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FWUS46 KSEW 172135
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
134 PM PST TUE FEB 17 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 OV OV BK BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 75 75 60 50 30 65 85 80 70 80 80 65 50 30 40
TEMPERATURE 25 21 20 19 18 17 22 24 23 19 18 17 15 15 20 23 22
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 25 14 23
WIND DIR W N N N NW W SW E S NE NE N NE NE N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 8 8 5 6 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 30 10 20 10 10 50 50 50 20 20 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.24 0.07 0.00 0.10 0.19 0.11 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 3.2 1.0 0.0 1.3 2.5 1.5 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) 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 SC SC BK BK OV OV BK SC SC SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 65 55 45 50 60 55 70 70 60 35 35 40 40 55 55 50
TEMPERATURE 29 25 21 20 19 18 23 26 25 21 17 15 14 14 21 25 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 27 13 27
WIND DIR SW SW SW E E E S S S NE E E NE E NE N NW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 6 5 6 9 11 12 12 10 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 50 30 20 20 40 20 30 40 40 20 20 10 10 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3
..STEVENS PASS
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 70 70 70 70 75 70 60 75 75 75 65 65 60 70 70 55
TEMPERATURE 26 23 20 19 20 19 21 24 25 20 17 16 15 15 21 26 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 26 14 26
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W SE E E E E E NW W
WIND (MPH) 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 40 20 10 20 30 60 40 60 60 40 40 40 40 60 60 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.14 0.01 0.09 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 2.0 0.1 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.8
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 60 75 80 80 75 70 80 85 75 65 65 65 75 75 60
TEMPERATURE 28 24 22 21 21 21 23 26 27 22 21 19 18 18 24 27 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 28 18 28
WIND DIR SE N N N W W W W SW E E E E E E NW NW
WIND (MPH) 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 30 30 20 40 40 40 40 70 70 40 40 50 50 60 60 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.05 0.11 0.03 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 1.6 0.6 1.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.9
..WHITE PASS
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 40 55 65 70 80 75 80 85 85 75 75 75 75 80 80 70
TEMPERATURE 26 20 17 17 17 17 21 24 24 20 19 18 18 17 22 26 25
MIN/MAX TEMP 15 25 17 26
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW E E E E E N W
WIND (MPH) 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 10 5 10 20 30 60 70 80 80 60 60 60 60 70 70 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 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 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE WEDNESDAY 02/18/26 THURSDAY 02/19/26
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 BK BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 25 55 60 65 70 60 85 90 90 75 75 75 75 80 80 65
TEMPERATURE 26 19 17 17 18 18 21 24 24 21 18 18 17 17 23 26 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 26 16 28
WIND DIR SW W W W W W SW SW W SW SE E NE NE SE W W
WIND (MPH) 4 2 2 2 2 3 6 9 8 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 10 20 20 40 50 40 80 80 80 60 60 60 60 70 70 50
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 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.04 0.07 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.9
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.1
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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