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FWUS46 KSEW 280938
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 AM PDT FRI AUG 28 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 FW FW SC BK OV OV BK BK SC BK BK BK SC SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 20 30 55 80 85 65 65 45 55 55 65 50 25 15 15 30
TEMPERATURE 43 44 52 51 48 45 44 43 42 44 49 50 50 47 44 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 41 51 40
WIND DIR SW SW NW NW NW W SW W SW W NW NW NW W W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 8 4 2 3 3 2 4 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 5 20 40 30 30 50 10 0 20 30 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.12 0.00 0.02 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) 7.4 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.6 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.1
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 60 60 90 95 100 90 95 85 85 85 80 70 75 85 85
TEMPERATURE 50 46 49 52 51 47 47 48 47 46 45 46 48 45 46 44 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 44 48 42
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 4 5 6 6 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 2 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 20 20 10 40 70 50 80 80 60 20 20 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.13 0.07 0.07 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) 7.9 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3
..STEVENS PASS
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 80 55 20 15 45 80 95 95 80 80 85 80 65 75 75 85
TEMPERATURE 48 47 53 59 57 50 48 48 45 42 44 50 52 48 45 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 42 52 41
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 8 8 6 6 6 8 5 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 50 50 20 20 20 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.01 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) 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 75 50 30 20 40 75 95 95 85 80 75 80 65 75 80 85
TEMPERATURE 49 48 55 61 60 53 50 48 46 43 46 51 53 49 47 46 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 43 53 43
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W NW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 2 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 40 30 80 60 30 50 50 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.14 0.04 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) 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0
..WHITE PASS
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 BK FW FW FW FW SC BK OV BK SC SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 65 20 10 5 20 45 65 90 65 45 50 45 50 60 50 60
TEMPERATURE 45 46 55 61 60 52 47 44 42 41 45 50 50 46 41 41 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 62 40 51 38
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 6 10 11 10 12 16 17 16 14 13 12 10 11 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 20 0 30 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.0 7.6 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 08/28/26 SATURDAY 08/29/26
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 FW FW FW SC BK OV OV BK OV OV BK BK OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 80 20 25 20 40 60 80 70 65 70 70 60 65 70 65 65
TEMPERATURE 42 42 48 53 53 45 42 42 40 40 42 45 45 42 41 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 39 46 37
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 1 2 5 8 9 8 6 10 13 13 10 10 9 6 4 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 30 10 50 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.05 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) 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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