Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST WED NOV 19 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   95   85   85   50   40   40   60   40   50   50   65   75   75   75   80
TEMPERATURE        34   32   32   32   31   32   33   35   34   32   31   32   32   32   35   37   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  37                  30                  38
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          4   10   12   12    9    9    4    2    2    4    6    8    8    8    6    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   10   40   70   50   20   20   20   20    0   30   30   40   40   60   60   70
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.04      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.02
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 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)  4.0  4.0  4.5  4.5  4.1  4.0  4.4  4.6  4.5  4.3  4.2  4.1  4.5  4.7  5.6  6.3  6.5


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   75   80   80   80   75   65   60   65   55   65   65   70   80   80   80   90
TEMPERATURE        35   33   33   33   32   33   34   35   35   33   33   32   33   33   34   35   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  37                  31                  37
WIND DIR           SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          8   12   12   10    8    6    4    3    2    4    5    5    6    6    8    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   10   50   40   30   20   20    0   40   40   60   60   70   70   80
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.03      0.04      0.13
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.1       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 0.1                 0.2
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.2  3.8  3.6  3.7  4.0  4.1  4.3  4.4  4.4  4.2  4.0  3.9  4.1  4.1  4.3  5.0  5.2


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   75   85   80   90   80   65   40   55   60   50   50   65   70   65   70   75
TEMPERATURE        33   31   31   30   30   30   33   37   35   32   31   31   30   29   34   38   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  37                  29                  38
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E   NW   NW    W    S    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    8    8    6    3    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    3    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    0    5   10   50   20   20   10   30    0   30   30   30   30   40   40   60
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S         S         S    S    S    S    S    S    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.03
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 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)  3.5  3.3  3.4  3.6  3.8  4.0  4.4  4.7  4.6  4.4  4.2  4.3  4.2  4.1  4.4  5.2  5.5


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   70   85   75   90   80   60   40   50   50   50   50   60   60   60   65   70
TEMPERATURE        37   33   33   32   31   32   35   40   39   34   33   32   31   31   36   41   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  41                  30                  42
WIND DIR           SE   SE    E    E   SE   SE    E    W   NW    N   SE   NE    N   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          8    8    6    4    2    2    2    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5   20   60   30   20   10   30    0   20   20   30   30   40   40   50
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    R         R         R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.00      0.02
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)  3.6  3.2  3.4  3.8  3.9  4.1  4.4  4.7  4.6  4.4  4.3  4.4  4.2  4.2  4.6  5.2  5.5


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   80   85   90   90   85   70   45   45   60   35   45   50   55   55   55   65
TEMPERATURE        32   28   29   29   28   29   32   36   35   30   29   29   28   27   34   39   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  37                  26                  40
WIND DIR            E    E    E   SE   SE   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          6    6    6    4    2    2    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    3    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5   40   70   20   20   20   20    0   20   20   20   20   30   30   40
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.04      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.2       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 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)  3.4  3.4  3.8  4.2  4.3  4.2  4.5  4.8  4.8  4.5  4.3  4.4  4.2  4.2  4.7  5.7  5.9


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

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/20/25                       FRIDAY 11/21/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   90   85   90   90   75   60   55   55   50   50   50   50   50   60   70   75
TEMPERATURE        32   31   32   31   30   30   30   32   32   29   30   30   29   29   33   36   34
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  34                  27                  37
WIND DIR            E    N   NW    W    W    W    S   SW    W    W    N    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    8   11    9    5    4    3    3    2    2    3    3    3    3    3    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0   10   10   70   80   20   30   20   30    0   30   30   30   30   40   40   40
PRECIP TYPE                        S    S    S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S    S    S    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.13      0.08      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.9       0.5       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.9                 0.5                 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  4.7  4.8  4.6  4.4  4.6  4.8  4.8  4.7  4.6  4.5  4.3  4.4  4.9  5.7  5.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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