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FWUS46 KSEW 152138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT WED JUL 15 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC OV BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 55 25 45 50 90 75 80 75 70 55 45 55 50 60 60
TEMPERATURE 65 61 58 58 56 58 59 58 55 52 52 50 48 48 51 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 56 60 48 55
WIND DIR N N E SE E E E NE W SW SW SW SW NW N N NW
WIND (MPH) 4 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 60 60 70 20 0 20 20 20 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.17 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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) 10.8 11.1 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.3 10.9 9.2 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.4
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC BK BK OV OV BK SC SC OV BK OV BK OV OV SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 50 50 80 75 60 40 30 80 65 70 55 75 70 35 20 20
TEMPERATURE 74 69 63 63 62 62 67 70 68 59 58 58 56 53 54 59 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 60 73 53 62
WIND DIR W N NE S S SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 2 5 5 6 6 5 6 9 10 6 3 3 4 6 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 30 10 10 10 60 50 40 10 20 20 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 11.4 11.6 11.6 11.8 11.5 11.9 12.3 12.4 12.4 11.3 10.3 8.8 8.7 8.7 9.7 9.6
..STEVENS PASS
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC BK OV OV BK SC SC SC BK BK SC SC FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 25 60 90 90 60 50 40 45 70 65 50 40 25 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 83 75 65 62 60 61 71 78 74 62 58 56 53 52 62 71 71
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 81 51 72
WIND DIR W W N S E E E SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 8 6 5 5 4 4 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 20 30 60 20 20 20 20 10 10 0 0 0 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.8 11.9 11.8 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.2 11.1 10.3 9.6 9.4 9.0 9.0 10.1 10.4
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC BK OV BK SC BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 35 60 75 65 45 55 55 50 45 50 35 25 20 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 83 74 63 59 57 57 69 73 70 61 57 54 52 50 63 70 72
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 75 50 72
WIND DIR NW NW SE NE E NE SW NW W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 3 1 1 3 2 4 5 6 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 20 30 50 20 30 30 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.7 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.0 10.3 9.4 8.7 8.9 8.7 8.7 9.6 10.1
..WHITE PASS
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC SC BK OV OV BK BK BK BK SC FW SC SC FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 50 60 75 70 65 55 65 55 40 25 30 45 15 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 80 74 63 57 54 59 68 71 69 61 55 50 47 51 63 70 72
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 75 47 72
WIND DIR W W E NE E E E W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 5 8 6 5 5 8 12 12 10 9 8 8 8 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 30 60 60 50 40 40 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.01 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.8 11.8 12.0 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.1 11.9 10.8 9.3 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.8 9.9 9.7
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 07/16/26 FRIDAY 07/17/26
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 SC OV OV BK OV BK BK BK SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 40 70 80 65 75 65 65 60 35 35 30 40 20 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 72 67 62 62 61 57 58 61 59 54 53 51 48 48 55 61 63
MIN/MAX TEMP 57 64 48 63
WIND DIR W N NE NE NE NE NE W W W W N N W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 3 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 8 2 0 0 2 6 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 20 50 50 60 50 50 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.06 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
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.9 12.1 12.2 12.1 11.9 10.7 9.0 8.5 8.3 8.6 8.5 9.3 9.4 9.8
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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