Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 032138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2026
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 5 20 25 25 30 25 10 10 15 20 20 45 50 50
TEMPERATURE 56 49 49 49 50 49 61 61 58 50 50 49 49 49 55 56 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 61 48 57
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S N W N SW SW SW SW W N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 1 1 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 4 5 5 6 5 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) 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.1 9.2 9.2 8.7 8.5 8.5
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 5 5 15 15 15 25 25 20 20 25 25 30 45 50 45
TEMPERATURE 61 53 52 51 51 50 60 62 60 50 49 48 46 46 53 56 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 63 45 58
WIND DIR SW S S S S S S S S S SE SE S S SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 1 3 8 8 6 6 2 5 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 8 5
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) 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.2 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 10 20 15 15 25 20 15 20 40 45 45 40 50 45
TEMPERATURE 65 53 50 49 48 47 60 67 64 52 50 48 47 46 56 60 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 67 46 61
WIND DIR E NE E NE E E E NW W SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6
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) 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.9 8.9 8.8
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 20 15 10 15 20 10 20 35 45 35 45 45 50
TEMPERATURE 68 56 53 51 49 48 61 69 67 54 52 49 47 46 58 64 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 70 46 64
WIND DIR SE E E E E E SE S N N N N N N W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 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) 9.5 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.6 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.9
...WHITE PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 20 15 10 10 15 10 15 25 25 10 5 30 45
TEMPERATURE 66 52 47 47 46 46 61 69 67 55 50 47 46 44 58 63 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 69 44 64
WIND DIR E E E E E E E W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 5 6 6 6 6 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 8 6
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) 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 8.9 9.2 9.2 9.2
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE SUNDAY 10/04/26 MONDAY 10/05/26
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 CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 25 20 25 20 20 10 15 20 20 15 10 40 50
TEMPERATURE 62 53 52 53 53 50 58 63 59 51 51 51 49 47 55 58 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 50 63 47 59
WIND DIR SE NE NE NW W W SW SW W W W W NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 3 5 4 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 4 2 5 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) 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.1 8.8 8.7 9.0 9.1 8.9
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN