799
FWUS46 KSEW 270938
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 AM PDT THU AUG 27 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK BK SC FW FW FW SC SC BK OV OV SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 90 60 65 35 25 10 25 45 40 65 85 85 45 55 55 65
TEMPERATURE 47 47 51 51 50 46 44 45 44 44 51 50 48 45 43 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 43 51 40
WIND DIR S S N N SW SW SW SW SW W N NW NW W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 5 8 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 40 50 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 30 20 20 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 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) 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.2
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 60 60 80 80 80 90 90 85 70 75 80 70 80 85 85
TEMPERATURE 52 51 51 53 50 47 49 50 50 46 47 49 49 45 46 47 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 45 51 44
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW W SW
WIND (MPH) 3 6 11 10 5 4 5 3 3 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 10 40 70 60 40 30 10 20 40 50 30 30 70 70 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.07
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) 8.2 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.2 7.6 7.3 7.1 6.9
..STEVENS PASS
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC BK BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV SC SC BK SC OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 65 60 30 55 85 85 90 95 70 40 30 65 45 75 80 90
TEMPERATURE 49 49 53 58 56 50 50 48 47 45 50 57 56 50 47 46 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 45 58 42
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 4 6 8 8 6 8 6 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 8.7 8.1 8.1 8.7 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.9 7.3 6.7
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC BK BK SC SC OV OV OV OV BK SC SC BK SC OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 60 50 45 85 90 95 90 50 40 35 65 45 75 85 90
TEMPERATURE 49 50 55 59 58 54 52 50 49 48 53 59 59 53 50 49 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 47 60 44
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 2 4 5 5 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 10 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
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) 8.5 7.9 8.1 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.0 6.7
..WHITE PASS
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK SC SC FW SC BK BK BK OV BK FW SC BK SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 35 15 45 65 65 60 75 60 25 25 50 30 45 50 60
TEMPERATURE 48 49 53 58 58 52 49 46 45 45 53 60 59 51 47 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 44 61 41
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 10 11 12 12 11 10 8 4 5 8 10 11 10 12 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 9.1 8.2 8.1 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.7 7.2 6.7
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 08/27/26 FRIDAY 08/28/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC BK BK SC SC BK BK BK OV BK BK SC OV SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 60 35 40 65 65 70 80 55 55 45 75 45 65 65 80
TEMPERATURE 49 45 47 51 50 45 45 44 42 40 46 51 51 44 42 42 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 40 53 39
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W SW SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 8 8 10 10 6 5 3 1 2 5 8 9 6 8 9 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 20
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 8.5 7.7 8.3 8.7 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.5 8.4 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.6
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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