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FWUS46 KSEW 162134
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST MON FEB 16 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 SC SC SC OV BK SC OV OV BK BK BK BK SC OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 45 40 50 75 55 45 75 85 60 60 50 60 45 70 70 80
TEMPERATURE 24 20 18 17 18 18 22 24 24 21 19 18 17 18 24 26 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 25 16 27
WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S SW W NW W SW SW SW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 9 8 9 8 8 8 6 8 8 4 4 5 6 5 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 20 20 30 50 20 10 60 30 30 20 20 20 20 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.4
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.0
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 BK BK SC SC BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 65 55 35 25 55 70 75 75 60 60 65 60 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 27 26 25 23 22 20 26 28 29 24 21 20 20 21 25 27 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 30 19 28
WIND DIR S S S S S SE S S S NW N N NE NE NW W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 40 10 5 10 30 60 60 60 40 40 40 40 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7
..STEVENS PASS
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 SC SC SC SC BK OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 80 70 50 40 40 50 60 70 70 55 60 65 70 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 27 24 22 20 18 17 22 27 26 23 20 19 18 18 23 26 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 27 17 26
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SE E S W NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 60 20 5 5 20 10 40 60 60 30 30 40 40 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.0
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 BK SC SC BK SC BK OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 55 30 35 60 40 55 80 80 60 60 70 70 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 28 25 24 22 20 19 24 28 28 25 22 21 20 20 24 27 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 29 19 27
WIND DIR SW SW W W E SE SE SW W N N N N W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 30 20 10 10 30 5 40 70 70 30 30 50 50 80 80 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.5
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.2
..WHITE PASS
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK SC BK OV OV SC BK BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 60 50 65 65 45 65 75 75 50 55 60 65 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 26 22 20 18 17 18 22 25 26 20 16 15 15 16 22 25 24
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 26 14 25
WIND DIR SW W W SW S S SW SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 10 10 5 40 50 10 50 60 60 20 20 30 30 80 80 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.2
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
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 BK OV BK OV OV BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 65 70 60 75 75 60 70 80 80 55 55 65 65 95 95 90
TEMPERATURE 26 21 19 19 18 18 20 24 25 19 16 16 16 16 22 26 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 26 14 27
WIND DIR W W W W SW SW SW SW W NW NW W NW W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 20 5 10 40 60 40 60 70 70 30 30 50 50 90 90 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.12 0.02 0.10 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 1.6 0.3 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.2
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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