Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 052138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
138 PM PST THU NOV 5 2026
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 80 90 90 70 70 85 75 65 75 70 75 75 75 75 100
TEMPERATURE 37 36 38 38 38 41 40 43 45 44 43 42 40 42 42 46 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 45 38 47
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 1 10 10 11 13 16 13 10 10 9 5 6 9 10 6 4 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 20 50 90 60 60 80 50 30 20 30 50 50 70 70 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.01 0.01 0.10
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 5.0 6.4 7.8 8.2 8.8 9.4 9.2 7.9 6.8 6.2 6.9 7.8 8.4 8.4 7.9 7.6
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 75 100 90 95 100 90 90 85 80 70 80 85 75 90
TEMPERATURE 36 36 38 38 38 37 33 35 38 40 42 42 41 42 41 44 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 41 37 46
WIND DIR SW S S SW S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 3 9 12 13 14 18 18 12 10 11 8 6 9 9 11 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 100 70 90 100 90 70 40 20 50 50 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.22 0.37 0.20 0.08 0.01 0.02
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) 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 5.1 6.3 8.2 8.6 8.1 7.2 6.7 6.4 7.0 8.0 8.2 8.0 7.6
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 60 55 90 90 80 85 90 90 80 75 65 75 70 65 65
TEMPERATURE 37 34 34 34 35 36 36 41 41 41 42 40 39 38 41 45 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 42 38 45
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 40 80 20 40 60 90 50 60 5 5 0 0 40
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.17 0.05 0.01 0.00
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 4.8 4.6 4.4 5.0 6.2 7.7 8.8 8.9 8.2 7.7 7.8 8.4 8.6 8.3 7.8 7.5
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 65 50 65 90 85 80 85 90 100 85 75 65 65 60 50 65
TEMPERATURE 40 37 36 35 36 36 38 43 44 44 42 42 40 39 43 49 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 45 39 50
WIND DIR N N E E SE SE S SE N N N E E E E SE E
WIND (MPH) 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 40 10 30 80 100 50 40 5 5 0 0 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.19 0.06 0.00 0.00
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 5.0 4.8 4.5 6.9 6.7 8.0 9.0 9.1 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.6 8.7 8.3 7.8 7.6
...WHITE PASS...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER SC SC OV BK OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 75 55 80 80 75 70 85 85 70 70 60 55 45 45 60
TEMPERATURE 37 33 32 32 33 35 37 41 41 40 40 38 38 37 42 48 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 42 37 49
WIND DIR W W W W SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW S SE SE S S
WIND (MPH) 2 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 20 5 10 80 80 30 10 0 0 0 0 40
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.00
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) 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.2 6.5 6.5 7.1 8.6 9.3 8.7 8.6 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.0 7.9 7.7
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE FRIDAY 11/06/26 SATURDAY 11/07/26
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 60 55 65 85 80 80 80 100 100 80 75 65 60 55 50 70
TEMPERATURE 35 31 32 34 36 37 35 39 41 40 42 43 42 41 42 46 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 42 38 47
WIND DIR N W W W W W W W SW S S S SE SE SE S S
WIND (MPH) 0 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 40 30 10 30 100 100 50 10 5 5 0 0 50
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.26 0.02 0.00 0.00
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 4.4 4.6 6.5 6.2 7.7 8.9 9.2 8.6 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.8 7.6
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN