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FWUS46 KSEW 082138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 BK OV OV FW FW SC SC SC BK OV SC BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 45 55 55 90 75 20 15 25 40 35 60 70 45 55 55 25
TEMPERATURE 58 49 46 46 47 41 41 45 39 35 34 34 34 33 38 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 48 32 40
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW S W N N N
WIND (MPH) 1 5 8 9 12 13 10 11 10 11 6 4 3 3 2 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 90 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 20 20 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.05 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) 8.8 8.6 7.9 8.2 8.6 6.3 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.6
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 65 75 95 90 50 65 55 70 75 85 85 70 60 60 50
TEMPERATURE 58 50 48 48 48 43 41 45 40 37 35 37 37 37 38 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 49 35 41
WIND DIR SW S S S SW SW W W W W SW W N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 5 8 13 16 18 19 17 10 5 4 2 1 2 4 6 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 90 70 30 30 10 40 50 30 30 30 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.29 0.01 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) 8.9 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.3 5.5 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.4 5.0 5.0
..STEVENS PASS
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 60 65 70 85 95 85 85 75 80 85 85 85 75 70 75 70
TEMPERATURE 63 52 50 48 46 44 45 45 42 39 38 37 37 35 38 42 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 46 35 42
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 5 8 10 12 11 8 6 8 8 5 4 3 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 90 70 30 40 60 40 20 10 10 50 50 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01
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) 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.8 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.3
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 60 55 65 85 95 85 80 90 85 90 90 90 70 70 70 65
TEMPERATURE 65 53 50 47 46 45 47 47 45 42 39 37 37 35 39 44 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 49 35 45
WIND DIR NW N NW W W W W NW W W W W W W NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 2 1 1 2 4 6 8 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 100 80 30 40 70 60 60 30 30 50 50 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S S S R S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.09 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.01
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) 9.1 8.8 8.6 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.2 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.0
..WHITE PASS
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 55 35 60 75 80 80 80 80 75 80 85 85 55 50 50 65
TEMPERATURE 65 52 48 45 43 42 44 44 41 36 33 32 33 31 35 40 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 45 31 41
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW N
WIND (MPH) 4 4 6 11 17 17 16 13 12 14 17 13 10 5 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 41 40 33 31 36 39 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 50 60 10 5 10 5 20 10 10 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.04 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) 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.4 7.7 8.6 8.2 6.2 5.5 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.2 4.8 5.1
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 OV OV SC BK OV BK BK OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 45 50 50 85 80 40 60 70 55 60 75 60 55 65 65
TEMPERATURE 60 51 50 48 45 41 40 42 38 34 33 34 32 31 32 35 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 45 30 37
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W N W N
WIND (MPH) 2 2 4 10 18 18 17 13 10 12 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 80 50 5 5 5 5 20 30 30 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0
6 HOUR ICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.3 9.0 8.7 8.1 7.7 8.7 7.9 5.6 4.9 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.8 4.9
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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