Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
154 PM PST WED NOV 6 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   25   10   15   15   35   45   60   60   70   60   65   70   65   75   80   90
TEMPERATURE        39   36   36   35   34   37   43   46   45   42   43   43   42   41   42   44   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  47                  40                  45
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          5    5    6    6    6    6    5    5    5    6    9   10   11   10    8    5    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5    0    0    5    5   10   10   20   20   50   50   60   60   70
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      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)  8.3  8.1  8.0  8.0  8.1  8.0  7.7  7.6  7.9  8.1  7.9  7.6  7.5  7.7  8.0  7.8  7.7


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    25   35   25   40   25   30   50   25   40   55   40   40   55   55   70   80   85
TEMPERATURE        35   33   34   34   33   35   41   44   43   41   41   41   41   39   41   42   41
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  47                  39                  44
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          9    8    9    9   10   11    9    8   10   12   14   14   16   16   14   11    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5    5    0    5    5    5    5   20   20   40   40   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      0.00      0.01      0.04
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)  7.6  7.6  7.7  7.8  7.9  7.9  7.8  7.6  7.6  7.8  7.5  7.4  6.8  6.6  6.9  6.9  6.9


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    15   10    5   10   15   15   15   25   40   40   35   35   35   35   45   50   65
TEMPERATURE        37   32   31   29   28   29   36   43   41   36   35   35   35   34   41   47   44
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  44                  33                  48
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E   NE    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SW    W   SW
WIND (MPH)          4    4    4    5    5    5    5    4    5    4    5    4    4    4    3    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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)  7.8  7.8  7.7  7.7  7.7  7.7  7.7  7.7  7.8  7.8  7.5  7.6  7.0  6.7  6.8  7.2  7.2


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    0    0    5    5    5   20   25   30   40   35   40   30   45   45   60
TEMPERATURE        42   35   33   31   31   31   41   47   45   39   37   37   36   35   44   51   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  49                  35                  53
WIND DIR           SE    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    S    W    E
WIND (MPH)          6    6    8    8    8    8    5    5    6    6    6    5    5    4    3    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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)  8.2  8.3  8.1  8.1  8.0  8.1  8.1  8.0  8.0  7.9  7.8  7.8  7.4  7.1  7.0  7.2  7.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        FW   FW   CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5    0    5    5    5    5   20   45   30   40   40   35   30   40   60   70
TEMPERATURE        40   33   31   30   30   30   40   47   44   38   36   36   36   36   43   48   46
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  49                  34                  50
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    N   SW    E   SE   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)          4    5    5    5    6    5    0    1    3    3    2    3    4    5    5    6    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         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)  8.3  8.4  8.1  7.9  7.8  8.0  8.1  8.1  8.1  8.3  8.1  8.0  7.7  7.4  7.3  7.7  7.6


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/07/24                       FRIDAY 11/08/24
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        FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   CL   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   15    5   10   10    5    5   30   40   45   45   45   40   35   40   55   70
TEMPERATURE        37   34   36   35   34   36   41   45   43   41   43   44   42   40   42   45   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  48                  40                  47
WIND DIR           NE    N   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          1    3    4    5    4    4    4    5    5    5    5    8   10   10    8    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   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)  8.5  8.5  8.2  8.1  8.1  8.3  8.3  8.3  8.3  8.4  8.1  8.1  7.8  7.4  7.3  7.7  7.6

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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