Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 090934
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 AM PDT THU OCT 9 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 OV OV BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 75 75 60 75 70 75 95 95 95 95 75 75 65 65 90
TEMPERATURE 36 38 43 46 46 44 44 44 42 40 41 42 41 39 38 38 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 40 44 37
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SE S S S S S SW W W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 20 30 10 10 20 30 50 90 90 90 90 60 60 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.19 0.10 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) 7.0 7.2 7.5 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.5 8.4 7.9 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.9
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 SC SC SC FW SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 55 40 40 35 25 30 35 75 90 95 95 95 95 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 43 44 50 55 56 51 50 51 52 46 45 46 44 41 42 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 44 51 37
WIND DIR SE SW W NW NW SE SE E SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 4 4 3 3 8 9 6 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 40 20 10 20 10 10 20 50 50 90 90 90 90 90 90 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.25 0.28 0.11
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) 8.4 8.6 8.9 9.1 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.3 7.5 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 BK SC BK OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 60 45 55 75 55 65 85 80 95 95 80 80 75 85 85
TEMPERATURE 43 43 52 60 60 53 49 49 48 42 46 49 47 41 39 39 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 42 52 37
WIND DIR SE SE E SW S E E SE N W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 20 20 10 10 10 10 70 70 90 90 70 70 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.12 0.02 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) 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.5 7.7 7.0 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.7
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 BK SC OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 70 50 50 75 80 60 85 95 95 95 80 80 75 75 90
TEMPERATURE 42 42 50 59 59 53 49 47 43 42 46 50 48 43 40 40 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 41 52 38
WIND DIR SE E S S E E NE N NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 40 20 20 10 10 20 20 80 80 90 90 70 70 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.12 0.03 0.05
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 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.2 7.4 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.6
...WHITE PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 70 60 65 70 85 80 90 95 90 90 75 75 70 80 80
TEMPERATURE 40 41 48 55 57 51 46 45 41 40 44 47 46 40 37 37 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 39 49 35
WIND DIR SE S SE SE SE E E E W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 20 10 20 20 30 30 70 70 80 80 70 70 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.01 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) 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.0 8.6 7.6 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.6
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 75 70 80 90 95 95 95 95 95 95 80 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 40 41 43 48 49 47 48 48 45 40 39 40 40 37 37 36 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 39 43 35
WIND DIR NE NW NE E E N NE NE W W SW SW W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 2 1 3 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 4 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 30 10 20 20 50 40 90 90 90 90 70 70 70 70 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.28 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.09 0.04 0.10
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) 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.5 7.5 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN