Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 032134
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 PM PDT SUN AUG 3 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV BK SC SC SC FW SC BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 55 30 35 30 15 35 55 70 45 50 70 65 70 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 56 53 49 48 47 49 56 57 57 53 48 48 47 50 55 54 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 58 47 57
WIND DIR N N NE NE NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW SW W N N NW
WIND (MPH) 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 30 30 60
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) 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.5 9.0 10.0 10.2 10.3
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV OV BK OV OV BK SC SC SC BK SC BK OV BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 65 75 70 55 45 40 50 50 50 60 75 70 60 65 75
TEMPERATURE 61 56 52 50 49 50 54 58 59 55 50 49 48 50 55 58 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 59 48 60
WIND DIR W W SW SW W NW NW W W W SW S S SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 8 4 2 2 3 6 9 9 6 3 2 2 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 30
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.8 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.8 9.6 9.9
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC BK OV OV BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 60 70 85 90 80 50 40 35 45 55 70 80 65 40 40 70
TEMPERATURE 66 59 51 50 49 49 55 61 62 57 51 50 48 50 58 65 64
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 63 48 66
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 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) 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.6 9.0 9.5 10.0
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC BK OV OV BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 75 85 85 70 50 35 30 50 70 75 75 60 35 45 60
TEMPERATURE 66 61 52 50 49 48 56 62 64 59 53 51 49 50 60 66 66
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 64 49 68
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.9 9.5 10.1
...WHITE PASS...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV OV BK SC SC SC SC BK BK OV BK FW SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 65 70 75 60 35 30 35 45 60 65 75 50 25 45 60
TEMPERATURE 65 59 49 46 44 46 55 60 61 56 49 46 45 48 58 64 64
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 62 45 66
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 4 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 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) 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.8 9.6 10.3
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE MONDAY 08/04/25 TUESDAY 08/05/25
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 OV BK SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 65 65 80 65 40 35 45 55 65 60 70 75 60 30 60 65
TEMPERATURE 56 51 47 45 44 43 48 52 54 49 45 45 44 46 52 56 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 54 44 58
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 6 4 3 3 4 6 9 10 6 3 2 2 2 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 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) 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.3 9.5 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.6 9.0 9.7 10.3
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN