Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 220939
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 AM PDT WED JUL 22 2026
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW SC BK BK BK OV BK BK BK BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 10 15 20 40 70 65 70 70 60 65 55 55 25 20 25
TEMPERATURE 63 68 76 76 75 70 68 65 63 64 64 63 63 60 59 57 55
MAX/MIN TEMP 78 62 65 55
WIND DIR S S W NW NW W SW SW SW N N N N W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 40 40 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 11.6 12.2 12.7 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.9 13.0 12.8 12.4 11.8 11.0 10.3
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 0 0 15 20 15 30 30 70 55 45 35 30 30 40 40 45
TEMPERATURE 66 70 77 80 81 75 71 70 66 67 67 69 70 66 61 61 58
MAX/MIN TEMP 82 65 72 57
WIND DIR SE S SW SW W NW SW SW S W W W W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 3 8 8 4 3 3 2 4 9 10 10 10 4 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.2 11.3 11.7 12.2 12.5 12.7 13.0 13.2 13.2 12.8 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.0 11.6
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW OV BK FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 5 5 15 35 35 20 80 60 15 25 30 30 35 45 50
TEMPERATURE 63 68 81 89 88 78 69 66 62 62 70 77 77 68 61 59 56
MAX/MIN TEMP 91 60 79 56
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 1 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 9 9 8 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 10 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.2 12.2 12.4 12.8 12.9 13.0 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.1 12.8 12.0 10.6 10.0
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW SC BK SC BK BK FW FW SC SC FW SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 15 50 50 25 65 60 15 20 50 30 25 30 25
TEMPERATURE 62 64 83 90 91 78 69 64 59 58 68 74 74 67 59 56 54
MAX/MIN TEMP 92 57 75 53
WIND DIR NE NE W W NW NW NW N NW NW NW W W W W NW NW
WIND (MPH) 2 1 2 5 6 3 2 2 3 4 6 8 8 8 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 10 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.9 13.1 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.1 13.0 12.6 11.3 10.1 9.8
...WHITE PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW BK OV BK SC BK BK SC FW SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 20 15 15 55 70 50 45 60 65 35 15 45 20 15 25 30
TEMPERATURE 60 69 80 85 84 76 68 62 58 61 69 74 74 68 58 54 51
MAX/MIN TEMP 88 58 76 51
WIND DIR W S NW W W W NW NW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 11 13 13 11 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 10 20 30 20 20 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R T T R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.7 12.9 13.3 13.7 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.7 13.5 13.2 12.9 12.2 10.8 10.1 10.1 10.4
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE WEDNESDAY 07/22/26 THURSDAY 07/23/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC OV SC SC BK BK BK BK OV SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 20 25 35 80 40 50 65 65 50 55 75 35 30 25 25
TEMPERATURE 67 69 75 79 79 70 67 67 63 60 62 65 66 62 58 57 55
MAX/MIN TEMP 81 59 67 54
WIND DIR NW NW SW W W NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 3 6 5 4 3 1 1 3 5 9 9 8 2 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 30 20 30 30 30 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.7 12.9 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.7 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.0 12.9 12.2 11.2 10.1 9.9 9.9
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN