Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
227 PM PDT FRI JUN 14 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   40   45   60   70   80   75   90   65   50   25   25   40   55   65   80   70
TEMPERATURE        41   38   34   33   32   33   36   37   38   36   32   30   30   34   37   39   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  38                  29                  41
WIND DIR           SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW    W   NW   NW    W
WIND (MPH)         10    9    8    8    5    4    5    9   10    9    6    8    8    6    6    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10    5   10   40   50   50   60   80   20   20    0    0    5    5   30   30    5
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    S    T    S                        S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.03      0.09      0.07      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.03
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.6       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.6                 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)  5.3  4.9  4.4  4.2  4.0  4.2  4.4  4.6  4.6  4.3  4.0  3.8  3.8  4.1  4.7  5.0  5.2


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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   80   75   85  100   90   90   75   95   95   80   85   95   95   90   85   75
TEMPERATURE        44   40   38   37   35   35   36   38   40   38   36   35   35   36   36   40   41
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  41                  35                  42
WIND DIR            W    W   SW    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    2    4    3    5    8   10   11   10    9    6    4    4    4    5    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   50   40   70  100   90   70   60   90   90   60   60   90   90   80   80   40
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.12      0.12      0.09      0.07      0.05      0.04      0.08      0.08
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)  5.9  5.7  5.2  4.7  4.1  4.2  4.4  4.6  4.8  4.6  4.5  4.2  4.2  4.3  4.6  5.0  5.4


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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 (%)    75   90   85   85   90   85   85   85   85   80   80   85   85   85   75   75   80
TEMPERATURE        49   45   41   39   37   37   38   39   41   38   35   36   35   36   38   42   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  41                  35                  45
WIND DIR            W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9    8    9   10    6    8    9   11    9    9    6    6    6    5    5    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   20   20   30   70   80   70   80   70   70   30   30   30   30   70   70   40
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.04      0.19      0.38      0.33      0.12      0.02      0.04
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)  6.2  5.9  5.4  4.7  4.3  4.2  4.7  4.8  4.5  4.4  4.2  4.1  4.0  4.1  4.5  5.1  5.5


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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 (%)    70   80   80   85   90   95   90   95   85   85   75   80   80   70   80   80   70
TEMPERATURE        52   46   42   39   37   37   40   43   44   40   37   37   37   37   43   48   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  45                  36                  49
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          6    5    4    5    4    5    6   10    9    6    4    3    3    3    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   30   20   40   90   90   80   90   80   80   40   40   40   40   70   70   40
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    S    S    S    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.02      0.06      0.21      0.26      0.21      0.05      0.01      0.04
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)  6.3  5.9  5.2  4.6  4.3  4.2  4.5  4.7  4.8  4.6  4.4  4.3  4.0  4.0  4.5  5.1  5.4


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   90   85   75   85   85   80   80   85   85   70   70   70   65   70   70   75
TEMPERATURE        50   45   40   37   34   34   36   38   40   38   34   33   32   33   39   44   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  40                  31                  47
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10   10   10   11   13   16   16   16   14   13   11   10    9   10    9   10    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   10   30   70   80   60   60   50   50   10   10    5    5   60   60   50
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    S    S    S                        S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.04      0.10      0.24      0.27      0.16      0.03      0.00      0.05
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 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)  6.6  6.4  5.7  4.7  4.4  4.3  4.7  4.8  4.9  4.7  4.3  4.0  3.9  4.0  4.7  5.3  5.6


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/15/24                       SUNDAY 06/16/24
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   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   75   70   90   90   90   90   80   80   60   60   65   60   70   70   65
TEMPERATURE        42   38   35   32   31   30   30   32   34   32   30   29   28   30   33   37   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  34                  28                  40
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)         13   17   16   19   10   13   14   18   17   14    9    6    5    6    8    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20   10   10   40   80   90   90   90   70   70   20   20   10   10   60   60   50
PRECIP TYPE         R              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S              S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.12      0.48      0.61      0.14      0.01      0.00      0.07
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       1.3       6.3       4.9       1.0       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.3                11.2                 1.1                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.4  6.1  5.3  4.6  4.4  4.3  4.5  4.8  4.8  4.5  4.2  3.8  3.8  4.1  4.7  5.2  5.5

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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