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FWUS46 KSEW 222139
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
239 PM PDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 BK SC SC BK OV BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 50 35 30 50 80 65 50 65 70 70 80 95 80 85 85 95
TEMPERATURE 46 40 39 41 40 39 44 44 41 38 37 38 38 37 41 43 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 46 35 44
WIND DIR W S S S SW S SW W N SW S S S E N N N
WIND (MPH) 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 5 5 50 50 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.5 6.6 6.9 6.8 7.6 7.8
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 BK BK SC BK BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 60 65 40 60 50 55 70 65 75 85 80 95 75 75 85 90
TEMPERATURE 50 43 42 43 43 43 45 48 49 43 42 41 41 42 50 52 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 50 39 53
WIND DIR SW S S S S S S S SW SE E E E E E S NW
WIND (MPH) 8 3 3 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 3 4 5 5 1 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 30 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.4 7.6 8.0
..STEVENS PASS
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 70 80 75 60 65 65 50 40 60 55 95 100 80 75 80 85
TEMPERATURE 53 47 46 44 42 41 50 55 53 46 43 43 43 43 54 59 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 55 41 59
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW W W W W SW SE E E E E W
WIND (MPH) 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
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) 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.5 5.9 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.9 9.1 9.3
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 70 75 70 70 60 70 55 40 60 55 85 95 80 70 80 80
TEMPERATURE 54 48 45 43 42 42 52 56 55 47 45 44 45 45 56 62 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 57 43 62
WIND DIR W NW NW N N E W W NW N NE E E E SE S W
WIND (MPH) 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 50
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) 7.1 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.7 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.2 8.2 7.9 9.2 9.3
..WHITE PASS
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 BK SC SC OV BK OV SC SC SC BK OV OV BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 55 45 50 80 65 70 35 35 40 60 80 95 65 70 80 80
TEMPERATURE 53 45 41 40 39 40 49 55 54 46 42 42 42 43 55 60 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 56 40 60
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W N E E E SE SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 6 6 4 3 3 4 5 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 50
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) 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.8 7.7 8.6 9.9 9.9
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE WEDNESDAY 09/23/26 THURSDAY 09/24/26
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 BK OV BK OV BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 55 65 60 75 65 70 60 45 55 85 90 90 80 70 80 90
TEMPERATURE 47 41 38 38 38 38 44 48 47 42 41 44 45 44 50 52 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 49 40 53
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW NE E E S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 60
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) 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.5 7.9 7.8 8.2 9.6 9.7
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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