Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST THU NOV 20 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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        BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   35   30   40   50   60   85   80   90   75   75   75   80   80   80   80   85
TEMPERATURE        33   31   30   31   31   32   35   37   37   36   36   37   36   37   37   39   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  38                  35                  41
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW
WIND (MPH)          2    5    8    8    9    9    6    4    4    8    8    8    8    8    4    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   10   20   30   40   40   60   60   60   60   70   70   70   70   80
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.02      0.03
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)  4.3  4.0  4.1  4.1  4.3  6.3  7.2  7.3  7.2  6.9  6.7  6.5  6.4  6.3  6.2  6.4  6.3


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   50   50   35   60   65   70   80   90   90   95   95   95   95   90   90   95
TEMPERATURE        34   32   32   32   32   32   33   35   35   35   37   36   35   37   37   38   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  37                  34                  39
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          3    4    5    5    6    6    6    5    5    6    8    6    6    6    6    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    5   20   30   40   20   50   90   90   90   90   90   90   90   90   90
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.01      0.06      0.08      0.05      0.11      0.15
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)  4.2  3.9  3.7  3.7  3.7  4.0  4.7  5.8  6.1  6.4  6.4  6.3  6.1  6.0  5.9  5.9  5.9


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   65   35   30   35   50   40   55   70   65   85   85   85   75   65   70   75
TEMPERATURE        34   32   29   28   28   29   33   38   37   34   34   35   34   35   37   41   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  38                  33                  41
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW    W   SW   SW    W   SW    W   SW    W   SW   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    2    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    2    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5   10   20   10   20   50   50   50   50   50   50   40   40   50
PRECIP TYPE                                  S         S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.02      0.02
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)  4.4  4.0  3.7  3.7  3.7  4.0  4.6  4.9  6.7  6.9  6.8  6.7  6.2  6.2  6.1  6.2  6.1


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

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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        BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   45   30   25   35   45   20   55   55   65   85   80   85   75   60   70   70
TEMPERATURE        38   34   31   31   30   31   36   41   41   37   36   37   36   37   39   44   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  42                  35                  45
WIND DIR           NW    N    N   SE   NW   NW    W    W   NW    W    S   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    0    0   10   10   10   20   40   40   40   40   40   40   40   40   40
PRECIP TYPE                                            R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.02      0.02
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)  4.3  4.1  3.9  3.8  3.9  4.1  4.6  4.9  6.5  7.1  7.0  6.8  6.4  6.2  6.2  6.2  6.2


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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        SC   BK   FW   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   55   20   35   25   30   35   40   30   30   50   60   55   60   55   55   60
TEMPERATURE        33   29   27   26   26   26   33   39   38   33   32   31   30   32   37   42   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           24                  40                  30                  43
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W   SW
WIND (MPH)          2    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0   10   10    5   20   20   10   10   20   20   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                 R    R              R    R    R    R    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)  4.3  4.2  3.9  3.7  3.8  4.0  4.7  4.9  6.3  7.2  7.0  7.1  6.4  6.3  6.3  6.6  6.5


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

DATE                                        FRIDAY 11/21/25                         SATURDAY 11/22/25
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        SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   45   15   30   35   45   35   40   35   45   60   65   60   60   60   60   65
TEMPERATURE        31   28   29   28   28   28   32   36   36   34   34   34   33   33   36   39   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  38                  32                  41
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    2    4    3    3    3    3    3    2    3    4    3    3    3    2    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10    0    0    0    5   10   10   10   20   20   20   20   20   20   30   30   30
PRECIP TYPE                                                 R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    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)  4.3  4.1  4.0  3.9  4.0  4.3  5.3  5.9  6.9  7.0  7.0  6.9  6.4  6.2  6.2  6.5  6.5

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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