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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
338 PM PDT FRI JUN 28 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   90   90   65   60   60   65   85   90   85   65   55   70   65   70   65   40
TEMPERATURE        50   49   47   46   46   48   53   52   52   49   48   46   46   46   49   50   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           45                  54                  45                  52
WIND DIR            N   SW    S    S   SW    S    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW    W   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)          4    3    2    2    2    1    2    3    3    3    2    3    3    4    5    6    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5   10   20   20   20    5    5   20   20   20   20    5
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R              R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.00      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)  8.6  8.5  9.0  9.1  9.2  9.4  9.5  9.6  9.6  9.6  9.3  8.8  8.3  8.0  7.9  8.3  8.3


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    45   80   80   90   85   85   80   85   80   90   70   75   80   85   85   80   60
TEMPERATURE        58   55   50   51   50   51   55   56   55   52   49   49   49   49   49   52   53
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  58                  48                  54
WIND DIR           SW   SW    S    S   SW    S   SW   SW    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    4    2    1    1    1    3    4    4    4    2    2    2    4    8    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   20   40   30   30   60   50   50   30   30   70   70   70   70   20
PRECIP TYPE                        R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.03      0.02      0.03      0.05      0.07      0.09      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)  9.1  9.1  9.4  9.5  9.6  9.5  9.6  9.7  9.8  9.6  9.4  9.4  9.0  8.7  8.5  8.3  8.4


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   80   85   90   85   75   85   90   80   90   75   65   75   70   70   50   50
TEMPERATURE        63   59   53   53   52   53   60   62   61   56   51   50   50   51   53   57   59
MIN/MAX TEMP                           51                  63                  49                  59
WIND DIR            W   SW    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    1    2    2    2    3    5    5    5    4    4    4    5    6    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5   10   10   10   10   30   30   30   10   10   30   30   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R              R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.03      0.03      0.02
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)  9.5  9.7  9.5  9.5  9.6  9.6 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.1  9.8  9.6  9.1  8.7  8.6  8.5  8.8


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   80   75   80   75   70   85   90   75   85   65   70   70   70   70   65   50
TEMPERATURE        67   61   54   52   51   52   63   66   65   58   53   51   50   50   56   60   61
MIN/MAX TEMP                           50                  67                  49                  62
WIND DIR           NW   NW    N    N    N   NW    W    W   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    3    1    1    1    1    3    4    4    3    2    2    2    3    4    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5   10   10    5   10   20   30   30   20   20   30   30   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.03      0.06      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)  9.5  9.7  9.8  9.7  9.7  9.7  9.9 10.1 10.1  9.9  9.7  9.6  8.9  8.5  8.3  8.5  8.8


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   80   75   45   60   80   80   80   85   55   65   65   55   45   30   30
TEMPERATURE        63   58   52   49   48   52   59   61   60   55   50   49   48   49   54   58   59
MIN/MAX TEMP                           47                  63                  47                  60
WIND DIR            W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    4    1    2    2    3    5    6    9    8    6    6    6    9   10   11   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5   30   20   20    5    5   10   10   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      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)  9.8  9.9  9.8 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.1  9.9  9.7  9.1  8.6  8.3  8.7  9.0


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 06/29/24                       SUNDAY 06/30/24
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   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   90   85   80   70   65   85   85   85   85   55   50   65   60   50   40   30
TEMPERATURE        56   51   49   49   48   48   52   54   54   48   46   45   45   44   46   51   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           46                  56                  44                  53
WIND DIR            W   NW   NW    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    4    2    1    1    1    4    6    8    6    3    3    3    5    9   12   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    5    5    5    5   20   20   20    5    5   20   20   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R              R    R              R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.02      0.00      0.04      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)  9.6  9.7  9.7  9.8  9.8  9.8 10.0 10.1 10.1  9.9  9.8  9.5  8.9  8.4  8.4  8.6  8.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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