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FWUS46 KSEW 092138
AVGSEW
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
238 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2026
..HURRICANE RIDGE
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 SC SC FW SC BK SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 45 45 30 20 35 60 30 15 10 10 5 5 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 35 34 35 34 33 38 39 39 36 35 35 33 33 39 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 40 31 41
WIND DIR W W W W W N NE NE NE NE E E E S N N NE
WIND (MPH) 11 11 6 4 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 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) 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.5 4.3 4.3
..MOUNT BAKER SKI AREA
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 OV OV BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 75 85 80 85 70 45 45 25 15 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 37 36 36 37 37 38 39 40 38 36 36 35 35 40 43 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 41 33 45
WIND DIR W W W W N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE N N
WIND (MPH) 9 5 3 1 1 4 6 8 9 17 18 17 14 14 8 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 40 50 30 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 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) 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.5 3.6 4.7 4.9
..STEVENS PASS
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 90 85 85 80 75 75 75 55 35 25 40 20 10 20 15
TEMPERATURE 41 38 37 37 37 35 38 42 42 38 36 35 34 33 41 46 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 43 33 46
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW NE E E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 6 6 9 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 30 40 40 20 30 10 20 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 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) 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.1 4.9 5.1
..SNOQUALMIE PASS (3000 FEET)
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 OV BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 60 85 90 90 85 75 60 70 70 35 20 20 10 5 25 15
TEMPERATURE 43 40 38 36 36 34 38 44 44 40 37 35 33 31 46 50 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 45 31 51
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW N E E E E E N N
WIND (MPH) 3 3 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 40 50 60 30 30 20 20 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.01 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) 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.2 5.1 5.3
..WHITE PASS
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 OV BK OV OV BK BK SC BK SC SC SC BK SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 75 60 75 85 70 60 40 60 40 45 50 60 40 25 30 20
TEMPERATURE 41 35 33 32 32 30 35 40 40 36 33 32 32 31 37 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 41 29 43
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW N NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 12 12 18 13 11 5 3 3 3 3 5 6 9 9 11 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 29 39 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 20 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 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) 5.1 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.8 4.9
..PARADISE (MOUNT RAINIER - 5420 FEET)
DATE SATURDAY 10/10/26 SUNDAY 10/11/26
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 SC BK SC OV OV BK SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 50 50 55 50 80 75 60 30 30 20 30 25 10 25 15
TEMPERATURE 38 34 33 34 33 31 32 35 36 35 33 34 33 32 35 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 37 29 40
WIND DIR W W W W W W N SW E NE NE NE NE E E NE NE
WIND (MPH) 11 10 13 9 4 2 0 1 1 4 8 9 10 8 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 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) 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.7 4.2 5.0 5.1
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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