Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
243 PM PDT SAT JUN 15 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   55   25   25   50   80   85   85   80   50   35   25   45   35   50   55   45
TEMPERATURE        38   36   31   31   31   32   36   38   39   37   34   33   33   36   41   42   44
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  39                  32                  45
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NW   NW    W   SW    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)          8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    6    5    6    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   10    5    5    5    5   40   40    5    5    0    0    5    5   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE         T                             S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.00      0.00      0.07      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)  4.7  4.4  4.0  3.9  4.0  4.3  4.6  5.1  5.2  5.1  5.2  5.5  5.7  5.8  6.2  6.4  6.4


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   85   90   95   95   90   90   80   85   70   75   80   80   80   75   70
TEMPERATURE        40   37   36   35   35   35   36   37   39   38   37   36   36   37   39   43   44
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  40                  35                  45
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    8    5    4    4    4    5    5    4    4    2    2    2    3    6    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   70   50   50   90   90   80   80   40   40   20   20   50   50   60   60   30
PRECIP TYPE         R    S    R    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.08      0.03      0.09      0.08      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.01
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)  4.8  4.7  4.6  4.3  4.2  4.3  4.5  4.8  5.3  5.4  5.3  5.5  5.2  5.4  5.8  6.2  6.4


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   80   90   90   90   80   80   85   85   80   85   90   85   70   70   75
TEMPERATURE        41   38   35   36   35   36   38   40   41   40   37   37   37   38   40   43   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  42                  36                  45
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9    8    6    5    5    5    6    6    6    6    5    5    5    5    6    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   70   70   60   40   40   70   70   40   40   20   20   30   30   40   40   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.74      0.20      0.02      0.02      0.04      0.03      0.01      0.01
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)  4.7  4.4  4.2  4.0  4.0  4.1  4.4  4.9  5.2  5.0  4.8  4.9  4.8  5.1  5.5  6.1  6.4


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   75   85   85   80   80   80   75   75   70   75   80   75   75   75   70
TEMPERATURE        44   41   37   37   37   37   42   46   47   42   38   38   38   38   43   47   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  47                  37                  49
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          6    5    4    3    3    4    5    5    5    4    3    3    3    3    5    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    80   60   50   40   40   40   70   70   50   50   20   20   40   40   40   40   20
PRECIP TYPE         R    S    R    R    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.36      0.11      0.03      0.05      0.03      0.03      0.01      0.01
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)  4.8  4.8  4.4  4.2  4.1  4.1  4.4  4.9  5.2  5.1  4.8  4.9  4.9  5.1  5.4  6.1  6.4


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   90   80   75   80   75   75   75   65   85   70   70   75   65   65   70   65
TEMPERATURE        40   38   34   32   32   33   38   42   43   41   36   34   33   35   39   42   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  44                  33                  45
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   13   10   10    9   10   10   10   10   10    8    8    9   10   10   11   12
WIND GUST (MPH)    32
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   40   20   10    5    5   60   60   50   50   10   10   20   20   30   30   10
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S                   S    R    R    R              S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.24      0.03      0.00      0.01      0.02      0.00      0.01      0.01
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)  4.9  4.7  4.4  4.2  4.0  4.1  4.5  5.2  5.4  5.3  5.1  4.8  4.7  5.0  5.6  6.2  6.5


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/16/24                         MONDAY 06/17/24
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   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   60   55   55   60   75   75   75   75   70   75   80   70   75   70   65
TEMPERATURE        34   32   30   29   28   29   32   36   37   35   33   33   33   33   34   38   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  38                  32                  40
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   11    9    6    5    6    9   10    9    8    5    5    5    6    9   10   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   40   10   10   10   10   60   60   50   50   10   10   20   20   30   30   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S                        S    S    S    S              S    S    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.24      0.01      0.00      0.12      0.08      0.00      0.01      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 1.8       0.1       0.0       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.9                 0.3                 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)  4.8  4.6  4.2  3.9  3.8  4.3  4.6  5.1  5.4  5.4  5.1  4.9  4.8  5.2  5.7  6.2  6.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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