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FWUS46 KSEW 170934
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 AM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 75 80 90 80 70 60 55 35 75 75 85 80 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 17 18 22 23 24 21 18 17 17 16 21 24 23 21 20 18 17
MAX/MIN TEMP 25 15 25 15
WIND DIR S S S SW W N N N NW SW N NE NE NE NE N N
WIND (MPH) 8 8 6 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 8 6 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 40 40 60 30 20 20 10 20 20 60 60 60 60 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.08 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.8
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC BK OV BK SC BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 30 40 65 70 55 35 55 60 60 80 80 70 70 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 22 20 26 29 29 25 21 20 20 19 23 25 25 23 20 18 17
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 18 26 15
WIND DIR S SE S S SW N NE SE NE N NW W NW NE NE NE E
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 9 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 20 40 60 30 10 10 40 40 70 70 50 50 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.03 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
..STEVENS PASS
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK OV BK BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 50 50 80 65 70 50 60 75 80 85 85 75 75 70 70 75
TEMPERATURE 18 17 22 26 27 23 20 19 18 18 21 24 24 21 19 18 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 27 17 25 16
WIND DIR S E S W NW W W SW W W W W W W E E E
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 30 70 30 30 10 10 30 30 80 80 60 60 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER SC SC BK OV BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 60 75 70 65 70 65 80 75 90 90 80 80 70 65 70
TEMPERATURE 19 19 24 28 28 24 22 21 20 20 23 26 26 22 21 20 20
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 18 27 18
WIND DIR E SE SE SW NW N N N N W W W W E E E E
WIND (MPH) 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 30 60 50 30 10 10 40 40 80 80 70 70 50 50 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.09 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3
..WHITE PASS
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER SC BK BK OV BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 55 80 55 60 55 65 75 75 85 85 85 85 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 16 17 22 25 26 20 16 16 16 16 20 24 24 19 18 17 17
MAX/MIN TEMP 26 15 25 16
WIND DIR S S S W W W W W W W W W W W SW SE NE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 50 30 70 30 40 20 10 30 30 80 80 80 80 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 02/17/26 WEDNESDAY 02/18/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK OV BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 65 75 55 55 45 55 65 70 90 90 90 90 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 18 18 20 24 25 19 17 17 16 16 20 23 23 21 19 19 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 26 14 25 18
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SE E NE
WIND (MPH) 6 6 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 9 9 4 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 60 30 60 30 40 20 20 50 50 90 90 80 80 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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