Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 PM PST SAT NOV 9 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    95   85   45   30   65   75   70   90   95   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        38   37   36   34   34   35   36   38   38   37   37   36   35   33   34   35   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  38                  33                  36
WIND DIR           SW    W   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          3    5    6    8   10   11    8    6    8   13   14   13   10   11    6    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   10    5   20    5    5   10   40   70   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE         R              S                   R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.38      0.48      0.14      0.12
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       0.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.8
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.1  5.7  4.9  4.8  5.3  5.6  5.7  5.9  6.1  6.4  5.8  5.3  5.0  4.2  4.1  4.1  4.1


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    95   95   80   65   75   80   90   80   90   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        38   37   37   37   38   37   37   38   39   38   38   38   36   36   33   35   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  40                  32                  36
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE    S   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)          5    6    8    8    8    9   10   10   11   17   19   20   16   13    9    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   30   20    5   30   20   10   30   30   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R         R    R         R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.41      1.14      0.54      0.36
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.3       1.7
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 2.0
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.0  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.1  5.2  5.4  5.6  5.6  5.6  5.5  5.3  5.1  4.8  4.1  4.2  4.1


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    95   90   80   75   75   70   80   85   80   90  100  100  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        40   38   38   38   38   37   38   40   39   38   36   36   36   35   35   36   34
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  40                  35                  36
WIND DIR            W   SW    W   SW   SW   SW    S   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    3    3    3    3    4    4    5    8    9    8    5    4    5    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    90   40   10    5   30    5   10   20   20   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE         R    R              R              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.13      0.02      0.00      0.01      0.12      0.41      0.34      0.17
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        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.0  6.0  5.9  5.8  5.5  5.4  5.7  5.9  6.2  6.5  6.3  5.9  5.6  5.2  4.4  4.4  4.3


...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   85   80   75   70   60   70   75   75   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        44   41   41   40   40   39   41   45   45   41   39   39   39   38   39   41   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  47                  37                  42
WIND DIR            W   SW    W    W   SW   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    2    2    2    3    4    4    4    6    8    5    3    3    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    90   50   30   10   30   10   20   30   30   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R         R         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.15      0.07      0.00      0.01      0.29      0.54      0.36      0.14
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        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.1  6.0  6.0  5.8  5.6  5.5  5.6  6.0  6.4  6.7  6.6  6.2  5.7  5.1  4.4  4.4  4.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   90   75   60   65   80   90   90  100  100  100  100  100   95   95   95
TEMPERATURE        41   37   36   36   35   34   37   40   41   39   38   38   36   36   34   36   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  41                  34                  37
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    5    4    4    5    8    6    9   10   12    9    9   10   10    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   80   60   10   10    5   10   30   50  100  100  100  100  100   90   90   90
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R                        R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.01      0.00      0.02      0.27      0.38      0.26      0.11
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        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.9  5.8  5.7  5.5  5.4  5.5  6.1  6.6  7.0  7.1  7.0  6.6  5.8  5.1  4.6  4.5  4.4


...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   95   90   75   60   65   85   90   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        37   34   35   35   34   33   34   36   37   37   37   37   34   34   31   32   31
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  38                  31                  34
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   SW    S   SW   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    4    5    5    6    8    9   17   20   20   13   12    9    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   90   40    5   10   10   20   40   50  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S                   S    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.26      0.06      0.00      0.05      0.71      0.87      0.53      0.28
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.4       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       2.9       3.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.4                 0.0                 0.4                 5.9
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.1  6.0  5.9  5.7  5.5  5.6  5.9  6.4  6.9  7.0  6.9  6.4  5.7  5.0  4.6  4.5  4.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN