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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
231 PM PDT WED JUN 26 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   80   80   90   90   90   80   45   20   15   20   40   35   50   60   80
TEMPERATURE        47   43   42   41   41   41   41   44   45   43   39   38   37   42   47   49   50
MIN/MAX TEMP                           40                  46                  37                  50
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   NW    N    N   NW
WIND (MPH)          9    6    5    5    6    9    9   11   10    9    6    5    4    2    4    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   70   70   70   60   50   40   30   10    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.03      0.06      0.04      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)  7.9  7.6  7.3  7.0  7.0  6.9  7.2  7.4  7.6  7.6  7.5  7.4  7.8  7.9  8.1  8.5  8.7


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   95   85   90   80   85   95  100   90   90   85   85   75   80   80   50   50
TEMPERATURE        51   46   44   44   43   42   42   44   44   43   43   43   42   44   49   54   56
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  45                  42                  56
WIND DIR           SW    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   NW   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         10    9    6    5    6    9   10    9    6    5    4    3    1    1    3    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    80   80   60   70   70   80   90  100   70   50   30   30    5    5    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.11      0.03      0.08      0.24      0.06      0.02      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)  8.5  8.1  7.5  7.1  7.0  6.9  6.9  7.0  7.3  7.8  7.9  7.9  8.3  8.5  8.8  9.0  9.2


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   90   80   90   85   80   90   90   85   90   85   85   80   70   45   50   55
TEMPERATURE        56   49   46   46   45   44   45   46   48   46   44   45   44   45   52   59   63
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  48                  44                  63
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         11   11    9    8    8    8    8   10   10    9    8    6    4    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   50   40   70   80   70   80   80   60   40   10   10    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE         T    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.07      0.12      0.24      0.31      0.07      0.01      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)  8.6  8.2  7.7  7.3  6.9  7.0  7.1  7.3  7.5  7.5  7.5  7.5  8.3  8.4  8.8  9.3  9.6


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   BK   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   90   75   90   85   85   85   95   80   90   80   80   75   65   60   45   50
TEMPERATURE        59   51   48   46   46   44   48   50   52   49   47   45   44   45   55   64   66
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  52                  44                  66
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          9    8    5    5    5    6    6    8    8    6    5    4    2    3    3    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   60   50   90   70   80   80   90   70   60   20   20    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.08      0.18      0.24      0.20      0.08      0.03      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)  8.6  8.1  7.6  7.2  7.0  7.0  7.1  7.3  7.5  7.5  7.6  8.0  8.4  8.5  8.7  9.1  9.5


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   SC   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   85   75   80   80   80   80   85   80   85   75   65   55   40   20   35   70
TEMPERATURE        56   49   45   43   42   42   43   45   47   46   43   42   41   44   55   62   63
MIN/MAX TEMP                           41                  47                  40                  64
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         14   13   12   11   12   12   12   13   12   12   11    8    5    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   40   60   70   70   60   60   70   30   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.05      0.13      0.17      0.18      0.05      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)  8.5  8.1  7.6  7.1  6.9  6.9  7.1  7.3  7.5  7.8  7.8  7.9  8.1  8.2  8.7  9.4  9.8


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 06/27/24                       FRIDAY 06/28/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   85   65   90   90   85   90   85   70   70   55   60   55   40   30   40   55
TEMPERATURE        48   43   41   40   39   37   38   39   41   40   39   39   39   39   46   53   54
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  41                  38                  55
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         16   14   13   13   13   14   13   16   16   13    9    5    2    1    3    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   60   50   80   80   80   80   80   40   20    5    5    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    S    R    R    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.12      0.34      0.26      0.05      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)  8.5  8.0  7.5  7.1  6.9  7.0  7.1  7.6  7.7  7.8  7.8  7.8  8.0  8.3  8.8  9.2  9.5

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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