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FWUS46 KSEW 271959
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1259 PM PDT THU AUG 27 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC SC OV OV OV BK BK OV SC BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 10 15 20 40 40 70 85 90 65 60 80 35 55 55 35
TEMPERATURE 51 46 45 44 43 44 51 50 50 47 43 43 42 44 49 49 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 52 41 51
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W W W NW W W W SW SW W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 1 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 5 5 5 5 20 20 30 10 30 40 20 20 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.02
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 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.2
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 85 85 80 80 60 75 95 100 95 95 85 80 95 95 80
TEMPERATURE 51 48 50 51 51 47 48 51 52 48 47 47 46 46 45 47 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 53 44 49
WIND DIR S S SW S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 4 4 2 2 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 30 10 10 10 40 20 20 5 20 60 70 70 90 90 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.05 0.06 0.08
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) 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.1
..STEVENS PASS
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV BK FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 70 90 85 100 85 60 25 40 95 100 95 95 80 75 75 60
TEMPERATURE 57 51 50 50 48 46 52 58 58 52 48 48 45 43 45 50 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 59 43 52
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 6 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 30 70 70 70 70 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.01
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 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.8
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 75 90 90 95 85 50 40 40 80 95 95 95 90 85 85 65
TEMPERATURE 59 54 52 51 49 48 54 60 61 55 51 49 46 44 47 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 62 44 54
WIND DIR W W W W NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 3 3 2 1 2 3 4 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 90 90 80 80 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.05
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) 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9
..WHITE PASS
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 BK OV BK BK OV BK SC FW SC SC BK OV OV BK SC BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 80 55 55 80 70 30 5 25 35 60 90 80 60 40 50 40
TEMPERATURE 58 53 49 47 45 46 54 61 61 54 48 45 43 41 45 51 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 62 40 53
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 10 9 6 4 5 6 9 11 10 12 14 14 14 13 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 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 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.4 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.2
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 75 70 80 95 70 40 40 45 60 80 80 95 70 65 65 55
TEMPERATURE 51 46 46 45 42 40 47 52 54 47 43 42 41 39 42 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 55 39 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 6 4 2 1 2 4 8 8 6 8 9 11 11 9 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 40 40 50 50 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.06
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 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.0 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.1
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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