Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST WED NOV 26 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90  100   90   95   85   65   90   95   95   90   80   65   50   40   50   70
TEMPERATURE        34   33   34   34   33   34   34   34   33   33   32   32   30   30   31   33   31
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  35                  29                  34
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE   NE    N   NE   NE   NE    N    N    N
WIND (MPH)          3    4    6    8    8   10   10    4    4    6    5    5    5    5    4    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   70  100   70   90   80   40   80   80   80   40   40    5    5    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.14      0.17      0.12      0.20      0.19      0.05      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.2       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.0                 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)  4.8  6.0  6.6  6.0  6.7  6.5  5.7  5.3  5.4  5.4  5.1  4.5  4.0  3.9  3.7  3.9  4.0


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   90   90   90  100   90   90   90   90   90   75   70   30   20   10   25   50
TEMPERATURE        35   35   34   34   34   34   34   34   34   34   34   33   31   29   30   33   31
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  36                  29                  35
WIND DIR            S    S    S   SE    S    S    S   SE   SE    E   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE
WIND (MPH)          3    6    9    9    9    8    8    6    4    6    8    9    9   10   10    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   40   80  100   80   80   90   90   90   50   50   10   10    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE                   S    R    S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.18      0.24      0.25      0.11      0.03      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.2       0.4       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 0.4                 0.1                 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  4.5  4.5  5.2  5.1  5.1  5.3  5.2  4.9  4.7  4.5  3.7  3.2  2.5  2.4  3.0  2.9


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   90   90   90   95   95   80  100  100   90   90   85   65   40   40   60
TEMPERATURE        36   33   32   32   31   31   31   34   33   32   33   33   32   30   32   36   34
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  34                  30                  37
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   NE   NW    N    N    N    E
WIND (MPH)          2    4    5    5    5    5    4    3    3    3    3    2    2    2    2    1    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   30   80   50   30   90   90   70  100  100   80   80   40   40   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.12      0.19      0.20      0.27      0.17      0.02      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.3       0.7       0.1       1.1       0.8       0.1       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.4                 0.8                 1.9                 0.1
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.7  4.1  5.6  5.7  4.7  5.2  5.3  5.2  4.5  4.4  4.4  4.6  4.4  4.1  4.0  4.1  3.9


...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   90   85   80   95   80   90  100  100   90   90   80   70   50   45   55
TEMPERATURE        39   37   35   35   33   33   35   36   36   35   35   35   35   33   36   40   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  38                  33                  41
WIND DIR            E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E    E    E   NE    N   NE    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          2    3    4    4    3    3    4    4    2    2    2    1    1    1    1    1    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   40   90   20   20  100   70   80  100  100   80   80   50   50   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    S    S    R    R    S    R    S    S    R    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.06      0.04      0.22      0.21      0.49      0.33      0.02      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 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  5.5  6.8  6.3  5.0  5.9  5.9  5.4  4.7  5.0  4.9  4.8  4.8  4.6  4.4  4.5  4.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   90   60   60   90   80   85  100  100   95   95   85   80   70   55   65
TEMPERATURE        38   36   34   34   32   32   34   36   35   34   33   34   34   34   34   36   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  37                  32                  37
WIND DIR            S   SE   SE   SE    S   SE    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW    N   SE    E
WIND (MPH)          2    2    4    4    4    4    5    5    4    3    3    3    2    2    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   80   50   20   40   90   40   60  100  100   90   90   70   70   30   30   20
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    S    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.13      0.01      0.20      0.09      0.43      0.36      0.04      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.2       0.0       0.1       0.2       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.2                 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)  6.6  7.5  7.0  5.6  5.4  6.4  6.1  5.7  5.2  5.2  5.1  5.3  5.3  5.1  4.8  4.9  4.8


...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   90   55   75  100   75   85  100  100   95   95   75   75   60   55   65
TEMPERATURE        35   35   36   34   32   33   32   33   32   32   33   34   33   32   32   34   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  34                  32                  36
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W   SW   SW    W   NW    N    N   NE   NE
WIND (MPH)          2    5    9    9    9    9    9    6    6    8    8    5    4    3    2    2    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   90   60   10   50  100   40   70  100  100   90   90   60   60   30   30   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    R    R         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.31      0.03      0.42      0.33      0.89      0.60      0.07      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       1.1       1.0       5.3       3.6       0.3       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 2.1                 8.9                 0.3
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.5  7.4  7.3  5.8  5.5  6.3  6.0  5.7  5.3  5.3  5.4  5.6  5.4  5.1  4.9  5.0  4.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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