Avalanche Warning
WAZ513-518-519-019-ORZ011-012300-
...AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS...WASHINGTON CASCADES NEAR
AND WEST OF THE CREST...MT HOOD AREA WEDNESDAY...
AREAS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE OLYMPICS...NEAR AND WEST OF THE
CREST AND IN THE MT HOOD AREA RECEIVED 1-3 FEET OF SNOW LAST WEEK.
THESE AREAS RECEIVED ANOTHER 1-2 FEET OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS IS VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND MAKES A LOT OF RECENT SNOW
AVAILABLE FOR AVALANCHES DURING THE WARM WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEK
WHICH WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY.
FREEZING LEVELS HAVE EXCEEDED 10,000 FEET TUESDAY AND ARE EXPECTED
TO REACH NEAR 13,000 FEET WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD
LARGE WET SNOW AVALANCHES CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY...CAUSING VERY
DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN IN THE
OLYMPICS...NEAR AND WEST OF THE CREST AND IN THE MT HOOD AREA IS NOT
RECOMMENDED ON WEDNESDAY.
VERY WARM WEATHER IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO CAUSE THESE CONDITIONS TO
CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND AVALANCHE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE CREST BUT THAT ARE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN
WARNING CRITERIA. AVALANCHES ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS WARRANTED. FOR HOURLY MOUNTAIN
WEATHER DATA AND COMPLETE FORECAST DETAILS PLEASE VISIT
WWW.NWAC.US BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ELEVATION AND GEOGRAPHIC
DISTINCTIONS ARE APPROXIMATE AND THAT A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN
DANGERS EXISTS. THERE ARE ALSO AVALANCHE SAFE AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS
DURING ALL LEVELS OF AVALANCHE DANGER.
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KRAMER/NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER
