Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
308 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2026


...BADGER PASS SKI AREA...

DATE                    FRIDAY 08/21/26                         SATURDAY 08/22/26
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        BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   SC   SC   FW   CL   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   75   60   55   35   20   35   40   15    5   10    5    5   10   10   20   10
TEMPERATURE        64   64   73   76   75   68   66   64   62   64   72   75   74   66   64   62   60
MAX/MIN TEMP                           77                  61                  76                  60
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SW   SW   SW   SE   SE   SE    E    S   SW   SW    W    W    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)          3    5    5   10    9    2    4    3    3    5    9   10    9    2    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0    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
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) 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.5 13.8 13.9 14.0 13.9 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.2 13.0 13.0 12.9


...TIOGA PASS...

DATE                    FRIDAY 08/21/26                         SATURDAY 08/22/26
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   75   75   80   50   65   45   60   55   35   30   30   30   15   20   15   15
TEMPERATURE        51   53   63   66   64   56   54   51   48   51   63   65   62   54   50   47   45
MAX/MIN TEMP                           66                  46                  65                  44
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          3    5    5    9   10    6    6    5    5    6    9   11   11    5    5    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    0    0    0    0   20   20    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                                                           T    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
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) 13.4 13.5 13.8 14.1 14.1 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.8 13.8 14.1 14.2 13.8 13.3 13.0 13.0 12.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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