Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
839 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   CL   CL   FW   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)               5    5    5    5    5   15   10   10    5    5   20   35   50   70   80
TEMPERATURE                  37   38   38   37   47   50   47   41   40   40   39   37   43   45   42
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  50                  37                  46
WIND DIR                     NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    N   NW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   NW   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)                    4    4    4    4    1    1    1    2    3    4    4    5    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   60
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)            4.1  4.2  4.1  5.2  6.7  7.0  7.4  7.4  7.2  7.0  6.5  6.6  6.7  7.9  8.5


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              10    5    5   10   35   35   25   15   10    5   15   30   45   50   65
TEMPERATURE                  40   40   39   39   46   50   48   42   41   39   38   36   42   43   42
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  52                  36                  45
WIND DIR                      E    N    N    N    N   NW   NW    N    N   NE   NE    E    W   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                   11   10    8    6    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    4    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   50
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)            4.4  4.3  4.1  4.5  5.5  5.9  6.4  6.5  6.5  6.3  5.2  4.9  5.1  6.2  6.8


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)               5    5    5    5    5   25   25   35   15   10   10   25   30   45   55
TEMPERATURE                  34   33   33   32   46   52   49   39   37   35   34   32   42   48   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  52                  32                  48
WIND DIR                      E   NE   NE    E    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    4    4    3    3    1    2    4    3    3    3    3    4    4    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   30
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)            3.7  3.8  3.9  4.6  5.4  5.7  5.7  5.5  5.6  5.1  4.7  4.7  5.3  6.7  7.0


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   CL   FW   SC   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)               5    0    0    0    0   20   30   25   20    5    5   20   25   45   55
TEMPERATURE                  35   34   34   32   48   54   51   41   38   36   34   32   44   49   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  55                  32                  51
WIND DIR                      E    E   NE    E    W   NW   NW   NW    N   NW    N   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    4    3    3    2    1    3    3    1    1    1    1    2    3    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   30
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)            3.9  4.0  4.1  4.5  5.3  5.6  5.3  5.0  5.5  5.2  4.9  5.0  5.3  6.4  6.9


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   CL   CL   FW   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)               0    0    0    5    0    5   20   25   20   10    5   15   25   50   60
TEMPERATURE                  31   29   29   30   44   51   49   39   35   32   31   30   41   47   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  52                  30                  48
WIND DIR                      E    E    E    E   NE    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    3    3    3    3    1    2    3    2    2    2    2    4    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   30
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)            4.1  4.5  4.5  5.2  6.0  6.2  6.2  6.1  5.8  5.8  5.0  4.8  6.3  7.1  7.9


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 10/15/25                      THURSDAY 10/16/25
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   CL   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)               5    5    5    0    0   15   45   50   30   10   10   20   30   55   65
TEMPERATURE                  36   36   36   35   42   46   44   38   38   37   36   34   40   42   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           28                  47                  34                  43
WIND DIR                     NE   NE    N   NE    W    W    W    N    N   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    9    8    6    5    1    3    3    2    3    2    3    3    3    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   30
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)            4.7  4.8  4.8  5.3  6.0  6.4  6.3  6.2  6.0  5.7  5.1  5.2  6.1  6.9  7.6

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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