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FWUS46 KSEW 220938
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 AM PDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 FW FW SC BK BK SC BK OV BK BK BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 10 10 20 50 55 55 45 65 75 55 60 65 65 65 65 75
TEMPERATURE 40 38 48 49 46 39 38 40 40 39 43 44 41 37 37 38 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 38 46 36
WIND DIR W SW NW NW W SW S SW S S NW N N NW S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 5 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 20 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5
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) 6.8 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.9
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 45 45 55 50 65 65 50 95 80 65 60 60 60 70 80 80
TEMPERATURE 45 43 48 51 50 43 41 42 43 42 45 48 49 43 41 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 41 50 40
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW W E E E
WIND (MPH) 2 3 5 9 8 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 4 1 2 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
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) 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.2
..STEVENS PASS
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 SC SC SC OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 75 35 40 45 75 75 75 85 65 60 45 35 45 75 85 90
TEMPERATURE 46 44 50 55 53 46 45 43 42 41 51 55 54 46 44 43 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 40 55 41
WIND DIR W W W W W W W SW SW W W W W W NW N E
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.5 7.0
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 SC SC SC OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC SC BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 65 30 35 45 70 75 65 65 60 65 50 30 45 70 75 85
TEMPERATURE 47 45 52 55 54 47 45 43 42 42 52 57 55 47 45 44 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 41 57 42
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W NW NW N N NW W W NW N N NE E
WIND (MPH) 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 7.7 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.1
..WHITE PASS
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK OV BK BK SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 60 40 30 40 40 40 45 60 65 80 60 60 40 50 65 80
TEMPERATURE 44 43 48 54 52 44 41 39 39 40 49 55 54 46 42 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 38 56 40
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW E E
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 9 9 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.5 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.7
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE TUESDAY 09/22/26 WEDNESDAY 09/23/26
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 SC SC SC SC BK SC BK OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 60 30 30 30 35 55 40 70 70 75 65 55 55 60 75 80
TEMPERATURE 44 42 44 48 47 40 38 38 37 38 44 48 48 42 40 43 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 36 49 40
WIND DIR W W SW SW W NW W W W W SW SW W N NE E E
WIND (MPH) 2 3 4 6 8 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.3 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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