Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
252 PM PDT SAT SEP 28 2024
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 20 40 30 15 10 20 20 20 15 15 5 15 20 20 25 50
TEMPERATURE 48 42 38 36 34 34 40 42 42 37 35 34 34 35 44 47 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 43 33 48
WIND DIR NW SW W W W W W W W W S SW S SE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 6 8 10 10 10 8 9 9 6 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 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) 7.0 5.8 4.6 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 5.0 7.2 9.0
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 BK BK BK SC FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 55 35 40 40 50 55 55 40 25 35 25 20 10 5 15 50
TEMPERATURE 52 46 43 39 36 35 38 39 40 36 35 35 34 35 43 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 41 33 50
WIND DIR S SW S S S W W W W NW W SE E E E W W
WIND (MPH) 6 3 11 9 5 6 9 12 9 1 3 2 5 5 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 0 0 0 5 30 40 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S R 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) 8.8 7.1 5.9 5.0 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 5.0 6.1 7.2
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 BK BK SC BK SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 55 75 70 50 55 60 45 55 30 25 20 10 15 15 40
TEMPERATURE 58 49 44 41 39 36 38 41 42 37 35 33 32 32 45 52 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 42 31 53
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW SW W W NE SE S SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 9 9 11 13 13 10 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 10 0 5 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) 9.8 9.3 6.8 5.8 4.9 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 5.1 6.3 7.6
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 BK BK SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 45 65 65 40 35 35 20 15 20 10 5 10 10 10 35
TEMPERATURE 60 50 45 43 40 37 42 47 48 42 38 35 34 34 48 57 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 49 33 59
WIND DIR NW NW N W NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE E SE S W
WIND (MPH) 4 5 4 8 6 10 10 10 9 5 6 4 2 3 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 10 10 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) 9.5 9.1 6.7 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 5.0 6.4 7.9
...WHITE PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 65 70 45 15 5 5 5 25 25 25 10 15 15 20 30
TEMPERATURE 62 51 44 41 36 33 41 46 46 40 34 33 32 32 46 53 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 47 30 55
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W N N E E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 10 11 10 11 12 13 11 13 9 5 3 2 2 3 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 9.0 9.9 8.1 5.7 4.6 4.8 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 5.4 7.1 8.5
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE SUNDAY 09/29/24 MONDAY 09/30/24
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 SC BK SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 75 50 65 45 15 5 10 15 35 30 25 15 15 25 30 40
TEMPERATURE 53 46 43 40 35 33 37 40 41 36 33 34 34 34 43 49 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 42 32 51
WIND DIR W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE SE SE N
WIND (MPH) 13 14 19 23 23 17 14 16 9 5 2 3 4 4 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 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) 8.9 9.3 7.3 5.4 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.5 5.5 7.2 8.8
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN