Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 080309
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
809 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 40 50 30 35 55 60 55 55 55 55 40 50 60
TEMPERATURE 41 39 37 35 39 40 39 35 34 34 34 34 40 43 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 42 33 45
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W NW N NE E SE E NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 4 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 20 30 10 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 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) 6.7 5.3 4.2 3.8 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.7 5.2 6.2 6.6
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 35 50 85 85 75 80 80 75 75 65 70 65 65 70
TEMPERATURE 46 43 42 40 41 43 43 40 40 39 40 40 43 49 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 45 39 52
WIND DIR S S SW S S SW SW N NE NE E NE NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 6 6 8 6 5 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 20 20 30 30 40 70 70 60 60 50 50 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02
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) 7.8 7.0 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.7 7.0 7.4 8.0 8.3
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK BK SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 35 55 60 35 40 60 60 70 70 75 80 75 65 70
TEMPERATURE 45 42 40 38 45 49 47 40 39 39 39 38 44 52 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 51 38 54
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W W W N E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 10 10 20 40 40 60 60 60 60 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.13 0.02
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) 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.8 7.0 7.6 7.9 8.2
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 55 70 35 25 55 55 70 70 70 70 70 60 60
TEMPERATURE 45 42 41 39 46 50 49 42 39 38 37 37 46 54 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 52 36 56
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW N E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 30 30 50 50 50 50 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.13 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) 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.8 8.0
...WHITE PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 FW BK FW FW BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 15 55 15 5 50 50 65 65 65 70 70 65 70
TEMPERATURE 43 40 38 36 43 49 47 39 36 35 34 35 44 50 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 51 34 51
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW NE E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 30 30 50 50 50 50 30 30 60
PRECIP TYPE R R S S R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.14 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) 7.7 7.6 7.5 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.9 7.7 7.8
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC SC FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 30 35 20 15 45 45 65 65 70 70 60 70 70
TEMPERATURE 46 43 40 37 39 42 40 36 36 36 36 36 40 45 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 44 34 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW N NE E E SE E
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 50 50 50 50 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.22 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.9 6.5 7.5 7.7
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN