Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
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FWAK47 PAJK 050220
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
520 PM AST TUE NOV 4 2025
*** EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT FOR EVALUATION ONLY ***
THIS FORECAST IS FOR USE IN SNOW SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
...THE JUNEAU MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
AROUND DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS ISLAND...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 95 90 70 95 95 95 95 95 85 100 85 85 95
TEMPERATURE 31 31 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 33 31 31 32 32 33 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 34 29 34
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE
WIND (MPH) 14 18 19 21 23 23 19 17 18 18 17 18 20 19 19 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 10 0 0 5 40 50 60 60 50 80 100 80 70 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.07 0.20
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 19 21 24 25 24 21 22 26 32 36 31 29 26 25 24 23
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 95 85 60 90 95 95 95 95 85 95 85 85 95
TEMPERATURE 37 37 35 36 36 37 39 39 39 39 37 37 37 38 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 41 34 40
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 11 13 14 17 17 19 18 14 16 16 14 14 14 17 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 40 42 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 10 0 0 5 30 50 60 50 50 80 90 80 70 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.07 0.18
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 20 22 25 27 26 23 23 28 34 38 33 31 27 26 24 23
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 95 95 95 95 90 70 85 80 90 95 90 90 90 90 80
TEMPERATURE 29 29 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 30 33 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 31 28 33
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E
WIND (MPH) 11 12 14 14 14 19 19 18 18 14 14 12 12 13 13 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 20 5 0 10 40 60 60 60 60 70 60 30 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.08
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 9 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 14 17 10 12 15 16 18 19
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 95 95 95 95 85 65 80 80 95 95 95 95 90 90 80
TEMPERATURE 36 34 33 34 33 33 37 37 36 35 34 34 34 35 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 39 31 41
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 9 9 11 11 12 19 19 18 19 11 11 10 10 11 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 20 5 5 10 40 60 50 50 60 70 60 40 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.09
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 10 13 14 15 16 15 15 14 15 18 11 13 15 17 20 20
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 100 100 100 100 95 80 85 85 95 95 95 95 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 26 26 25 26 26 26 30 30 29 28 27 27 27 28 31 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 31 26 32
WIND DIR NE N N N N N N N N N N NE NE E E N
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 6 8 10 9 5 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 40 40 30 10 5 10 40 60 60 60 70 80 70 50 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S R S R S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.01 0.06 0.20
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 9 13 14 16 17 18 17 16 15 17 12 15 18 19 21 21
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/05/25 THURSDAY 11/06/25
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 100 95 100 95 90 65 85 90 95 95 95 95 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 35 34 32 33 33 34 40 39 37 36 34 34 34 35 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 41 32 41
WIND DIR N N N N N N N W W W NE NE NE NE W NE
WIND (MPH) 8 10 12 13 13 16 16 14 14 11 11 9 9 10 10 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 33 36 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 30 20 5 5 5 40 60 60 60 60 80 70 50 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.17
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 10 13 15 16 17 17 17 16 16 18 12 16 19 20 21 21
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN