Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK

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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
328 PM AST SAT NOV 29 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                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   90   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE             29   28   29   30   30   30   32   34   34   34   33   35   36   36   37   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  35                  31                  38
WIND DIR                 E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)               6    8    9   10   11   13   16   18   21   21   17   16   13   12   11   11
WIND GUST (MPH)                                            40   42   40
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0   20   70  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.04      0.39      0.53      0.45      0.33      0.23
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.2       1.5       1.2       0.7       0.4       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 1.7                 1.9                 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.5  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.3  0.9  1.3  1.6  1.7  2.1  3.1  3.5  3.5  3.4


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   90   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
TEMPERATURE             33   34   35   35   36   35   37   39   39   39   38   40   41   41   42   42
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  40                  37                  43
WIND DIR                 E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S
WIND (MPH)               4    4    5    6    5    8   12   16   18   18   17   14   10    8    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                 35   36
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0   20   70  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.04      0.37      0.49      0.43      0.30      0.17
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.4       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.5                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.5  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.4  1.0  1.4  1.6  1.7  2.1  3.2  3.6  3.5  3.5


...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   80   90   95   95   95  100  100  100  100  100  100   95   90   90
TEMPERATURE             24   27   29   29   29   30   31   32   32   33   32   35   36   36   37   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           24                  33                  31                  37
WIND DIR                NE   SW    S    S    S    S   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)               4    3    3    3    5    8    9   11   14   17   19   18   17   16   14   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   10   20   40   70   60  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   70   50
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    S    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.03      0.14      0.17      0.20      0.12      0.05
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0       0.9       0.9       0.3       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 1.0                 1.8                 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.2  0.3  0.1  0.2  0.0  0.1  0.2  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.4  0.7  1.2  1.8  2.4  2.7


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   80   90   95   95   95  100  100  100  100  100  100   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE             29   33   34   35   34   34   36   38   38   39   38   40   40   40   42   42
MIN/MAX TEMP                           28                  39                  37                  43
WIND DIR                 N    N    N    E    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)               3    3    3    2    2    2    5   11   11   11   11   11   10    9    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0   10   20   50   70   70  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   70   50
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.03      0.12      0.23      0.20      0.10      0.04
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.6       0.6       0.3       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.6                 0.9                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.1  0.2  0.0  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.2  0.2  0.4  0.5  0.5  0.8  1.3  2.0  2.5  2.7


...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   80   95   95   95   95  100  100  100  100   95   95   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE             24   23   24   24   24   24   27   29   28   29   28   30   30   31   33   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           22                  30                  27                  34
WIND DIR                SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)               4    4    4    5    5    4    6    8   10    9    5    5    5    4    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                      26
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5   10   20   40   70   80   90  100  100  100   80   80   60   50   30
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.03      0.10      0.11      0.13      0.06      0.02
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.6       0.5       0.5       0.2       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.6                 1.0                 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.2  0.4  0.6  0.7  1.0  1.4  1.9  2.4  2.6


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/30/25                         MONDAY 12/01/25
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   90   80   95   95   95  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   95   90   90
TEMPERATURE             29   30   31   31   31   32   35   36   35   36   35   36   36   37   40   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           28                  37                  34                  41
WIND DIR                NW   NW    W   NW   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SW
WIND (MPH)               4    4    3    4    3    3    4    6    6   10    9    8    6    5    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                25   28   26
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    5   20   40   70   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   60   40
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.02      0.11      0.16      0.17      0.08      0.03
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       0.2       0.1       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.4                 0.3                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)       0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.3  0.6  0.8  0.9  1.2  1.5  2.1  2.5  2.6

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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