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FWUS46 KSEW 232138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT WED SEP 23 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 SC BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 45 55 70 65 80 80 80 100 95 95 85 95 95 90 90 60
TEMPERATURE 42 38 38 37 37 37 42 43 42 39 40 41 39 39 41 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 45 38 44
WIND DIR NW NW E E E E N N N S S SW W N W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 4 2 8 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 5 10 30 50 80 70 70 40 90 90 90 90 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.27 0.12 0.23 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) 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 6.2 7.8 9.1 8.9 8.5 7.8 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.3 5.9
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 SC BK OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 50 55 85 80 80 70 75 95 100 100 100 95 95 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 47 43 42 41 42 42 49 52 49 47 47 48 45 46 42 43 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 54 42 48
WIND DIR S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 2 2 3 5 6 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 40 70 100 100 90 90 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.15 0.31 0.24 0.33
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 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.7 7.3 8.4 9.0 9.0 8.6 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.8 6.5
..STEVENS PASS
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 BK BK OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 65 65 70 60 50 75 95 95 95 95 95 80 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 54 46 44 42 42 43 55 60 58 52 51 48 45 44 46 45 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 60 44 47
WIND DIR W W W W E E E S SE SE SW SW SW S SW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 3 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 50 80 70 70 100 100 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.17 0.12 0.28
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 6.8 7.2 7.5 8.7 8.9 9.8 10.1 10.0 9.2 8.4 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.5
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 55 60 75 35 60 80 90 95 95 95 85 75 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 55 47 45 43 43 44 56 61 60 53 50 48 47 46 47 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 63 46 49
WIND DIR W N N NE E E SE SE N N N N S SE SW W W
WIND (MPH) 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 40 70 60 60 60 100 100 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.11 0.16 0.36
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 6.9 7.8 7.7 8.7 9.3 10.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.3 7.7 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.4
..WHITE PASS
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 55 35 40 45 50 55 65 90 90 95 95 85 85 100 100 85
TEMPERATURE 54 46 42 41 41 43 55 61 59 52 48 45 42 43 41 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 61 41 44
WIND DIR W W S E E E S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 2 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 6 9 9 10 11 13 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 27 32 34 35 36 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 70 40 80 80 100 100 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.13 0.14 0.20
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 7.5 7.6 8.3 8.5 9.5 10.3 10.4 10.4 9.8 9.5 8.5 7.7 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.4
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE THURSDAY 09/24/26 FRIDAY 09/25/26
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 BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 55 45 55 55 65 60 85 100 100 95 95 95 95 100 100 90
TEMPERATURE 47 42 39 41 44 44 51 53 51 48 48 46 40 40 37 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 55 37 44
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W W W SW SW SW SW S SW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 3 8 9 11 14 16 11 12 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 40 90 30 90 90 100 100 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.26 0.30 0.36
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 7.3 7.3 8.1 7.8 8.9 9.9 10.4 10.3 9.7 9.0 8.1 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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