Avalanche Weather Guidance
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FWAK49 PAFG 050115
AVGAFG

AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
515 PM AKDT FRI SEP 4 2026


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

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

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90          95          95          90          85
TEMPERATURE        34          31          37          34          38
MIN/MAX TEMP                   31          38          33          39
WIND CHILL                     25
WIND DIR            S          SE           S           W           W
WIND (MPH)          4           5           4           2           2
WIND GUST (MPH)    10          11          11           6           6
PRECIP PROB (%)    40          70          90          70          50
PRECIP TYPE         S           S           S           S           R
12 HOUR QPF                  0.04        0.16        0.15        0.04
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.1         0.2         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.4         4.7         5.4         5.1         5.6


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

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

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          OV          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90          95          95          90          85
TEMPERATURE        34          31          36          33          36
MIN/MAX TEMP                   30          37          32          37
WIND CHILL                     25
WIND DIR            S          SE           S           W           W
WIND (MPH)          5           6           5           2           3
WIND GUST (MPH)    10          11          11           8           6
PRECIP PROB (%)    40          70          90          70          40
PRECIP TYPE         S           S           S           S           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.04        0.17        0.15        0.04
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.1         0.3         0.1         0.1
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  4.4         4.8         5.8         5.0         5.8


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

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

CLOUD COVER        BK          OV          OV          BK          BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    70          90          80          60          65
TEMPERATURE        54          44          50          40          50
MIN/MAX TEMP                   44          52          40          52
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR            S          SE          SW           E           S
WIND (MPH)          8          11           8           5           9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    30          70          70          30          10
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           R           R
12 HOUR QPF                  0.07        0.28        0.06        0.01
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)  9.7         8.8         7.4         6.4         6.6


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

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

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          BK          BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    70          90          80          60          65
TEMPERATURE        46          39          41          35          40
MIN/MAX TEMP                   37          43          34          41
WIND CHILL                     32          35                      34
WIND DIR           SW           S          SW          SW           S
WIND (MPH)         18          21          14           8          12
WIND GUST (MPH)                29
PRECIP PROB (%)    30          80          70          30          10
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           R           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.08        0.31        0.07        0.01
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.1         0.0         0.0
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.7         8.8         7.3         6.3         6.6


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

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

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          BK          OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75          85          75          60          70
TEMPERATURE        53          45          51          41          50
MIN/MAX TEMP                   44          53          41          52
WIND CHILL                     39
WIND DIR            S           S          SW           S           S
WIND (MPH)         18          25          11           6          14
WIND GUST (MPH)                35
PRECIP PROB (%)    40          70          60          40          10
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           R           R           R
12 HOUR QPF                  0.06        0.17        0.06        0.01
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)  9.8         8.9         7.2         6.2         6.5


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

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

CLOUD COVER        OV          OV          OV          BK          BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    70          90          80          60          65
TEMPERATURE        46          39          42          34          41
MIN/MAX TEMP                   37          45          33          43
WIND CHILL         39          29          36          28          34
WIND DIR           SW           S          SW           S           S
WIND (MPH)         27          33          14          11          18
WIND GUST (MPH)                41
PRECIP PROB (%)    40          80          70          40          20
PRECIP TYPE         R           R           S           S           S
12 HOUR QPF                  0.06        0.20        0.06        0.01
12 HOUR SNOW                  0.0         0.1         0.0         0.1
12 HOUR ICE                  0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  9.8         8.9         7.4         6.2         6.6

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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