Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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FWUS46 KSEW 080934
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 AM PDT WED OCT 8 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC BK OV BK BK OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 40 25 35 35 45 30 35 65 80 70 65 75 70 60 80 80
TEMPERATURE 37 35 40 41 40 37 36 37 37 37 41 46 45 43 42 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 36 48 40
WIND DIR SW SW NW N N E SE S SE E NE NE N N S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 10 20 10 10 5 20 50 50 20 20 20 20 40 40 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S R S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.10
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) 4.7 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.6 7.0 7.5 7.4 6.6 6.5
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 BK BK BK OV OV SC BK BK BK BK BK SC BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 60 55 75 75 45 55 65 65 50 50 50 60 60 60 75
TEMPERATURE 42 40 44 46 46 42 43 44 44 43 48 54 54 49 49 49 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 41 56 42
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SE E SE SE E NE NW NW NE NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 4 3 3 8 9 9 6 4 3 3 3 6 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 20 30 60 60 10 30 50 50 30 30 20 20 40 40 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 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) 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.5 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.1
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC SC FW SC SC BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 40 25 35 40 55 50 75 85 70 65 50 70 75 75 75 90
TEMPERATURE 40 38 48 53 51 44 43 44 44 42 50 58 56 49 47 47 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 42 59 41
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W N E NE E E E E E E NE W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 5 10 20 10 20 40 60 60 30 30 20 20 50 50 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 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) 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.6 8.2 8.0
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC SC SC FW SC SC BK OV OV OV BK BK OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 45 30 25 35 45 55 75 90 85 65 65 70 70 80 85 90
TEMPERATURE 41 39 48 53 52 44 42 43 42 41 49 57 57 49 46 45 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 40 59 41
WIND DIR W W W W W N N E E E E SE SE NE E NW W
WIND (MPH) 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 10 20 20 20 50 60 60 30 30 30 30 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.00 0.00 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) 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.5 8.0 7.7
...WHITE PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 FW SC FW SC SC SC BK OV OV OV BK BK OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 35 20 25 35 40 60 85 90 85 55 60 70 65 80 85 90
TEMPERATURE 38 36 47 51 51 44 42 41 41 40 47 54 54 46 43 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 39 55 38
WIND DIR W W W W W W W S E E E E E NE NE NW W
WIND (MPH) 2 3 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 10 10 20 70 60 60 30 30 40 40 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.12 0.02 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) 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.3 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.5 7.8 7.4
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 FW FW FW FW SC BK BK OV OV OV BK BK OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 15 20 30 55 65 90 90 90 65 65 75 70 85 90 90
TEMPERATURE 41 37 42 44 44 40 41 42 41 40 43 48 48 44 45 45 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 39 50 39
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W NW NW NE E SE E N NE NE W W
WIND (MPH) 3 3 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 10 20 20 20 70 60 60 30 30 40 40 60 60 80
PRECIP TYPE R R S R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.19 0.06 0.03 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) 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.7 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.3 7.6 7.2
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN