Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
821 PM PDT THU JUN 20 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK   OV   SC   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)              10   10   30   20   20   40   50   60   75   65   70   45   40   35   20
TEMPERATURE                  51   49   49   53   59   61   61   57   53   51   50   52   55   58   56
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  62                  49                  58
WIND DIR                      E   SE    S    S   NW    N   NW   SW    S    S    S    W   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)                    4    4    4    3    4    5    2    2    6    6    6    4    6    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10
PRECIP TYPE
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)            8.1  7.8  7.5  7.5  8.2  8.8  9.3  8.9  8.5  8.8 10.0  9.8  9.5  9.8  9.4


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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                  CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)               5    0    0    5   15   20   40   50   55   70   60   50   50   40   25
TEMPERATURE                  53   51   50   56   63   67   67   61   54   53   51   54   61   64   64
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  68                  50                  66
WIND DIR                      E    E    E    E   SW   SW    W    W    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                    4    5    6    3    5    8    4    3    8    6    9    2    6    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10
PRECIP TYPE
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)            8.3  8.1  7.8  8.0  8.5  8.7  8.7  8.2  8.2  8.7  8.5  8.6  9.2  9.6  9.7


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   FW   SC   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)              10    5    5   15   15   15   30   20   45   70   70   65   50   50   40
TEMPERATURE                  54   52   50   56   67   70   72   65   54   52   51   56   66   68   69
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  72                  51                  70
WIND DIR                      E    E    E    E    W    W    W    W    S    S    S    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    2    2    2    2    3    5    6    3    4    4    4    2    4    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE
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)            9.1  9.0  9.0  8.8  9.1  9.1  9.0  8.7  8.6  8.7  8.7  8.8  9.5 10.0 10.2


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

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)              10    0    0   20   10   15   35   20   45   55   65   50   50   35   30
TEMPERATURE                  55   51   48   53   69   74   75   67   55   51   51   55   67   72   71
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  76                  50                  73
WIND DIR                      N   NE    E    S    W    W    W   NW    N    N    N    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    2    2    2    1    3    4    4    4    2    3    4    1    3    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE
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)            9.3  9.1  9.0  8.7  8.9  9.3  9.4  9.1  8.7  8.5  8.7  9.0  9.5  9.9 10.1


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)              10    5    0   15   20   10   30   25   50   55   50   35   40   25   25
TEMPERATURE                  53   50   48   55   65   70   72   66   54   50   49   55   65   69   69
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  73                  48                  71
WIND DIR                     SE   NE    E    E    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    3    4    4    3    5    8    6    5    4    4    3    3    5    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         20    0    0    0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE
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)            9.3  9.0  8.9  9.0  9.5 10.0 10.0  9.7  9.2  8.8  9.1  9.3  9.6 10.2 10.3


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

DATE                                        FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
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   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)              10   10   25   25   20   15   20   30   50   65   70   45   45   30   25
TEMPERATURE                  52   50   49   53   59   63   64   58   52   51   50   52   58   61   61
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  65                  49                  63
WIND DIR                      N    N   NW   NW    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    4    3    3    2    4    8    6    6    8    9    8    1    5    9   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE
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)            9.4  9.1  8.9  9.0  9.3  9.7  9.6  9.3  8.9  8.7  8.9  9.5  9.7 10.1 10.2

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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