Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
308 AM PDT FRI JUN 21 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10    5   25   35   60   70   65   75   75   40   35   30   35   25   35   40   50
TEMPERATURE        49   54   60   61   61   57   52   50   50   53   56   57   56   50   45   42   40
MAX/MIN TEMP                           62                  49                  59                  39
WIND DIR           SE    S    W    N    N    N    S    S    S    S    W   SW   SW    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          8    6    5    5    4    1    8   10    8    6    4    8   12   14   13   12   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    0    0    5    5   10   10   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         R
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
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)  7.7  7.7  8.3  8.9  9.3  8.9  9.1  9.7  9.8  9.8  9.6  9.7  9.2  7.9  7.2  6.7  6.1


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    5   25   40   40   55   80   75   25   35   30   25   35   65   75   80
TEMPERATURE        50   56   62   67   67   62   53   52   51   55   60   64   64   57   53   51   46
MAX/MIN TEMP                           68                  50                  67                  44
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW    S    S    S    S    S   SW    S   SW    S    S
WIND (MPH)          3    4    5    4    5    1    6    9   10   10    8    9    9   10    9    9   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    0    0    5    5   10   10   50   50   70
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04
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)  8.1  8.1  8.4  8.6  8.8  8.5  8.8  9.0  9.1  9.2  9.1  9.2  9.8  9.5  8.8  7.7  6.9


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   FW   BK   BK   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    0   15   30   20   55   65   75   50   50   40   35   20   35   60   60
TEMPERATURE        50   56   66   70   72   65   54   53   51   56   65   68   69   61   53   52   49
MAX/MIN TEMP                           72                  51                  70                  47
WIND DIR           SE    S    W    W    W    W    S    S    S   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          9    4    8    8    8    4    5    6    6    6    8   10   12   12   12   13   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
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)  9.0  8.9  9.1  9.3  9.0  8.9  8.8  8.6  8.9  9.2  9.4  9.6 10.1  9.9  8.8  8.1  7.2


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

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    5    0   15   30   20   45   55   65   55   50   30   20   20   50   65   65
TEMPERATURE        48   53   69   74   75   66   54   52   51   54   66   72   71   62   54   51   48
MAX/MIN TEMP                           76                  50                  73                  46
WIND DIR            E    S    W    W    W   NW    N    N   NE    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    3    6    6    6    5    6    5    4    4    6    8    9    8    8    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   30   30   30
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
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)  9.0  8.9  8.8  9.3  9.3  8.8  8.7  8.6  9.1  9.5  9.4  9.6 10.1  9.7  8.7  7.9  7.0


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10    5   15   20   30   30   50   55   50   40   25   20   20   20   40   40
TEMPERATURE        48   56   65   70   72   65   54   50   49   55   64   68   70   62   53   50   46
MAX/MIN TEMP                           73                  48                  71                  45
WIND DIR           SE   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          6    4    6    6    9    6    5    5    5    8    8   10   13   13   13   14   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    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
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)  9.0  9.0  9.5  9.9 10.0  9.6  9.1  9.0  9.1  9.3  9.6  9.9 10.4 10.1  9.1  8.5  7.5


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

DATE                    FRIDAY 06/21/24                         SATURDAY 06/22/24
TIME (LT)          05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05
                   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A

CLOUD COVER        FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    20   10    5   15   15   30   40   75   75   60   35   25   15   20   20   50   50
TEMPERATURE        50   53   59   63   65   58   51   50   50   52   57   61   61   54   49   46   42
MAX/MIN TEMP                           65                  49                  63                  40
WIND DIR            N   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    8    9    8    8    6    6   11   11   10    6   10   14   19   23   23   24
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10    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
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)  9.0  9.0  9.2  9.5  9.5  9.1  8.9  8.9  9.4  9.6  9.5  9.9 10.2  9.8  8.7  8.0  7.1

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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