{"id":232,"date":"2020-10-12T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/future.nwac.us\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2020-10-12T14:53:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T21:53:27","slug":"about-the-forecasts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwac.us\/about-the-forecasts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) produces daily avalanche forecasts for 10 zones across Washington State and northern Oregon during the winter season. Field-based avalanche forecasters and meteorologists analyze snow observations from across the area and analyze weather forecast guidance&nbsp;to create a forecast specific to each zone. Daily avalanche forecasts are issued every day at 6 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avalanche&nbsp;and snowpack information comes in from NWAC forecasters, NWAC professional observers, avalanche professionals,&nbsp;backcountry travelers and remote weather stations&nbsp;from around the region on a daily basis.&nbsp;Professional ski patrols, highway avalanche control programs, national park and forest rangers, ski guides and other professionals&nbsp;share information with the Northwest Avalanche Center&nbsp;throughout the winter in order to ensure that the best and most pertinent information becomes incorporated into our forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avalanche Warnings, Watches and Special Bulletins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Northwest Avalanche Center partners with the National Weather Service to more widely disseminate Warnings, Watches and Special Bulletins to the general public and media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see this document for more information about&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media.nwac.us\/media\/filer_public\/2a\/29\/2a2969b1-96dc-4050-abbb-71f6460b19d4\/avalanche_watch_warning_sab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Avalanche Warnings, Watches and Special Bulletins.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avalanche Problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Avalanche forecasters&nbsp;in the United States use nine distinct \u2018types\u2019 to describe avalanche conditions. Definitions of the nine avalanche problems along with a short video produced by the National Avalanche Center can be found here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-avalanche-org\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/avalanche.org\/avalanche-encyclopedia\/avalanche-problem\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) produces daily avalanche forecasts for 10 zones across Washington State and northern Oregon during the winter season. Field-based avalanche forecasters and meteorologists analyze snow observations from across the area and analyze weather forecast guidance&nbsp;to create a forecast specific to each zone. 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