Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK

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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
614 AM AST MON NOV 17 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                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)             100  100  100   95   85   85   90   90   90   85   90   90   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  28   29   30   31   31   31   31   32   32   34   34   34   34   33   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           31                  29                  35                  30
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)                   11   13   18   18   11   10    8    9    8    9   10    8    8    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100  100   70   60   60   70   70   60   60   60   40   40   30
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.31                0.27                0.11                0.08
12 HOUR SNOW                          2.2                 1.1                 0.4                 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             10   12   15   18   20   20   21   19   18   18   18   18   18   17   14


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...

DATE                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)             100  100  100   95   85   85   85   90   85   85   90   90   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  34   36   36   37   37   36   35   37   37   40   39   39   38   37   36
MAX/MIN TEMP                           38                  33                  41                  34
WIND DIR                      E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)                   10   10   11   11   10    8    5    6    6    6    6    6    5    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100   90   70   60   60   60   70   60   60   50   40   40   30
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    R    S    S    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.23                0.21                0.10                0.08
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             10   12   15   18   20   20   21   19   18   18   18   18   18   17   14


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

DATE                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)             100  100  100   95   85   85   80   85   80   90   85   85   90   85   90
TEMPERATURE                  31   33   32   31   31   30   30   31   31   34   34   33   33   32   31
MAX/MIN TEMP                           33                  27                  35                  29
WIND DIR                     SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)                   12   13   12   11   12   14   12   12    9    9    9    8    8    6    4
WIND GUST (MPH)                                  32
PRECIP PROB (%)         90  100  100  100   90   80   80   70   60   60   60   50   50   40   20   20
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.14                0.19                0.06                0.04
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.1                 0.9                 0.2                 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             15   16   17   18   17   16   15   15   13   10   11   10    9    9   12


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...

DATE                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)             100  100  100   95   85   85   85   90   85   90   90   85   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  34   37   37   36   36   35   36   36   37   42   41   40   40   38   37
MAX/MIN TEMP                           39                  33                  43                  35
WIND DIR                      S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)                    8   10   11   12    9    8    6    8    5    6    6    5    4    4    1
WIND GUST (MPH)                                  32   27
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100   90   80   80   70   60   60   60   50   50   40   30   30
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.12                0.18                0.06                0.04
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.6                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             14   15   15   17   17   16   16   15   14   12   13   11    9    9   14


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

DATE                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)              95  100  100   85   80   80   80   85   85   90   90   90   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  26   28   28   28   27   26   26   27   29   32   31   31   30   29   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           29                  25                  32                  27
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SE   SE    E   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)                    8   11   14   10    6    5    4    3    3    4    6    4    4    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)                                  24   23
PRECIP PROB (%)         70   80  100  100   70   70   60   70   70   60   50   60   60   40   40   30
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.07                0.13                0.06                0.06
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.6                 0.8                 0.3                 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             13   15   15   16   15   15   14   14   12   14   15   13   11    9   12


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

DATE                    MONDAY 11/17/25                         TUESDAY 11/18/25
TIME (LT)          03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03   06   09   12   15   18   21   00   03
                   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A   6A   9A   12   3P   6P   9P   12   3A

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)              95  100  100   85   80   80   80   90   85   90   90   90   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  32   36   36   35   35   34   34   35   36   40   39   38   37   35   34
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  32                  40                  32
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)                   10   12   12   12   10    9    8    5    4    5    4    5    4    4    2
WIND GUST (MPH)                             32   33   29   26
PRECIP PROB (%)         70   80  100  100   80   70   70   70   70   60   60   60   60   40   40   30
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.09                0.14                0.06                0.07
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 0.1                 0.1                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)             13   14   15   17   16   16   15   14   12   15   16   14   12   10   12

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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