Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
201 AM PST WED NOV 19 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    25   70   60   65   85   90   90   85   70   65   50   50   50   50   55   65   75
TEMPERATURE        27   28   32   37   35   33   33   33   32   33   34   36   34   32   31   32   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  31                  38                  31
WIND DIR            E   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6    6    5    4    4    9   10   10    9    8    4    2    1    4    8    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   10   10   20   60   50   50   30   30   20   20   40   40   50
PRECIP TYPE                                       S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 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)  3.5  3.8  4.3  4.3  4.2  4.1  4.3  4.6  4.6  4.5  4.5  4.7  4.8  4.8  4.8  5.0  5.1


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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        FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   40   40   40   50   60   85   70   70   70   60   60   60   70   70   80   75
TEMPERATURE        29   29   33   38   35   33   33   33   33   34   35   36   35   33   33   33   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  32                  38                  32
WIND DIR           SE    S   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S   SE    S   SW   SW    S    S    S   SW
WIND (MPH)          9    9   10    9   10   12   11    9    9    6    5    4    3    4    6    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   50   50   40   40   30   30   50   50   60
PRECIP TYPE                                                 S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.04      0.01      0.00      0.08
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 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)  3.2  3.5  4.1  4.3  4.1  3.8  3.6  3.8  4.0  4.0  4.3  4.5  4.4  4.3  4.2  4.3  4.4


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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        FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    15   35   35   35   50   70   80   80   75   65   50   55   60   55   70   70   80
TEMPERATURE        27   27   32   35   33   30   31   31   30   30   33   37   35   32   32   32   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  29                  37                  30
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   NW    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    5   10   11   10   10    6    5    3    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0   10    5    5   10   50   50   30   30   30   30   30   30   40
PRECIP TYPE                                                 S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.03
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 0.1
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  3.3  3.4  3.8  3.9  3.5  3.3  3.5  3.7  3.8  3.9  4.3  4.7  4.6  4.4  4.3  4.6  4.6


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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        FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   25   30   45   50   65   85   80   75   70   55   60   55   55   65   65   75
TEMPERATURE        29   29   34   39   37   33   33   33   31   32   35   40   39   35   33   32   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  31                  41                  32
WIND DIR            E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E   SE   SW   NW    W    E    S    W
WIND (MPH)          3    4   12   14   13   12    5    3    2    2    2    2    1    1    1    1    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5   10    5   10   60   60   30   30   30   30   30   30   30
PRECIP TYPE                                                 R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.02
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)  3.3  3.4  3.8  3.9  3.6  3.3  3.4  3.7  4.0  4.1  4.3  4.7  4.7  4.5  4.4  4.7  4.7


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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        FW   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   45   50   50   60   80   75   90   85   80   65   65   65   55   50   50   60
TEMPERATURE        25   25   31   34   32   29   29   29   28   29   33   36   35   31   29   28   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  27                  37                  27
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE    S    S   SE    S   NW    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          5    6   13   12   10    9    5    3    3    3    3    3    2    2    2    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5   10    5   40   70   70   30   30   30   30   30   30   30
PRECIP TYPE                                            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.1       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.1                 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)  3.2  3.4  3.9  3.8  3.4  3.4  3.9  4.2  4.3  4.3  4.5  4.8  4.9  4.6  4.4  4.6  4.7


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

DATE                    WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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        FW   FW   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   20   30   45   60   85   80   80   85   80   65   65   60   55   55   55   65
TEMPERATURE        25   25   29   33   32   31   32   32   31   31   31   33   33   30   31   31   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           35                  30                  35                  29
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE   NE    E   NE    N   NW    W   SE   SE   SW    W    W    W   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          9   11   14   12   10   12   10    8    6    4    3    3    3    2    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5   10   10   40   70   70   40   40   40   40   40   40   30
PRECIP TYPE                                            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.09      0.08      0.00      0.00      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.5       0.5       0.0       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      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  3.7  3.9  4.2  4.3  4.1  4.3  4.6  4.9  4.9  4.7  4.7  5.0  4.9  4.6  4.5  4.8  4.8

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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