Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 200934
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 AM PST THU NOV 20 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK SC SC SC SC FW SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 55 35 35 50 45 20 40 65 55 70 75 80 80 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 30 31 32 34 33 31 31 31 32 32 35 37 36 36 37 38 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 30 38 36
WIND DIR SW S S S SW S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 4 2 1 5 8 9 9 10 8 4 4 9 9 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 30 20 20 0 5 10 20 40 40 50 50 70 70 70 70 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.07 0.10
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) 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.8 4.9 7.0 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.2
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 60 65 55 70 50 55 70 70 85 85 90 90 95 95 95
TEMPERATURE 32 32 33 34 34 33 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 36 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 31 36 34
WIND DIR S S S S SW S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 4 4 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 10 10 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 30 10 10 0 10 30 60 60 80 80 80 80 90 90 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.12 0.21 0.34
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.9
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV BK BK BK SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 70 60 60 50 50 35 50 60 60 60 70 85 85 85 85
TEMPERATURE 30 30 32 36 34 31 30 30 30 29 33 38 36 35 36 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 28 38 34
WIND DIR E E SW W W SW S SW SW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 50 20 5 0 0 0 5 20 20 40 40 60 60 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.10
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 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) 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.8 5.2 6.2 6.4 6.1 6.1
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK BK SC SC SC FW SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 60 55 45 40 35 20 35 50 55 55 70 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 32 32 35 39 38 34 32 31 31 31 36 41 40 37 37 37 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 29 42 35
WIND DIR SE SE NW NW NW N E N N W W W W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 30 20 10 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 50 50 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.12
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 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) 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.8 5.6 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.2
...WHITE PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV BK SC SC SC FW SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 70 50 40 35 35 25 30 35 45 50 60 60 60 70 70
TEMPERATURE 28 29 31 35 33 29 27 27 26 26 33 38 36 32 32 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 24 39 31
WIND DIR S W W W W W SE W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 30 30 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 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) 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.9 5.3 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.2
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 75 60 45 35 40 25 20 30 45 50 55 70 70 65 75 75
TEMPERATURE 30 29 30 31 31 28 29 28 28 28 32 36 35 33 35 34 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 26 37 32
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW W NE W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 5 30 10 20 0 0 5 20 20 20 20 40 40 50 50 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 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) 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.7 5.6 6.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN