW 1.1 0.4 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) 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.5 2.6 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.6 3.2 3.7
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN