Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
203 AM PDT MON MAY 12 2025


...BADGER PASS SKI AREA...

DATE                    MONDAY 05/12/25                         TUESDAY 05/13/25
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   OV   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   FW   CL   CL
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   15   15   25   60   70   45   40   45   60   60   70   65   40   10    5    5
TEMPERATURE        43   45   48   47   43   40   37   34   33   35   40   41   40   39   36   34   34
MAX/MIN TEMP                           50                  32                  43                  32
WIND DIR            S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW   NE   NE   NE
WIND (MPH)          6   10   16   17   14    9    3    2    2    3    8   10    9    5    5    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)              33
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0   10   10   20   20    5    5    0    0   40   40   10   10    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S                        S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.03      0.01      0.01      0.11      0.01      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.1       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 0.2                 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  7.3  7.2  7.3  7.2  6.8  6.4  6.0  5.5  5.9  6.3  6.6  6.8  6.9  6.6  6.8  6.7


...TIOGA PASS...

DATE                    MONDAY 05/12/25                         TUESDAY 05/13/25
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        SC   FW   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   BK   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    25   10    5   10   25   40   35   20   25   20   65   70   65   50   25   15   10
TEMPERATURE        33   34   39   37   32   27   24   22   19   23   30   30   30   26   23   21   20
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  17                  31                  18
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)         31   34   36   34   27   21   11    9    5    8   12   13   12   10    8    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)    55   64   72   66   55   41
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   10   10    5    5    5    5   50   50   10   10    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                                                           S    S    T    T
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.12      0.05      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.1       1.9       0.7       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 2.0                 0.7
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  8.1  7.6  7.9  7.9  7.3  6.7  6.0  5.4  5.1  5.5  6.1  6.7  7.0  6.9  6.9  6.9  6.7

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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