Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 PM PST MON NOV 10 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   50   20   40   40   30   45   65   80   90   85   85   90   85   90   90  100
TEMPERATURE        36   32   31   31   31   31   35   36   35   33   34   35   33   35   36   37   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  38                  33                  39
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW    W    W    N   NE   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          6    6    5    4    4    3    1    2    1    3    4    4    5    5    4    3    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   10   20    5    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   50   50   90   90  100
PRECIP TYPE                        S                                            S    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.06      0.15
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0
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)  4.7  4.0  3.8  3.9  4.1  4.4  4.7  5.0  5.0  5.5  5.3  4.6  4.8  5.6  6.7  6.3  6.1


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   70   65   65   55   40   65   75   80   85   85   85   85   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        39   36   34   33   33   32   35   38   37   35   37   37   36   37   37   39   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  40                  35                  41
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW    S    S   SE    E    N   SE    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)          6    8    6    4    3    3    2    1    1    4    6    6    6    8    8    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   20   20   30   20   20    5    0    5    5   30   30   50   50   90   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    S    S    S    S    S                        R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.01      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.05      0.23
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 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)  5.4  4.5  3.8  3.4  3.4  3.6  4.4  4.7  4.6  4.6  4.9  5.0  5.0  5.2  5.7  6.2  6.3


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   BK   SC   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   85   80   85   55   40   40   75   85   95   95   95   95   90   90   95
TEMPERATURE        41   38   37   35   34   32   36   43   41   36   35   35   34   34   37   40   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  43                  34                  41
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   SW    W   NE   NE    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          5    6    8    5    4    2    2    1    2    3    4    4    3    3    4    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   50   20   30    0    0    0    0    5    5   40   40   70   70   80   80   90
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    S    S                                  S    S    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.04      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.06      0.05
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)  5.9  5.2  4.5  4.1  4.0  4.2  5.1  5.7  5.7  5.3  5.1  5.5  5.5  6.1  6.7  6.7  6.6


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   90   90   65   60   45   25   35   60   85   90   90   95   85   85   85   90
TEMPERATURE        44   41   39   37   35   33   38   45   44   39   38   37   36   36   39   44   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  47                  36                  46
WIND DIR            W    W    W   NW   NW    N    N    S   SE    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    E
WIND (MPH)          3    3    3    2    1    1    1    1    1    3    4    3    3    4    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    40   50   20   30    0    0    0    0    5    5   30   30   70   70   80   80   90
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R                                  R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.04      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.05      0.05
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)  6.0  5.1  4.4  4.0  3.9  4.3  5.1  5.8  5.7  5.5  5.7  6.3  6.0  6.6  7.2  6.9  6.8


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   70   75   70   65   40   20   45   55   85   90   90   90   90   80   85   85
TEMPERATURE        42   38   35   34   31   30   38   45   42   38   37   37   37   37   41   45   46
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  46                  36                  47
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W   SW    S   SE   SE    S    S    S   SE    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          5    6    6    5    3    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    3    3    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30   20    5    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   40   40   70   70   70   70   80
PRECIP TYPE         R    R                                            R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.03      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)  6.7  5.8  5.1  4.5  4.3  4.8  5.9  6.0  6.2  7.2  7.0  6.8  6.8  7.4  7.2  7.2  7.0


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 11/11/25                        WEDNESDAY 11/12/25
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   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   60   70   65   45   40   15   60   70   85   90   90   90   85   85   85   90
TEMPERATURE        38   35   34   32   31   31   36   41   39   37   39   38   37   38   39   41   42
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  43                  36                  43
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W   NW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW    W   SW   SE    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          6    8    9    4    2    2    1    2    1    4    6    6    6    6    6    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   40   20    5    0    0    0    0   10   10   40   40   70   70   80   80   80
PRECIP TYPE              S    S                                       R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.25      0.14      0.08
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)  6.2  5.4  4.9  4.6  4.8  5.4  6.1  6.2  5.8  6.6  6.8  6.5  6.5  6.9  7.4  7.1  6.9

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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