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
233 PM ADT THU OCT 16 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 FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 95 90 95 95
TEMPERATURE 41 41 41 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 40 39 37 38 37 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 42 36 41
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S SE SE E NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 19 19 19 18 18 14 14 14 13 12 11 11 13 12 17 21 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 47 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 1.04 0.58 0.25 0.18
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 37 38 38 37 37 37 36 35 35 34 32 30 30 30 31
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 95 90 95 95
TEMPERATURE 45 45 45 44 44 44 44 46 46 45 45 43 42 42 43 44 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 47 41 46
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E NW
WIND (MPH) 12 13 13 13 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 14 17 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 80
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.86 0.43 0.19 0.15
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 38 38 38 37 37 37 36 35 35 33 32 30 30 31 31
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 80 90 80 90 95
TEMPERATURE 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 40 39 39 38 37 35 35 36 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 40 34 39
WIND DIR S S SW S S SW SW SW S S SW SW NE NE NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 20 19 19 17 17 17 17 17 14 12 13 11 9 10 11 14 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 70 70 70 70 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.35 0.24 0.14 0.04
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 36 36 36 35 36 37 37 37 36 34 33 31 29 27 26 29 30
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 90 80 85 85
TEMPERATURE 48 46 45 43 43 42 44 46 47 46 45 44 42 42 43 47 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 48 42 49
WIND DIR S S SW SW S S SW SW S S S SW E NE NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 6 4 9 11 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 70 70 70 60 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.40 0.20 0.13 0.04
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 36 36 36 35 37 37 37 37 36 34 33 31 29 27 26 29 30
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 85 85
TEMPERATURE 38 37 36 35 35 35 36 39 39 37 36 35 33 34 34 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 40 33 40
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N N N
WIND (MPH) 16 14 13 12 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 8 8 8 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 70 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.21 0.16 0.09 0.05
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 34 32 31 29 27 26 28 29
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE FRIDAY 10/17/25 SATURDAY 10/18/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 90 85 85 85
TEMPERATURE 46 44 43 42 41 41 42 47 46 45 43 41 39 40 41 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 48 38 48
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 16 16 14 13 10 11 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 6 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 39 39 34 35 31 32 32 31 31 27 28 25 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 70 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.25 0.14 0.09 0.05
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 37 37 36 36 37 36 37 36 35 34 32 31 29 27 26 28 30
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN