Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 AM PST SUN DEC 7 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)   100   80   65   85   75   80   85   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   80   75   80
TEMPERATURE        31   33   34   35   34   32   31   32   31   33   35   38   39   38   35   33   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  30                  39                  31
WIND DIR            S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)          9   11   13   11   10   11   10   10   10   13   18   19   20   20   18   17   14
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                           36   42
PRECIP PROB (%)   100   70   40   80   50   40   80   40  100  100  100  100  100  100   50   50   50
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.06      0.04      0.02      0.03      0.45      0.98      0.83      0.05
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.1       0.2       0.7       0.0       0.0       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.3                 0.7                 0.2
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.1  5.8  5.8  5.2  4.6  4.1  4.2  4.3  5.1  6.3  6.9  7.3  7.1  6.0  4.2  3.8  3.6


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80  100   95  100   95   85   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE        32   33   33   33   34   34   34   34   33   34   33   35   37   37   36   34   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  32                  38                  31
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          9   11   13   12   13   14   13   12   12   13   17   18   17   20   20   18   14
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                 34   36   39   37   42   41   37
PRECIP PROB (%)    60  100   90  100   90   40   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   80   80   90
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.28      0.20      0.14      0.17      0.38      0.97      1.20      0.26
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.6       0.3       0.4       1.1       2.1       0.9       0.0       1.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.9                 1.5                 3.0                 1.2
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.3  4.4  4.9  5.0  4.7  4.2  3.9  4.0  4.2  4.5  4.9  6.4  6.4  5.8  4.4  3.8  3.5


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   85  100   85   95   85   90   90   95   95  100  100  100  100   95   95   95
TEMPERATURE        33   33   33   35   36   35   35   35   34   34   35   38   40   39   40   36   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           36                  33                  40                  31
WIND DIR           SW    S    S   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    3    5    9   11   12   11    9    8    6    8    9   11   12   11   10
WIND GUST (MPH)                   23        32   33   29        25             26   33   40   31
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   70  100   70   90   50   60   70  100  100  100  100  100  100   90   90   90
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.21      0.40      0.12      0.09      0.55      1.17      1.28      0.65
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.9       0.4       0.0       0.0       1.4       0.0       0.0       1.5
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.3                 0.0                 1.4                 1.5
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.6  4.6  5.7  5.7  5.2  4.8  4.5  4.4  4.7  5.5  5.9  7.0  6.9  6.6  5.9  4.4  3.7


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   95  100   85   95   85   90   90  100  100  100  100  100  100   95   95   95
TEMPERATURE        35   35   35   39   39   38   38   38   36   36   38   42   44   43   43   38   35
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  36                  44                  33
WIND DIR            S   SE   SE   SW    W    W    W    W   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          1    2    3    5    6    8    5    4    3    2    5    6    9   10    9    6    4
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                           24   27   33   37
PRECIP PROB (%)    80   90  100   80   90   50   60   70  100  100  100  100  100  100   90   90   90
PRECIP TYPE         R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.35      0.54      0.14      0.11      0.70      1.69      1.81      0.89
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)  4.8  5.4  6.2  5.9  5.5  5.0  4.8  4.8  5.0  6.3  6.4  7.4  7.2  6.9  6.3  4.6  3.9


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90  100  100   85   85   85   85   85   95   95  100  100  100  100   95   95   95
TEMPERATURE        32   33   34   37   36   36   34   35   33   35   37   39   40   40   40   37   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  33                  40                  30
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW    W   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    6   10   10   10   13   14   12   10   11   12   13   14   18   18   16   13
WIND GUST (MPH)         24   28   29   27   33   32             29   31   35   36   42   44   35
PRECIP PROB (%)    90  100  100   50   80   40   50   50  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    R    R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.39      0.40      0.13      0.11      0.67      1.25      1.21      0.76
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.3       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.2       0.0       0.0       0.3
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.4                 0.0                 0.2                 0.3
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.8  5.7  6.2  6.1  5.7  5.3  5.0  5.1  5.7  6.6  6.7  7.4  7.4  7.2  6.6  5.3  4.3


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 12/07/25                         MONDAY 12/08/25
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90  100  100   85   90   80   80   85  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        31   31   31   33   33   33   33   33   31   33   34   37   38   38   39   35   31
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  31                  39                  29
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9   11   12   13   14   18   17   14   11   13   17   18   19   25   24   20   13
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                          42
PRECIP PROB (%)    80  100  100   60   90   40   70   40  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 1.04      0.98      0.19      0.17      1.27      2.47      2.16      1.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 6.7       1.8       0.6       1.4       3.6       0.1       0.0       3.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          8.5                 2.0                 3.7                 3.4
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.9  5.7  6.3  6.1  5.6  5.2  4.8  4.7  5.6  6.6  6.8  7.4  7.4  7.2  6.6  5.1  4.2

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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