Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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        CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   SC   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    0    0   20   25   20   40   35   15   15   25   55   55   50   50   65
TEMPERATURE        55   49   50   50   50   48   55   55   52   44   40   38   36   35   40   41   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  57                  35                  42
WIND DIR            E   SE    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   SW    W    W   NW    N    N
WIND (MPH)          1    3    4    4    4    4    1    2    2    4    5    6    6    4    2    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    0    0   10   10   30   30   30   30   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                     S    S    S    S    S
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)  9.7  9.6  9.5  9.4  9.3  9.1  8.8  8.6  8.0  6.7  5.9  5.3  4.3  4.0  4.3  4.8  5.0


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    20   10    5    5    5   35   35   30   30   25   30   50   75   80   75   65   70
TEMPERATURE        58   51   51   50   50   48   55   57   55   47   45   42   41   40   42   43   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  59                  40                  45
WIND DIR            W    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   NW
WIND (MPH)          2    3    9    8    8    6    4    5    5    4    5    4    3    4    4    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    5   20   20   40   40   50   50   50
PRECIP TYPE                                                           R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01
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)  9.5  9.4  9.3  9.2  9.1  9.0  8.8  8.5  8.2  7.7  7.0  6.4  5.9  5.4  5.6  5.7  5.9


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    5    5   15   10   15    5    5   20   35   55   55   40   40   45
TEMPERATURE        60   49   46   44   43   41   54   62   60   49   44   42   40   38   45   49   47
MIN/MAX TEMP                           41                  63                  38                  51
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E    S    W    W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    3    5    5    5    5    4    4    4    3    3    3    3    3    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   20   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                               R    R    S
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)  9.6  9.4  9.3  9.3  9.1  8.8  8.5  8.5  8.4  8.1  7.6  7.0  6.6  5.9  5.8  6.1  6.2


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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        CL   CL   CL   CL   CL   FW   CL   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5    5    5    0    5   15    0   15    0   10   15   35   55   55   35   40   40
TEMPERATURE        62   51   47   46   45   43   57   63   63   51   45   42   41   39   45   50   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           43                  65                  39                  52
WIND DIR           SE    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    S   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    2    5    5    5    5    4    4    3    1    1    1    2    2    3    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10   10   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         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
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)  9.6  9.5  9.4  9.3  9.2  8.9  8.7  8.5  8.4  8.1  7.8  6.9  6.3  5.7  5.5  5.8  5.9


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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        CL   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   CL   CL   CL   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     5   10   20    5    0   10    0    0    5    5   10   20   40   35   15   20   40
TEMPERATURE        58   48   44   42   41   41   55   62   61   49   44   40   38   36   43   48   48
MIN/MAX TEMP                           40                  63                  36                  50
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    3    4    4    4    5    5    4    4    2    2    3    3    4    5    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         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
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)  9.7  9.6  9.5  9.3  9.1  8.7  8.6  8.4  8.3  8.5  8.4  7.7  6.8  5.7  5.7  6.2  6.3


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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   FW   FW   FW   FW   CL   FW   FW   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    10   15   20   10    5   15    0    5    5   25   10   25   45   40   25   35   45
TEMPERATURE        55   49   49   49   48   46   54   56   55   47   45   43   39   37   39   41   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           46                  58                  37                  43
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          2    5   10   10    9    6    3    4    4    3    3    3    3    3    5    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                                                                                         S
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)  9.7  9.7  9.6  9.4  9.1  8.7  8.6  8.5  8.4  8.2  8.2  7.1  6.4  5.5  5.4  5.8  5.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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