Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1124 AM PST MON DEC 1 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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                       SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)                   45   90   90   80   75   90   90   70   50   60   60   65   70   85
TEMPERATURE                       34   34   33   33   32   31   31   30   31   30   28   28   29   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  30                  33                  27
WIND DIR                           W    W    W    W    W    W   NW    N    N    N   SE   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                         2    2    5    8    8    8    4    3    2    2    2    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                   20   60   60   50   40   30   20    5    0    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE                        S    R    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.01      0.09      0.01      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 7.1  6.9  6.2  5.4  4.8  4.4  4.1  3.7  3.7  3.6  3.5  3.4  3.4  3.3


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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   FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)                   75   95   90   90   85   80   85   55   15   10   25   45   50   60
TEMPERATURE                       31   31   31   31   32   30   31   31   33   30   28   28   27   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           32                  30                  34                  26
WIND DIR                          SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NE    N    N   NE   NE   NE    E
WIND (MPH)                         2    3    4    4    2    2    1    1    1    1    2    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                   20   90   60   70   70   50   20   10    5    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.04      0.19      0.11      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.3       1.3       1.0       0.2       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.3                 2.3                 0.2                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 3.7  3.7  3.8  3.8  3.7  3.6  3.4  3.5  3.6  3.5  3.1  3.0  2.9  2.7


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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                       SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)                   50   65   85   80   85   85   80   80   65   65   65   45   45   65
TEMPERATURE                       32   32   31   31   31   30   30   31   31   31   28   26   24   23
MAX/MIN TEMP                           32                  29                  32                  22
WIND DIR                           W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    S
WIND (MPH)                         4    4    5    6    6    5    5    5    4    3    2    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                    5   20   80   70   80   50   20   10   10    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.01      0.14      0.21      0.12      0.01      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.1       0.8       1.7       1.2       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 2.5                 1.2                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 3.9  4.3  3.7  3.8  3.6  3.7  3.7  3.6  3.5  3.3  3.0  3.0  2.9  2.7


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

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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                       SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)                   50   55   75   85   85   90   85   75   70   65   60   55   45   55
TEMPERATURE                       35   35   33   31   32   31   32   33   34   33   30   28   27   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           36                  30                  35                  24
WIND DIR                          NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NE    E    E
WIND (MPH)                         2    1    1    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    1    1    1    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                    5   10   60   40   80   80   40   10   10    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE                                  S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.01      0.03      0.15      0.13      0.01      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.0       0.1       0.5       0.7       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.6                 0.7                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 4.4  5.7  3.5  3.6  4.0  4.0  3.9  3.7  3.5  3.3  3.1  3.0  3.0  2.8


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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                       SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)                   35   40   25   60   80   80   85   75   65   40   50   50   50   55
TEMPERATURE                       35   34   30   29   29   28   30   31   33   31   27   24   23   22
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  27                  33                  21
WIND DIR                           W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    W   SW
WIND (MPH)                         3    3    4    6    8    8    6    5    5    3    2    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                    5    5   10   30   40   60   50   20    5    5    5    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                                       S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.00      0.00      0.08      0.04      0.01      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.0       0.0       0.5       0.4       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.5                 0.5                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 5.6  5.3  5.3  4.4  4.5  4.4  4.2  4.1  4.0  3.8  3.4  3.3  3.2  3.0


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

DATE                    MONDAY 12/01/25                         TUESDAY 12/02/25
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                       SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)                   40   50   50   60   75   85   70   65   45   30   45   45   50   55
TEMPERATURE                       33   32   31   31   31   29   29   28   29   28   25   25   27   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           34                  28                  31                  23
WIND DIR                           W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    W   NW    N    N    N   NW
WIND (MPH)                         3    3    4    6   10   11    8    3    4    3    2    2    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)                    5    5   30   40   60   70   60   20   20    0    0    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                           0.00      0.01      0.13      0.03      0.03      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                           0.0       0.0       0.8       0.3       0.3       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.8                 0.6                 0.0
6 HOUR ICE                           0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)                 5.8  6.1  6.0  5.3  4.9  4.6  4.2  4.1  4.1  3.9  3.6  3.4  3.3  3.1

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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