Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
234 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2025
...HURRICANE RIDGE...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 FW FW FW SC BK SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 15 25 45 50 45 55 65 80
TEMPERATURE 74 66 61 59 56 56 61 61 58 53 48 47 46 47 52 53 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 62 45 55
WIND DIR NW W W S SW W NW W W W S S S S W W SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 9 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 20 20 50
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.2 10.2 10.3 9.1 8.8 8.6 8.0 7.8 7.7 8.1 8.0 9.5 9.3 9.9
...MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 10 10 15 20 60 55 50 55 55 75 80 70 70 75 85
TEMPERATURE 75 66 62 60 57 57 59 60 60 55 52 51 50 50 52 54 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 62 49 56
WIND DIR W W NE S SW SW SW SW W SW SW S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 12 9 1 4 4 3 6 6 8 4 2 3 4 4 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 30
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 0.00
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) 11.3 11.3 11.0 10.7 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.3 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8
...STEVENS PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 FW FW FW FW SC BK BK OV OV OV BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 5 10 15 20 30 55 65 75 80 75 65 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 81 70 63 60 58 58 64 68 64 58 54 52 51 50 55 60 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 56 68 49 62
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 5 5 8 10 11 11 9 8 5 4 6 6 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 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) 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.4 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.4
...SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 FW SC BK BK BK OV OV BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 5 15 15 40 60 55 65 75 70 55 40 50 45
TEMPERATURE 82 72 65 61 58 58 65 67 66 59 55 53 51 50 56 61 61
MIN/MAX TEMP 56 69 49 63
WIND DIR NW NW N N NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 4 4 5 4 4 6 9 9 8 5 4 4 5 5 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 10 10 5 5 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 11.0 11.1 11.0 10.7 10.3 10.6 10.5 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.9 9.4
...WHITE PASS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 FW FW SC SC SC SC BK SC FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 5 15 5 20 45 50 40 45 55 45 20 35 50
TEMPERATURE 81 71 63 58 55 56 64 66 65 57 51 49 46 47 54 60 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 68 46 62
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 5 5 6 8 8 10 12 13 11 10 8 6 9 10 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 11.7 11.2 10.8 10.7 10.3 10.5 10.9 10.6 9.8 9.6 9.2 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.4 9.3 9.9
...PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET) ...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/13/25 THURSDAY 08/14/25
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 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 10 5 10 15 10 20 30 40 45 55 60 55 35 55 55
TEMPERATURE 72 64 60 57 55 55 57 59 58 51 48 46 44 43 48 52 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 53 61 43 54
WIND DIR W N W NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 1 3 9 13 12 13 16 17 16 12 6 5 9 11 12 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 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) 11.6 11.0 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.4 10.9 10.4 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.4 9.2 9.8
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN