Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 050938
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
138 AM PST THU NOV 5 2026
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 45 70 75 85 80 90 95 70 80 95 90 80 85 80 80
TEMPERATURE 34 32 35 38 37 35 37 37 38 40 39 40 42 41 41 41 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 34 42 39
WIND DIR SW S SW N N S S S S S S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 9 9 6 0 0 17 17 10 16 16 13 9 8 9 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 5 10 20 40 90 40 40 90 60 60 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.11 0.03 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.3 6.1 8.0 9.2 9.5 9.0 7.9 7.0 7.4 7.0 7.7
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 70 75 70 80 75 75 95 90 100 100 95 95 90 85 80
TEMPERATURE 38 37 36 38 36 35 37 37 38 39 35 37 41 41 43 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 34 43 38
WIND DIR S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 5 4 9 4 3 12 17 12 17 19 16 10 8 9 8 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 20 10 5 0 5 5 10 50 90 60 100 90 90 50 50 70
PRECIP TYPE R S S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.38 0.10 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 6.2 8.0 8.2 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.3
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 80 70 60 70 60 55 95 90 85 90 95 95 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 38 36 36 38 36 33 32 32 34 35 36 40 41 41 42 41 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 32 42 39
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW E SE SE SE S S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 5 4 6 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 30 5 0 0 0 0 5 50 30 30 40 90 90 60 60 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.08
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 5.1 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.6 7.5 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.4
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 70 60 70 70 50 75 90 85 85 85 95 95 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 38 38 38 41 40 36 35 34 35 36 37 42 44 43 42 41 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 34 44 39
WIND DIR W W W W N S E E SE E E SE SE SE N SE E
WIND (MPH) 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 30 5 0 0 0 0 5 40 20 20 20 90 90 60 60 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.12 0.15 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.6 5.0 6.2 8.1 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.5 8.6
...WHITE PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 BK BK BK SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 60 50 50 45 30 60 80 85 85 70 90 85 80 75 75
TEMPERATURE 35 34 34 37 37 32 30 31 33 35 37 41 41 40 40 39 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 30 42 38
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
WIND (MPH) 10 9 10 3 2 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 5 80 80 60 60 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.8 6.0 7.5 9.0 9.3 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.5
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE THURSDAY 11/05/26 FRIDAY 11/06/26
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 SC BK BK SC OV BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 50 55 45 70 55 35 70 90 85 85 90 95 95 90 85 80
TEMPERATURE 35 33 33 36 34 30 32 34 35 38 36 40 41 41 43 44 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 30 43 39
WIND DIR W SW SW SW N W W W W S S SW S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 6 4 5 1 0 2 6 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 30 10 50 90 90 70 70 10
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.13 0.23 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.5 5.2 6.4 8.0 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN