Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
459 PM PDT SAT JUN 22 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   50   45   55   55   60   80   75   65   45   40   50   45   55   75   65
TEMPERATURE        53   47   42   38   36   37   39   40   39   38   36   35   35   36   39   39   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  41                  34                  40
WIND DIR           SW   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    W    N   NE    N
WIND (MPH)          9   11   12   11    5    9    6    8    8    6    4    3    3    1    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5   10   10   40   40   40   40   10   10    5    5    5    5    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.01      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)  8.9  7.7  7.1  6.5  6.0  5.9  6.1  6.4  6.4  6.5  6.4  6.2  6.1  6.4  7.0  7.6  7.9


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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        BK   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   70   60   70   80   80   80   80   70   80   65   80   60   60   70   55   45
TEMPERATURE        57   52   47   44   41   39   39   41   40   38   38   38   37   38   41   46   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  42                  36                  47
WIND DIR           SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    W    W    W    W    S    S   SW    W   SW   NW
WIND (MPH)          8    4    9    6    8   10    6    6    6    3    3    3    4    2    2    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   20   40   40   70   70   70   70   50   50   20   20   20   20   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.01      0.01      0.04      0.01      0.01      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)  9.9  9.5  8.7  7.8  6.9  6.4  6.1  6.3  6.5  6.5  6.3  6.2  6.1  6.2  6.6  7.1  7.6


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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        FW   SC   BK   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    20   40   60   75   65   50   30   40   55   65   65   80   65   55   30   20   15
TEMPERATURE        61   53   45   43   39   37   38   40   40   37   37   37   37   38   43   48   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  41                  36                  49
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9    8    5   10   10   10   12   14   12   11    5    6    6    4    5    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   10   10   10   20   20   20   20   20   20   10   10    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.03      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) 10.5 10.1  8.9  7.8  7.0  6.5  6.4  6.8  6.9  7.1  6.9  6.6  6.5  6.6  7.3  7.8  8.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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        SC   SC   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    25   45   75   80   60   50   50   55   60   65   65   70   65   55   40   35   20
TEMPERATURE        64   56   49   48   44   43   43   43   43   40   42   42   42   42   50   55   56
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  44                  40                  56
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          8    6    5    6    6    8    9   10    9    8    4    4    3    3    4    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   30   30   10   10    5    5    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.02      0.02      0.02      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) 10.5 10.0  8.9  7.6  6.6  6.3  6.3  6.7  6.8  7.0  6.9  6.6  6.5  6.6  7.3  7.9  8.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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        FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   25   65   65   40   35   25   15   20   35   35   45   40   30   15    5   10
TEMPERATURE        65   55   47   43   39   39   42   45   45   41   36   35   35   38   48   55   57
MIN/MAX TEMP                           39                  46                  34                  57
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         11   10   11   12   14   14   14   16   14   13    8    9    4    5    5    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5   20   20    5    5    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.03      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) 10.9 10.5  9.4  8.1  7.2  6.9  6.9  7.3  7.5  7.6  7.2  6.8  6.6  7.1  8.0  8.5  8.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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        FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    15   40   45   60   45   45   30   25   30   40   40   50   50   40   25   15   15
TEMPERATURE        58   52   48   48   45   44   43   46   44   40   39   38   38   39   44   50   51
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  46                  37                  51
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   13   21   26   27   27   24   24   20   13    2    5    6    3    8    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   10   20   20    0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      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) 10.7 10.1  9.0  7.7  6.8  6.5  6.7  7.2  7.4  7.3  7.0  6.7  6.5  6.9  7.7  8.4  8.7

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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