Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST FRI NOV 21 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   80   70   65   90   85   85   80   90   85   95   95   90   90   70   65   70
TEMPERATURE        37   37   37   37   38   37   37   38   37   36   36   36   35   33   33   31   27
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  39                  32                  36
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    S   SW   SW    S    S    S   SW    S    S   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    6    8    8    8    8    4    2    3    6    8    8    9   10   11   11   12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   30   30   50   50   60   50   70   70   70   90   90   80   80   50   50   50
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.02      0.13      0.28      0.07
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2       0.5
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.7
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.3  7.0  6.8  6.5  6.4  6.2  6.0  6.0  5.9  6.0  6.1  6.2  5.6  5.1  4.0  3.5  3.0


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   90   85   85   85   80   85   95   95   95   95   95   95   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE        36   35   37   37   37   37   37   37   37   37   38   37   36   34   34   33   29
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  39                  33                  36
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          4    6    6    6    6    6    6    5    5    9   10   10    9    9   10    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    80   70   80   70   60   60   50   80   90   90  100  100  100  100   90   90   80
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.08      0.02      0.02      0.12      0.37      0.42      0.60      0.40
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       1.5
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 1.6
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  5.9  6.3  6.5  6.4  6.3  6.1  6.0  5.9  5.8  5.6  5.5  5.2  5.1  4.8  4.4  3.8  3.2


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   75   70   75   85   80   75   65   70   80   80   85   95   95   95   95   90
TEMPERATURE        37   35   34   35   35   35   37   40   39   37   37   38   37   35   36   36   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  41                  35                  37
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)          3    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   20   10   20   30   20   10   20   50   50   70   70   90   90   90   90   80
PRECIP TYPE         R    R         R    R    R         R    R    R    R    S    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.03      0.42      0.40
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.4
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.7  6.8  6.8  6.7  6.5  6.4  6.2  6.2  5.9  5.7  5.5  5.3  5.4  5.1  5.0  4.6  3.8


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   85   85   80   85   80   70   75   75   80   85   85   95   95   95   95   90
TEMPERATURE        41   38   36   37   37   37   40   43   43   40   39   39   39   37   38   39   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  45                  37                  41
WIND DIR           NW    N    N   SE    S   SE   SE    S    S   SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)          1    0    0    1    1    1    2    2    1    1    1    1    1    2    3    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20   10    5   20   20   20   10   20   40   40   70   70   90   90   90   90   80
PRECIP TYPE         R              R    R    R         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      0.44      0.46
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)  7.0  7.1  7.0  6.9  6.7  6.5  6.3  6.1  6.0  5.8  5.5  5.3  5.4  5.2  5.1  4.6  3.8


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   35   65   60   55   65   55   55   50   65   70   80   85   90   95   95   85
TEMPERATURE        38   34   32   32   32   32   37   42   40   36   35   35   34   33   35   34   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  43                  33                  36
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    3    3    4    5    6    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    0    5    5    5    5    5   10   10   40   40   80   80   90   90   80
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    R    R    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.17      0.25
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.1
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.2  7.3  7.4  7.2  7.1  6.7  6.3  6.2  6.0  5.7  5.5  5.3  5.4  5.2  5.1  4.9  4.2


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

DATE                                        SATURDAY 11/22/25                       SUNDAY 11/23/25
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   60   65   65   65   60   55   45   50   60   70   80   90   90   95   95   90
TEMPERATURE        36   34   35   36   35   35   37   39   38   36   36   37   35   32   31   32   27
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  40                  31                  34
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    5    5    6    8    8    9   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10    5    5   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   50   50   90   90   90   90   80
PRECIP TYPE                                                           S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.44      0.56
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0       3.7
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 4.7
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.2  7.3  7.3  7.1  6.9  6.6  6.3  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.2  5.2  5.1  4.8  4.0

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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