Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 032109
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
209 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK BK SC SC FW BK BK BK SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 55 60 65 30 25 20 50 65 50 45 35 30 25 30 40 50
TEMPERATURE 52 49 44 43 42 47 53 54 53 49 46 44 41 46 53 54 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 55 41 55
WIND DIR N N E NE NE N N NW W W W SW SW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 3 3 3 3 5 5 8 8 4 4 4 4 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE
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 8.2 8.2 7.7 8.4 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.5 8.7
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 50 50 45 25 45 45 50 50 60 45 35 45 40 35 45 50
TEMPERATURE 55 51 46 45 43 50 57 59 59 53 48 45 43 48 54 58 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 61 43 59
WIND DIR W NW NE NE NE E W W W W SW SW S W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 6 2 2 3 2 8 10 11 9 3 2 2 4 9 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE
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) 8.1 7.9 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.6 9.0 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.8
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 20 20 25 40 50 45 50 60 65 60 55 60 50 25 20 30
TEMPERATURE 63 57 49 46 45 49 60 65 63 55 51 48 46 48 59 65 65
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 65 46 66
WIND DIR W W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 4 3 3 3 4 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE
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 8.6 8.6 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.4 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.3
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 15 20 30 30 35 45 55 60 60 60 50 45 25 20 20
TEMPERATURE 65 59 49 46 44 49 61 66 66 58 52 48 45 47 59 65 66
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 67 45 66
WIND DIR NW NW N N N NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW
WIND (MPH) 6 4 2 1 1 2 4 5 6 4 3 2 2 3 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
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 8.5 8.4 7.8 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.9 9.1
...WHITE PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW SC FW SC SC SC BK OV OV BK BK SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 25 25 40 45 50 50 75 70 65 50 45 30 10 15 25
TEMPERATURE 65 59 49 45 43 49 57 61 61 55 48 44 42 47 58 64 65
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 63 42 66
WIND DIR W W NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 3 2 2 4 5 6 9 8 6 5 4 5 5 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
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 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.5 8.0 8.4 9.1 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.8 9.3 9.7
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE FRIDAY 07/04/25 SATURDAY 07/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW SC BK SC BK SC BK OV BK SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 30 25 30 50 45 55 50 65 70 55 45 40 25 10 15 15
TEMPERATURE 56 50 45 45 45 47 52 55 55 49 45 43 42 45 52 56 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 56 41 58
WIND DIR W N NW N NW NE W W W W W W NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 9 3 2 2 2 6 9 11 10 5 2 2 3 6 9 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
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) 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.6 9.0 9.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN