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SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN
USFS NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER SEATTLE WA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
552 PM PST THU JAN 30 2025

...THE NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL AVALANCHE
BULLETIN...

* WHAT...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM, A VARIABLE AND WEAK SNOWPACK,
  AND A BUSY WEEKEND COULD COMBINE FOR UNIQUELY DANGEROUS
  AVALANCHE CONDITIONS. AVALANCHES MAY TRIGGER EASILY AND COULD
  BREAK WIDELY.

* WHERE...THE WASHINGTON CASCADES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE
  COLUMBIA RIVER, MT HOOD, AND THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS.

* WHEN...IN EFFECT FROM THU 18:00 PST TO SUN 18:00 PST.

* IMPACTS...A PROLONGED DRY PERIOD IN JANUARY CRATED A HIGHLY
  VARIABLE AND POTENTIALLY WEAK SNOWPACK. ACTIVE WEATHER INCLUDING
  SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WINDS COULD MAKE THESE LAYERS UNSTABLE.
  HUMANS MAY EASILY TRIGGER AVALANCHES LARGE ENOUGH TO BURY OR
  INJURE A PERSON.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN
  BY BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS DURING THIS PERIOD. READ THE DAILY
  AVALANCHE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO
  EACH ZONE.

CONSULT WWW.NWAC.US OR WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SIMILAR AVALANCHE DANGER MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE COVERAGE
AREA OF THIS OR ANY AVALANCHE CENTER.

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