836  
FWUS46 KSEW 092302  
AVGSEW  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
302 PM PST FRI JAN 9 2026  
 
   
..HURRICANE RIDGE  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 75 75 70 85 85 90 85 100 100 95 95 100 100 100 100 100  
TEMPERATURE 31 31 32 31 30 31 32 34 34 34 34 34 33 34 35 36 37  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 35 32 37  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  
WIND (MPH) 9 14 18 19 20 21 20 18 18 19 11 12 13 14 14 13 13  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 20 50 80 100 100 90 90 100 100 100 100 100  
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.17 0.25 0.20 0.22  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 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) 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.7 5.7 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.3  
 
   
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 70 75 65 75 75 75 85 95 95 95 95 95 95 100 100 100  
TEMPERATURE 31 31 32 32 31 33 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 34 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 36 32 36  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  
WIND (MPH) 10 13 14 14 14 17 19 19 18 17 10 9 9 11 12 12 12  
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 37 36 35  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 40 100 100 90 90 90 90 100 100 100  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.31 0.25 0.29 0.25  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.3 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.1 3.1 1.3  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.4  
 
   
..STEVENS PASS  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV BK OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 60 75 75 65 70 65 60 70 70 80 85 85 85 90 90 90  
TEMPERATURE 31 29 29 29 28 29 31 35 35 32 32 32 31 32 33 36 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 36 30 36  
WIND DIR W SW SW S S SE S S SW S SW SW S S SW SW W  
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 50 50 70 70 80 80 80 80 80  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.11 0.13 0.16  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.6 5.2 5.1 5.6  
 
   
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 55 70 70 60 65 60 60 65 75 80 80 85 85 90 90 90  
TEMPERATURE 33 31 31 31 30 30 33 37 36 35 34 34 33 34 35 36 38  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 38 33 38  
WIND DIR SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE  
WIND (MPH) 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 50 50 70 70 80 80 80 80 80  
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.12 0.13 0.14  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 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) 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.6 5.9 5.5 6.0  
 
   
..WHITE PASS  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK OV OV BK SC SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 55 60 70 70 55 45 35 35 45 65 65 70 70 70 70 70  
TEMPERATURE 33 30 30 30 29 31 33 37 36 32 31 32 31 32 33 36 37  
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 38 30 37  
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
WIND (MPH) 4 5 6 8 8 10 9 8 9 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 5  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 50 50 60 60 60  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.03  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.8 4.9 5.3  
 
   
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)  
 
DATE SATURDAY 01/10/26 SUNDAY 01/11/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 70 75 70 65 60 65 55 65 75 80 80 80 80 80 80  
TEMPERATURE 33 32 33 33 32 32 34 35 35 32 33 32 31 32 33 35 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 37 30 36  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW S S S S  
WIND (MPH) 8 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 9 8 8 8 8 8 9  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 40 40 50 50 70 70 70 70 70  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.11 0.12 0.08  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.1  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7  
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.6  
 
 
 
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---  
 
CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
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