Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 022209
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
209 PM PST TUE DEC 2 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 55 55 80 90 85 80 80 85 85 85 85 95 90 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 30 29 29 29 29 29 30 31 32 30 31 30 32 32 32 33 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 33 29 35
WIND DIR N NE SE W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 5 4 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 30 20 10 10 10 50 50 90 90 70 70 60
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.21 0.11
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 5.0 5.8 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.8 7.0
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 FW SC BK BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 55 65 70 80 60 60 75 80 85 85 100 100 95 95 85
TEMPERATURE 31 28 28 28 28 28 29 31 31 30 30 30 31 31 31 32 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 32 29 34
WIND DIR N SW S NE SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 0 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 40 20 30 30 70 70 100 100 90 90 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.15 0.17
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 0.5 2.2
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 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 BK OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 60 60 50 70 80 65 50 65 65 75 85 90 85 85 85 85
TEMPERATURE 31 28 26 25 25 24 27 32 32 29 29 29 30 30 31 33 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 32 28 33
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 40 40 70 70 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.10
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 SC BK OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 50 55 50 70 80 65 60 60 55 80 80 85 85 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 33 31 28 27 26 26 30 35 35 31 31 30 31 32 33 35 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 36 30 36
WIND DIR NW N N N N N NW NW NW W NW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 30 30 80 80 90 90 80
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.21
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) 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.7 5.1
...WHITE PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 BK OV BK BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 65 55 50 60 80 60 60 50 65 70 75 80 80 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 31 27 25 24 24 24 28 33 33 30 27 27 28 29 31 34 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 34 27 35
WIND DIR NW NW N W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 20 20 60 60 80 80 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
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) 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.3
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 SC BK BK OV OV BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 50 50 60 65 80 70 70 50 60 70 75 80 80 95 95 90
TEMPERATURE 28 26 26 27 26 26 29 31 31 27 28 28 29 30 30 32 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 32 27 34
WIND DIR W N NW NW W NW W SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 5 5 20 20 70 70 90 90 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.21
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.6
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.7 5.4 5.6
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN