Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 042120
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
120 PM PST WED DEC 4 2024
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW OV OV OV BK BK SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 15 25 80 75 75 65 55 40 50 55 60 70 75 80 90
TEMPERATURE 42 39 37 36 35 36 37 38 38 35 35 35 34 34 36 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 40 33 40
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 2 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 20 20 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 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) 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.3 6.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.2 8.0 9.7 9.7 9.4
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW SC OV BK SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 15 10 10 20 45 70 55 45 60 60 70 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 42 40 39 37 35 35 37 39 38 35 34 35 33 33 35 38 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 41 32 40
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 9 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5 10 10 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
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) 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.2 7.7 8.6
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW SC BK BK SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 5 10 20 10 30 60 50 25 25 40 50 60 70 70 85
TEMPERATURE 29 26 26 26 26 27 31 38 36 33 33 32 32 30 32 36 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 40 30 38
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SW SW SE S S S SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 10 10 30 30 50
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) 5.3 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1 7.7 8.9
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK SC FW SC SC SC SC BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 10 25 35 55 50 20 40 40 40 45 70 75 80
TEMPERATURE 29 29 29 29 29 29 34 41 39 35 34 33 33 32 35 40 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 43 32 43
WIND DIR SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 30 30 50
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) 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.6 8.1 9.2
...WHITE PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW SC BK BK FW FW SC SC SC BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 10 5 15 25 30 55 50 15 20 35 35 45 55 75 85
TEMPERATURE 34 30 29 29 29 29 33 40 37 33 32 31 31 30 33 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 42 30 42
WIND DIR E E S SW SW SW SW W W W SW W SW S S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
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) 6.5 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.1 6.0 6.6 8.3 9.2
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE THURSDAY 12/05/24 FRIDAY 12/06/24
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 10 10 20 45 30 60 55 35 30 40 40 50 65 75 85
TEMPERATURE 38 36 36 37 35 35 37 40 37 36 35 34 34 33 36 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 42 32 41
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW W W S S S SW
WIND (MPH) 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 20 30
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) 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.1 6.9 8.3 9.3
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN