Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 AM PST THU NOV 27 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)   100   70   55   85   95   95   90   90   50   15   30   40   55   80   85   80   90
TEMPERATURE        33   34   35   35   34   33   33   34   32   31   34   35   33   31   33   33   31
MAX/MIN TEMP                           36                  31                  36                  30
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S   NE    N   NE   NE    E   NE    N   NE    E    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)         10   12   11    8    4    6    8    6    6    4    3    2    1    4    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)   100   40   30   40   80   70   40   20    5    5    0    0    0    0    5    5   20
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    S    R    S                                            S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.04      0.11      0.17      0.07      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
12 HOUR SNOW                          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)  6.9  6.5  6.3  5.6  5.5  5.4  5.2  4.8  3.9  3.5  3.5  3.6  3.4  3.7  3.8  3.8  3.9


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)   100   90   85  100   90   90   85   50   60   15    5   20   35   70   75   75   70
TEMPERATURE        34   34   35   36   35   35   35   34   33   30   32   35   32   30   30   32   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  30                  36                  29
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S   SE    E   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)         10   10   10    9    5    8   10   10   11   12   11    6    5   10   10    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)   100   70   60  100   80   30   40   30   10   10    0    0    0    0    5    5   20
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S                                            S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.22      0.26      0.12      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 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  5.3  5.7  5.8  5.2  5.0  4.7  3.6  3.1  2.4  2.3  2.5  2.1  2.1  2.0  2.0  2.0


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   90   85   80   90   95   90   90   85   55   30   25   40   70   80   75   85
TEMPERATURE        30   30   33   35   35   33   33   35   33   30   34   37   34   29   28   29   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  30                  37                  25
WIND DIR            E    E    E   SE    E    E    E   NE    W   NE    E    N    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          6    6    6    6    4    3    3    2    2    2    2    1    2    3    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20   60   60   60   80   90   70   40   30   30    5    5   10   10   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S                                  S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.09      0.16      0.33      0.18      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.3       0.0       0.8       0.5       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.3                 1.3                 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)  4.4  5.5  5.7  5.7  5.0  4.6  4.4  4.5  4.4  4.1  4.0  4.1  3.8  3.0  2.5  2.0  1.7


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

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   90   80   85  100   90   90   75   60   30   30   40   65   80   75   80
TEMPERATURE        33   33   35   37   37   36   36   36   35   33   35   40   36   33   32   32   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  33                  40                  28
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SW   NW   NE    E   NW   NE    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          4    4    5    6    3    3    2    2    1    2    2    2    1    3    3    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   70   90   40   80  100   80   50   40   40   10   10   10   10   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    R    R    S    S    S    R    R    R                                  S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.11      0.19      0.53      0.27      0.01      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
12 HOUR SNOW                          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  6.6  6.4  6.1  5.2  4.7  4.8  5.0  4.8  4.4  4.2  4.3  3.9  3.6  3.2  2.4  1.9


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   90   80   80   90  100   95   95   90   75   60   45   40   60   70   75   70
TEMPERATURE        32   32   35   37   36   35   34   34   34   33   34   37   35   30   28   26   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  32                  37                  25
WIND DIR           SE   SE    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   NW   NE    S    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          5    5    5    6    3    3    3    3    2    2    3    1    2    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   80   40   30   90  100   90   90   70   70   20   20   20   20   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    R    R    S    S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S              S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.16      0.08      0.41      0.48      0.07      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.2       0.0       0.1       0.5       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 0.6                 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  6.5  6.5  6.1  5.4  5.2  5.3  5.4  5.3  5.0  4.7  4.9  4.6  3.9  3.2  2.3  2.2


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

DATE                    THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    95   90   80   85   95  100   95   90   75   75   45   45   50   65   70   75   75
TEMPERATURE        32   33   33   34   33   32   33   34   32   30   32   34   32   29   30   30   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  30                  36                  26
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    N    E   NE    N    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)         10   10    9    9    5    6    8    6    4    4    3    2    2    5    9    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    90   80   60   50   90  100  100   90   60   60   20   20   20   20   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.38      0.37      1.25      0.86      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.7       0.1       5.5       3.7       0.2       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.8                 9.2                 0.2                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.7  6.7  6.5  6.1  5.5  5.4  5.7  5.8  5.6  5.1  4.8  4.8  4.4  4.1  3.5  3.0  2.6

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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