Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
828 PM PDT SAT JUN 22 2024


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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                  SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              35   30   50   60   70   80   70   65   45   40   50   45   55   75   65
TEMPERATURE                  42   38   36   36   39   41   43   41   38   37   35   40   44   44   45
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  43                  35                  46
WIND DIR                      S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    W    N   NE    N
WIND (MPH)                   12   11    5    9    6    8    8    6    4    3    3    1    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         10   20   20   30   30   40   40   10   10    5    5    5    5    5    5    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      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)            7.1  6.5  6.0  5.9  6.1  6.4  6.4  6.5  6.4  6.2  6.1  6.4  7.0  7.6  7.9


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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                  BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)              55   65   80   85   85   85   75   80   65   80   60   60   70   55   45
TEMPERATURE                  47   44   41   39   40   42   45   43   41   40   40   41   46   51   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  46                  39                  53
WIND DIR                      S    S    S    S    S    W    W    W    W    S    S   SW    W   SW   NW
WIND (MPH)                    9    6    8   10    6    6    6    3    3    3    4    2    2    3    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         40   50   50   60   60   70   70   50   50   20   20   20   20   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.01      0.04      0.01      0.01      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)            8.7  7.8  6.9  6.4  6.1  6.3  6.5  6.5  6.3  6.2  6.1  6.2  6.6  7.1  7.6


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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                  BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)              65   80   70   55   45   55   60   65   65   80   65   55   30   20   15
TEMPERATURE                  45   43   39   38   42   47   51   47   44   44   42   43   50   57   59
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  52                  41                  59
WIND DIR                      W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                    5   10   10   10   12   14   12   11    5    6    6    4    5    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         20   30   30   20   20   20   20   20   20   10   10    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.03      0.00      0.00      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)            8.9  7.8  7.0  6.5  6.4  6.8  6.9  7.1  6.9  6.6  6.5  6.6  7.3  7.8  8.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)              70   80   70   55   55   60   65   65   65   70   65   55   40   35   20
TEMPERATURE                  49   48   44   42   48   52   54   49   45   44   44   44   53   61   62
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  55                  43                  63
WIND DIR                      W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    W   NW
WIND (MPH)                    5    6    6    8    9   10    9    8    4    4    3    3    4    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         30   30   30   20   20   20   20   30   30   10   10    5    5    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.02      0.02      0.02      0.02      0.00      0.00      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)            8.9  7.6  6.6  6.3  6.3  6.7  6.8  7.0  6.9  6.6  6.5  6.6  7.3  7.9  8.3


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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                  BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)              60   65   40   40   20   20   30   35   35   45   40   30   15    5   10
TEMPERATURE                  47   43   40   40   45   50   53   48   43   40   39   42   52   60   61
MIN/MAX TEMP                           39                  54                  38                  62
WIND DIR                      W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                   11   12   14   14   14   16   14   13    8    9    4    5    5    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          5   20   20   10   10    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      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)            9.4  8.1  7.2  6.9  6.9  7.3  7.5  7.6  7.2  6.8  6.6  7.1  8.0  8.5  8.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 06/23/24                         MONDAY 06/24/24
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                  SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)              35   40   40   35   25   25   30   40   40   50   50   40   25   15   15
TEMPERATURE                  48   48   45   44   44   47   47   41   38   37   35   37   45   51   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  48                  35                  53
WIND DIR                      W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)                   21   26   27   27   24   24   20   13    2    5    6    3    8    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         10   20   20   20   20    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      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)            9.0  7.7  6.8  6.5  6.7  7.2  7.4  7.3  7.0  6.7  6.5  6.9  7.7  8.4  8.7

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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