Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
808 PM ADT TUE OCT 7 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 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK BK OV BK SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 70 80 65 40 45 25 30 15 20 25 20 35 45
TEMPERATURE 39 37 36 37 40 43 44 42 40 37 37 36 40 44 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 45 35 47
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NE SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 38 38 39 39 41 51 78 96 97 92 77 73 74 68 58
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 70 80 65 40 45 30 30 15 20 25 20 35 45
TEMPERATURE 43 41 40 41 44 48 49 45 42 39 39 39 43 49 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 50 37 51
WIND DIR NW N N N N SE SE E N N NW E SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 6 6 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 38 38 39 39 41 51 79 96 97 91 77 73 74 67 58
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 55 80 80 40 20 10 10 5 10 15 25 40 40 35
TEMPERATURE 39 38 38 40 44 49 50 45 43 40 40 41 44 50 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 51 38 51
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 13 11 19 24 25 24
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 1.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 38 38 48 79 93 96 94 80 68 66 66 61 57
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 55 80 80 40 20 10 15 10 15 20 25 35 40 40
TEMPERATURE 45 42 41 42 45 51 52 48 45 43 42 42 45 52 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 53 41 55
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 2 4 5 6 5 5 3 9 8 12 14 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 36 39 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 37 37 45 76 93 95 93 79 66 66 65 61 57
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 65 80 75 40 20 5 5 10 20 30 35 45 55 55
TEMPERATURE 34 32 31 33 36 44 45 39 36 33 32 33 37 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 46 31 47
WIND DIR NW NW NW W SW SE SE NE W W NW SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 6 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 39 38 37 39 48 79 93 94 87 75 66 68 67 63 57
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 SC BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 60 80 80 40 20 5 5 10 25 30 30 40 50 50
TEMPERATURE 40 38 37 38 42 50 51 45 41 38 37 37 42 50 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 52 35 53
WIND DIR NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 8 9 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 28 32 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 38 38 37 38 46 75 92 94 90 76 67 67 67 63 58
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN