Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 112138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC BK SC OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 0 5 0 5 15 20 50 55 40 70 50 65 65 60
TEMPERATURE 41 37 35 35 35 34 42 44 44 35 36 37 37 37 42 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 46 35 47
WIND DIR NE N NE NE N NE N N W SW S SW SW SW N N N
WIND (MPH) 1 4 3 3 3 3 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.1 4.7 5.7 6.4 7.3 7.9 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.8 8.9 8.4
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK OV SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 5 5 5 5 0 5 10 25 30 60 80 30 35 60 70
TEMPERATURE 45 39 36 35 35 35 43 46 47 40 36 36 36 36 43 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 48 34 48
WIND DIR N NE E NE NW N NW NW W SE SE E S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 8 9 8 5 3 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.7 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.7 6.6 7.8 8.5 8.4
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 BK FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 5 5 0 5 0 5 10 10 15 35 35 20 30 35 35
TEMPERATURE 47 39 34 32 32 32 46 49 50 40 35 34 34 34 46 50 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 51 32 52
WIND DIR W E E E E S W W W W SW SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.3 4.5 3.9 3.6 4.2 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.2 3.8 3.9 7.5 8.8 8.7
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 30 40 20 30 35 35
TEMPERATURE 50 42 36 34 33 33 49 52 52 42 36 35 34 35 49 53 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 53 33 54
WIND DIR NW N NE N N N N NW NW N N N N N W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.4 5.1 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.2 6.3 7.4 8.7 8.6
...WHITE PASS...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 FW SC CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 10 15 30 30 20 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 45 37 32 30 30 30 44 48 49 39 34 33 33 33 46 50 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 50 31 52
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE N W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 5 4 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.9 4.7 4.2 3.8 3.6 4.2 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 6.0 8.1 9.2 9.2
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE MONDAY 10/12/26 TUESDAY 10/13/26
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 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 20 10 10 10 5 0 10 10 5 15 35 30 25 30 35 40
TEMPERATURE 40 35 34 34 32 31 39 42 44 37 35 35 34 34 42 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 45 32 48
WIND DIR N N N N N NW N W NW N N N N NW N W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 6 4 4 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.8 4.4 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 4.6 4.0 4.0 6.0 8.9 9.2 9.1
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN