Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 011103
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
403 AM PDT TUE OCT 1 2024
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW SC OV BK SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 15 45 95 60 35 30 25 30 40 25 20 20 15 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 47 48 51 48 46 39 36 35 35 36 41 44 43 38 35 34 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 33 45 32
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W W W W SW W NW NW W SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 5 4 2 2 3 8 11 11 11 11 8 6 4 4 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 20 30 10 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.08 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.7 11.0 11.5 10.6 8.3 6.5 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW BK OV OV BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 20 55 85 70 60 65 75 80 65 65 55 60 40 40 35 30
TEMPERATURE 46 46 48 45 43 40 39 38 37 36 39 41 41 37 37 36 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 36 43 32
WIND DIR S S SW S SW SW W SW W SW W W W W W NE NE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 4 5 8 11 10 8 9 8 8 5 4 4 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 20 80 40 10 10 10 20 20 50 50 10 10 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.14 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.4 10.0 11.1 10.5 7.6 6.5 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW FW SC OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 15 10 30 85 85 70 65 75 75 70 65 40 40 30 20 25
TEMPERATURE 42 43 56 58 51 45 42 40 37 35 38 43 43 37 35 34 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 35 43 31
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NE
WIND (MPH) 2 4 6 10 8 9 11 11 10 9 9 10 8 5 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 60 30 10 10 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.05 0.11 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.0 9.8 10.1 11.3 11.0 10.1 5.5 4.9 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.9
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW CL BK OV OV BK BK BK SC BK SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 5 0 50 85 80 60 60 50 35 50 45 25 10 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 43 42 58 62 56 48 45 42 39 37 42 48 47 40 36 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 37 49 33
WIND DIR SE SE W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE E
WIND (MPH) 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 3 2 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 70 50 10 10 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.11 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.0 9.8 9.9 11.3 11.3 10.3 6.0 5.4 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1
...WHITE PASS...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW FW CL BK OV SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 15 20 5 55 75 40 50 50 40 30 20 20 30 20 15 15
TEMPERATURE 42 45 59 62 59 49 45 41 35 33 41 48 48 40 35 34 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 63 33 49 33
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW N E
WIND (MPH) 2 3 6 10 11 13 13 12 9 6 8 8 6 3 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.04 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.3 10.3 10.0 10.4 11.5 11.0 8.2 6.7 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.2
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE TUESDAY 10/01/24 WEDNESDAY 10/02/24
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 SC FW FW FW BK OV BK OV BK SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 20 5 5 65 80 65 75 55 40 30 25 30 35 20 20 20
TEMPERATURE 50 49 55 55 52 46 43 39 34 32 37 42 41 36 36 37 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 32 43 32
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW N N NE
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 10 11 14 17 14 9 5 5 6 5 3 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 30 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.05 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 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.2 10.2 9.8 10.7 11.5 10.6 6.9 5.8 4.6 5.2 5.4 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN