Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK

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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
723 PM ADT MON OCT 6 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                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   FW   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              90   90   90   90   85   85   75   85   45   10   40   55   50   70   65
TEMPERATURE                  40   38   38   38   39   41   42   41   39   37   36   37   39   42   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  43                  35                  45
WIND DIR                      S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W    N    N    N   SE    S   SW
WIND (MPH)                   13   13   11    9    9    6    5    5    5    4    4    5    5    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         80  100  100  100  100   70   40   30   10    0    0    0    5    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                   R    S    S    S    R    R    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.27                0.18                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             32   33   32   31   32   34   35   35   35   33   33   34   41   50   61


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   FW   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              90   90   95   90   85   85   75   80   40   10   40   55   50   70   65
TEMPERATURE                  44   43   42   43   44   46   46   45   44   42   41   41   44   47   48
MIN/MAX TEMP                           41                  47                  40                  49
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E   NW   NW   NW    N   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)                    5   10    8    6    5    5    5    4    3    3    3    3    3    4    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)         80  100  100   90   90   60   40   30   10    0    0    0    5    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.22                0.15                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             32   33   32   31   32   34   35   35   36   33   34   34   41   50   61


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   FW   FW   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              95  100  100  100  100   90   80   50   10   10   75   70   75   80   65
TEMPERATURE                  41   41   39   41   42   44   44   42   39   39   39   40   43   48   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  45                  36                  49
WIND DIR                      S   SW    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                   12   16   17   12    9   10   10    8    6    6    6    8    9    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)              31
PRECIP PROB (%)         90  100   90   80   60   50   30   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    S    S    S    S    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.12                0.06                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 0.1                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             31   33   32   32   33   34   35   34   33   31   31   37   44   51   64


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              95   95   95   95   95   75   70   40   10   10   75   70   75   80   60
TEMPERATURE                  45   44   43   44   47   51   53   49   45   43   42   42   45   51   51
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  54                  40                  53
WIND DIR                      S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                    9   10   11    6    5    8    9    5    4    3    2    4    5    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)              36   35   29
PRECIP PROB (%)         80  100   80   80   70   50   30   10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.13                0.06                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             31   32   32   31   32   33   35   34   33   29   30   35   43   51   63


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   CL   SC   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              90   95   80   65   55   40   35   10    5   30   80   65   70   75   55
TEMPERATURE                  36   35   34   34   36   41   41   37   33   32   32   32   36   43   44
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  42                  30                  46
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SE    W   NW   NW   NW   SW   SE   SE    S
WIND (MPH)                   11    8    8    5    3    4    3    3    3    3    3    3    4    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)              28   28   26
PRECIP PROB (%)         70   80   70   70   60   30   10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.08                0.04                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.1                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             32   32   32   31   32   34   35   34   33   30   32   38   46   52   64


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

DATE                                        TUESDAY 10/07/25                        WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   CL   FW   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)              90   90   80   70   60   40   35   10    0   20   75   65   70   75   60
TEMPERATURE                  43   42   40   40   43   48   49   44   41   39   38   38   42   49   50
MIN/MAX TEMP                           39                  50                  37                  52
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   SE   NW   NW   NW   SE   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)                    8   10   10    8    4    5    5    5    4    4    3    2    2    2    2
WIND GUST (MPH)              34   33   28
PRECIP PROB (%)         80   90   70   70   60   40   20    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.09                0.05                0.00                0.00
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             32   33   32   31   32   33   35   34   33   30   31   36   44   51   64

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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