Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 032134
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST WED DEC 3 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 75 85 90 95 90 90 95 90 90 90 95 95 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 34 36 35 35 36 36 37 36 37 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 36 35 38
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 8 11 16 19 18 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 30 20 70 70 100 80 60 60 60 80 80 90 90 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.16 0.31 0.22 0.09 0.14 0.18 0.15
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) 4.3 6.0 6.9 6.9 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.8 6.9 7.1 6.9 6.5 5.8 5.1
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 85 85 100 90 85 85 85 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 33 33 33 34 34 35 35 35 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 34 32 36
WIND DIR W W W SW SW S SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 9 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 40 70 100 90 80 70 80 80 80 80 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S R S S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.13 0.22 0.18 0.10 0.11 0.34 0.73
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.1 2.6 0.4 0.3
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 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 85 85 90 85 90 85 85 85 90 90 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 31 29 30 30 31 30 31 33 34 33 34 34 35 36 36 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 34 32 37
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 5 30 90 70 90 70 80 80 80 80 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.05 0.18 0.23 0.19 0.26 0.58 0.67
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 2.3 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 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.6 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.4
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 80 80 85 90 85 95 85 90 90 95 95 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 35 32 31 32 32 32 33 35 37 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 37 35 40
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 5 20 70 80 90 80 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE R S S S R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.19 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.51 0.56
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 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) 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.6 5.6 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.6
...WHITE PASS...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 75 80 85 80 90 85 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 32 28 27 28 28 30 31 33 35 34 35 35 36 36 36 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 35 33 37
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 11 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 10 50 70 80 80 80 80 90 90 100 100 100 100 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.28 0.35 0.39 0.32 0.40
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.6 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 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.8 6.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.9
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE THURSDAY 12/04/25 FRIDAY 12/05/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 75 80 80 85 95 90 95 95 95 95 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 30 27 28 29 29 31 30 32 34 33 34 34 36 35 34 35 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 35 32 35
WIND DIR W NW W W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 11 12 14 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 20 70 80 90 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.34 0.96 0.77 0.77 0.62 0.70
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 3.5 0.6 0.0
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.3 4.5 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.4 6.8 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.4 5.8
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN