Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
740 AM PDT SAT JUN 15 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         80   75   90   75   55   25   25   50   80   85   85   80   50   35   25   25
TEMPERATURE             33   36   37   38   36   31   31   31   32   36   38   39   37   34   34   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  30                  39                  32
WIND DIR                SW   SW    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)               8    8   10   11    9    6    6    4    5    4    6    6    4    4    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         60   60   80   30   10    5    5    5    5   40   40    5    5    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    T                             S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.06      0.09      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.11      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.3                 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)       4.2  4.4  4.7  4.7  4.4  4.0  3.9  4.0  4.3  4.6  5.1  5.2  5.1  5.2  5.5  5.6


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)        100   90   75   80   85   85   90   95   95   90   90   80   85   70   75   75
TEMPERATURE             35   35   38   40   37   36   35   35   35   36   37   39   38   37   36   35
MAX/MIN TEMP                           41                  34                  40                  35
WIND DIR                SW   SW    W    W   SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    S    W   NW
WIND (MPH)               6    9    8    9    5    5    5    6    4    5    5    4    2    3    1    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100   70   60   70   70   50   50   90   90   80   80   40   40   20   20   30
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.13      0.09      0.06      0.03      0.10      0.08      0.01      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)       4.2  4.5  4.7  4.8  4.7  4.6  4.3  4.2  4.3  4.5  4.8  5.3  5.4  5.3  5.5  5.4


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)         90   80   80   80   85   80   90   90   90   80   80   85   85   80   85   85
TEMPERATURE             37   37   39   41   38   35   36   35   36   38   40   41   40   37   37   37
MAX/MIN TEMP                           41                  35                  42                  36
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)              10   11   11   10    8    9    5    6    5    6    6    6    4    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         80   70   70   70   70   50   30   40   40   70   70   40   40   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.14      0.21      0.69      0.10      0.03      0.04      0.01      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)       4.3  4.7  4.8  4.7  4.4  4.2  4.0  4.0  4.1  4.4  4.9  5.2  5.0  4.8  4.9  4.9


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

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)         95   85   85   85   85   75   85   85   80   80   80   75   75   70   75   75
TEMPERATURE             37   40   43   44   41   37   37   37   37   42   46   47   42   38   37   37
MAX/MIN TEMP                           45                  36                  47                  37
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)               9   10   10    9    8    6    6    5    4    5    5    6    4    3    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100   70   70   80   60   50   40   40   40   70   70   50   50   20   20   30
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.16      0.26      0.29      0.13      0.02      0.04      0.02      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)       4.3  4.6  4.8  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


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)         85   75   75   80   90   80   75   80   75   75   75   65   85   70   70   65
TEMPERATURE             34   36   38   40   38   34   32   32   33   38   42   43   41   36   35   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  31                  44                  33
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)              16   14   13   13   13   12   11   10    9    8    9    8    6    5    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         80   60   50   50   40   20   10    5    5   60   60   50   50   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    S                   S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.22      0.21      0.17      0.03      0.00      0.03      0.04      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 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)       4.4  4.7  4.8  4.9  4.7  4.4  4.2  4.0  4.1  4.5  5.2  5.4  5.3  5.1  4.8  4.8


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

DATE                    SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER             OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)         90   90   85   80   80   60   55   55   60   75   75   75   75   70   75   75
TEMPERATURE             30   30   32   34   32   30   29   28   29   32   36   37   35   33   33   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           34                  27                  38                  32
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W   NW   NW    N    N    N
WIND (MPH)              20   20   23   23   20   16   11    4    6    9   10    6    5    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         80   80   80   70   40   10   10   10   10   60   60   50   50   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S                        S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.30      0.52      0.20      0.01      0.01      0.11      0.07      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 5.6       5.8       1.8       0.1       0.0       0.3       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                         11.4                 1.9                 0.3                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       4.3  4.6  4.8  4.8  4.6  4.2  3.9  3.8  4.3  4.6  5.1  5.4  5.4  5.1  4.9  4.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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