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
731 PM AST SAT DEC 21 2024
*** 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 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 31 31 31 29 30 34 35 35 34 33 32 31 32 34 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 35 31 35
WIND DIR E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 17 17 18 23 25 26 23 19 19 18 16 19 19 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 39 39 42 51 52 51 48 43 43 44 37 41 40 39 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 80 60 80 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 70 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.15 0.38 0.37 0.55
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.6
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 40 25 19 17 20 20 22 21 21 20 22 21 22 21 20
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE SUNDAY 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 36 36 36 36 37 40 40 40 39 39 37 36 38 40 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 40 36 41
WIND DIR E E SE E E E E E E E E E E E SE
WIND (MPH) 11 13 13 24 25 25 23 20 19 18 13 13 16 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 39 36 41 43 43 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 80 60 80 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 70 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.36 0.35 0.55
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 41 27 20 18 21 21 24 23 23 22 21 19 20 21 21
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE SUNDAY 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 95 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 22 24 25 19 21 27 30 29 29 28 27 26 27 29 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 30 26 30
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE SE SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 17 17 14 10 12 12 13 11 10 10 14 16 17 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 39 34 36 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 60 70 80 80 90 90 90 80 90 100 100 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.10 0.13 0.39
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.3
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 14 14 13 10 11 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE SUNDAY 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 35 36 37 33 35 38 40 39 39 38 37 36 37 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 40 36 40
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 13 13 16 11 11 12 11 10 10 9 12 13 12 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 28 28 31 31 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 60 70 80 80 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 90 80 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S S S S S S S S R
12 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.14 0.18 0.47
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 16 15 14 12 12 6 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 11 11
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE SUNDAY 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 31 28 26 23 25 31 33 33 33 31 30 29 30 32 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 33 29 33
WIND DIR SE E SE NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE SE E E SE
WIND (MPH) 11 11 17 13 12 13 12 10 9 9 9 11 13 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 40 33 33 34 32 32 34 34 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 70 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.15 0.33 0.39 0.52
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 1.4 1.7 2.3
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 18 17 16 15 14 11 10 10 12 12 17 18 18 17 15
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE SUNDAY 12/22/24 MONDAY 12/23/24
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
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 34 35 36 37 36 37 38 37 37 36 35 35 36 38 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 39 35 39
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW S SE SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 12 13 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 28 28 27 26 28 36 41 41 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 70 80 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.12 0.25 0.34 0.52
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 20 19 18 18 17 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 16 18 17
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN