Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST TUE NOV 4 2025


...HURRICANE RIDGE...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   95   80  100   95  100   95   75  100  100  100  100   95   95  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        39   38   38   37   39   39   39   39   37   36   36   36   35   35   36   37   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  41                  34                  39
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          6   13   17   18   18   18   14    9    5    9    9    9    9   10    9    8   10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   60   60  100   90  100   90   70  100  100  100  100   90   90  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.05      0.29      0.33      0.29      0.33      0.18      0.22      0.66
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.7       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.7
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.0  7.8  8.2  8.3  7.7  7.0  6.4  5.9  5.6  5.5  5.3  5.0  4.8  4.9  5.4  5.8  5.5


...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   80   90   90  100   95  100   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        38   35   37   36   38   39   39   38   38   38   38   37   37   37   36   36   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  40                  35                  38
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)          8   16   18   17   17   16   12   10    9   13   16   13   11   10   10   11   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5   40   90  100   90  100   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.30      0.58      0.52      0.55      0.60      0.36      0.46
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)  4.6  4.9  6.7  7.0  7.3  7.0  6.7  6.2  6.0  5.6  5.4  5.1  5.1  4.9  4.9  5.3  5.3


...STEVENS PASS...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   95   95   95   90   90   85  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        36   33   34   34   35   36   37   40   38   37   37   37   36   35   36   38   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  40                  34                  38
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E   SE    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W   SW    S   SE
WIND (MPH)          8   11   12   11   10    8    5    4    3    4    6    6    8    5    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)              29
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   30   70   80   90   60   90   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    R    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.22      0.16      0.11      0.21      0.34      0.17      0.26
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)  4.3  5.6  7.4  7.5  7.3  7.1  6.7  6.3  6.0  5.6  5.4  5.1  5.1  4.9  5.0  5.6  5.7


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    65   90   95   95  100   90   85  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        40   37   37   37   38   38   41   43   43   41   39   39   39   37   39   41   41
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  45                  37                  43
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)          8   10   10    8    6    6    6    5    3    3    4    4    4    3    3    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   50   60  100  100   80   70  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.09      0.22      0.08      0.16      0.26      0.39      0.20      0.32
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)  5.1  7.3  8.0  7.9  7.5  7.2  6.6  6.4  6.0  5.6  5.5  5.2  5.1  5.0  5.3  5.9  6.1


...WHITE PASS...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   95   95   90   90   90   90   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        37   34   33   33   35   37   39   40   39   37   36   36   35   35   36   39   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  41                  33                  39
WIND DIR            E    E    E   SE   SE    E   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6    9   10   10   10    9    6    6    6    8   10   10   10    8    8    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                      27   27
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   90   90   70   80   80   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.13      0.19      0.11      0.21      0.29      0.38      0.18      0.32
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  7.7  8.0  7.7  7.2  7.0  6.5  6.2  5.9  5.6  5.5  5.3  5.3  5.2  5.7  6.1  6.3


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/05/25                      THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   95   95   95   95   90   90   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE        36   34   36   35   37   37   35   37   36   34   35   34   34   34   33   35   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  38                  33                  35
WIND DIR           NE    E    E    E    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         10   18   19   14   17   16   12   11   10   13   16   16   12   11   10   10   10
WIND GUST (MPH)                   32
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   90   90   90   60   80   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              S    R    R    R    R    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.18      0.28      0.26      0.46      0.60      0.62      0.39      0.55
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.9       2.9       1.9       0.5
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 3.8                 2.4
6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.8  7.6  7.8  7.7  7.3  7.0  6.5  6.3  6.0  5.7  5.6  5.3  5.3  5.3  5.7  6.2  6.3

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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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