Avalanche Weather Guidance
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FWAK49 PAFG 040115
AVGAFG

AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
515 PM AKDT THU SEP 3 2026


...ATIGUN PASS HIGH ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 5,000 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80         100          80          90          95
TEMPERATURE        28          28          36          31          37
MIN/MAX TEMP                   26          36          31          38
WIND CHILL         21          22                      25          30
WIND DIR            S           S           S          SE           S
WIND (MPH)          6           5           5           6           8
WIND GUST (MPH)    13          12          12          13          14
PRECIP PROB (%)    20          90          40          80          80
PRECIP TYPE         S           S           S           S           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.10        0.06        0.03        0.23
12 HOUR SNOW                  1.3         0.6         0.1         0.4
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.1         2.0         4.3         4.3         5.0


...ATIGUN PASS LOW ELEVATIONS (BELOW 5,000 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80         100          75          90          95
TEMPERATURE        25          28          34          31          35
MIN/MAX TEMP                   24          35          30          37
WIND CHILL         17          20                      23          28
WIND DIR            S          SE           S          SE           S
WIND (MPH)          6           6           5           9           9
WIND GUST (MPH)    13          11          12          13          14
PRECIP PROB (%)    20          90          40          80          80
PRECIP TYPE         S           S           S           S           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.10        0.06        0.03        0.24
12 HOUR SNOW                  1.3         0.6         0.2         0.8
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  2.1         2.0         4.2         4.5         5.0


...EASTERN ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS DOT CAMP LOW ELEVATIONS (BELOW 4,500 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75          85          80          95          85
TEMPERATURE        46          40          53          45          52
MIN/MAX TEMP                   38          54          44          54
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR            S           S           S          SE           S
WIND (MPH)          8           8          10          12           5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20          50          40          60          80
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           R           R           R
12 HOUR QPF                  0.01        0.02        0.04        0.16
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.8         8.4         9.4         8.7         7.5


...EASTERN ALASKA RANGE SOUTH OF TRIMS DOT CAMP HIGH ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 4,500 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75          85          80          95          85
TEMPERATURE        38          37          44          39          41
MIN/MAX TEMP                   35          45          38          43
WIND CHILL         31          30          38          32
WIND DIR           SW          SW          SW           S          SW
WIND (MPH)         20          23          19          24          12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    20          50          50          60          80
PRECIP TYPE         S           R           R           R           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.01        0.02        0.05        0.16
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.8         8.4         9.4         8.6         7.4


...EASTERN ALASKA RANGE NORTH OF TRIMS DOT CAMP LOW ELEVATIONS (BELOW 4,500 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80          90          80          90          85
TEMPERATURE        44          42          52          47          51
MIN/MAX TEMP                   40          54          45          54
WIND CHILL         37          36
WIND DIR            S           S           S           S           S
WIND (MPH)         23          23          19          25          11
WIND GUST (MPH)    33          35                      36
PRECIP PROB (%)    30          60          60          70          70
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           R           R           R
12 HOUR QPF                  0.03        0.02        0.03        0.08
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  8.0         8.8         9.5         8.7         7.3


...EASTERN ALASKA RANGE NORTH OF TRIMS DOT CAMP HIGH ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 4,500 FEET)...

DATE                           FRIDAY 09/04/26         SATURDAY 09/05/26
TIME (LT)          18          06          18          06          18
                   6P          6A          6P          6A          6P

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75          85          80          90          85
TEMPERATURE        38          40          44          40          39
MIN/MAX TEMP                   36          46          37          42
WIND CHILL         27          30          36          29          33
WIND DIR           SW          SW          SW           S          SW
WIND (MPH)         29          33          28          35          14
WIND GUST (MPH)                                        44
PRECIP PROB (%)    30          60          50          70          80
PRECIP TYPE         S           S           R           R           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.02        0.02        0.03        0.09
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  8.2         8.8         9.5         8.7         7.3

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN