Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
308 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026


...BADGER PASS SKI AREA...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 08/21/26                         SATURDAY 08/22/26
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        FW   FW   SC   BK   SC   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   FW   FW   FW   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   15   35   70   50   65   40   45   60   70   75   70   55   15    5    5   10
TEMPERATURE        78   69   67   65   64   65   74   76   75   69   67   64   62   63   72   75   74
MIN/MAX TEMP                           63                  77                  61                  75
WIND DIR            W    W    E    E    E    E   SW   SW   SW    E    E    E    E   SE   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)          9    2    5    4    3    5    6   10    6    3    3    3    3    4    8   10   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    0    0    0    0    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) 13.4 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.8 13.1 13.5 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.5 13.6 13.5


...TIOGA PASS...

DATE                                        FRIDAY 08/21/26                         SATURDAY 08/22/26
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        FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)    15   10   30   65   65   70   70   60   70   70   80   55   45   25   15   25   20
TEMPERATURE        69   58   55   52   51   53   64   67   64   57   54   51   48   51   63   65   63
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  67                  47                  65
WIND DIR           SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          9    8    6    4    4    6    6   10    9    5    6    5    5    8    8   12   11
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                    28
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    0    0    5    5    0    0   10   10    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) 14.3 14.2 14.0 13.8 13.0 13.4 13.9 14.2 14.0 13.6 13.7 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.7 14.0 13.8

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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