Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 182134
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 PM PDT SAT OCT 18 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 100 95 55 100 80 85 70 60 60 45 30 55 55 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 37 37 36 36 36 35 36 37 36 35 35 34 33 33 38 41 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 38 33 42
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW NW N
WIND (MPH) 6 13 11 12 11 14 14 13 12 14 12 11 10 8 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 70 30 100 70 80 50 40 40 10 10 20 20 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R S S S S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.63 0.07 0.26 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.4 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) 9.6 8.8 5.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.3 5.2 5.7
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 95 85 95 100 90 100 100 90 90 85 85 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 35 35 37 37 36 35 34 35 35 35 36 36 35 35 35 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 37 33 38
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW W W W SW SW S SW S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 14 13 12 11 11 11 9 8 9 9 6 5 6 5 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 50 80 90 100 90 100 100 90 90 80 80 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S S S S R R S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 1.00 0.50 0.49 0.43 0.15 0.04 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.8 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) 8.3 8.0 6.2 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.8
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 95 80 100 90 95 95 95 90 85 85 80 65 70 75
TEMPERATURE 41 39 40 39 38 36 37 38 37 36 36 36 36 34 36 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 38 34 40
WIND DIR SE S SW W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 8 11 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 6 5 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH) 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 100 70 60 100 90 100 90 90 80 80 40 40 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.67 0.62 0.40 0.73 0.42 0.04 0.01 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) 9.5 9.5 8.7 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.3
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 95 90 100 90 95 95 95 90 85 80 80 70 70 70
TEMPERATURE 43 40 41 41 39 38 39 40 40 39 38 39 38 37 39 44 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 41 36 45
WIND DIR SE SE SE W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 8 4 3 3 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 100 70 60 100 80 100 100 100 70 70 40 40 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.67 0.78 0.48 0.57 0.54 0.06 0.01 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) 9.9 9.8 8.8 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.3
...WHITE PASS...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 100 90 85 85 95 90 90 90 80 80 75 70 55 50 50
TEMPERATURE 46 40 39 39 36 35 35 36 36 35 35 34 34 33 35 40 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 37 32 42
WIND DIR W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 5 10 11 11 12 12 11 10 11 11 9 6 5 4 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH) 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 90 100 80 50 80 90 80 90 90 60 60 30 30 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.41 0.69 0.27 0.51 0.23 0.05 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 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) 10.6 10.5 9.3 6.5 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.4 5.9
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE SUNDAY 10/19/25 MONDAY 10/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 100 100 95 80 100 95 95 95 95 85 85 70 65 55 65 60
TEMPERATURE 39 38 39 38 35 33 33 33 33 32 34 33 33 32 32 35 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 35 31 37
WIND DIR W W SW W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 10 16 16 16 16 17 14 14 17 16 12 9 5 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 100 100 70 70 100 90 80 90 90 70 70 50 50 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 1.23 1.03 0.77 0.97 0.49 0.05 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 5.1 7.0 4.0 0.4 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 12.1 4.4 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.4 10.1 9.1 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.7
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN