Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK

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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
256 PM AST TUE NOV 18 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 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        35   35   34   34   33   33   31   32   31   32   32   31   31   32   32   33   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  33                  29                  34
WIND DIR            S   SE    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E
WIND (MPH)         11    9    8   11   12   14   16   17   17   16   16   16   13   14   18   18   19
WIND GUST (MPH)                             39   48   55   46   37   40   37   34   39   47   47   48
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   60   50   60   60   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   80   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.21                0.76                0.61                0.66
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.3                 1.9                 1.8                 1.9
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)   24   23   24   24   22   28   30   28   26   28   31   29   27   25   24   20   23


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   90   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        40   40   40   39   39   39   37   39   37   37   37   34   35   36   37   40   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  41                  33                  41
WIND DIR           SE   SE    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   NE   NE    E    E    E    E   SE
WIND (MPH)          9    8    8   11   11   16   11   12    9    9    8    8    8   16   19   19   16
WIND GUST (MPH)                                  37   34   48             26   25   37   46   43   41
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   60   50   60   60   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100   80   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    R
12 HOUR QPF                          0.15                0.67                0.50                0.64
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 0.1                 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)   24   23   24   25   23   30   32   30   28   31   33   31   28   26   25   20   23


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   85   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   90   95  100
TEMPERATURE        34   34   33   33   32   32   30   33   31   30   30   28   29   31   32   33   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  33                  27                  35
WIND DIR            S   SW    S   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   11    9    6    6    8    6    8    9    9    9    8    6   17   12   12    9
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                     35
PRECIP PROB (%)    70   60   50   80   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.04                0.36                0.33                0.57
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.2                 1.2                 1.0                 3.3
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)    6    4    4    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1    3    6    9   16   18   20


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   85   85   90   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        41   40   39   38   37   37   36   40   38   37   36   35   34   35   36   41   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  41                  32                  42
WIND DIR            S    S    S   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    S
WIND (MPH)         16   14    4    5    3    4    3    5    6    6    4    3    3   10    9   12   19
WIND GUST (MPH)    39   37                                                          31        42   40
PRECIP PROB (%)    80   50   50   80  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.05                0.49                0.39                0.58
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)   10    7    5    2    0    0    0    1    1    1    1    3    6    9   16   20   20


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    90   85   85   90   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   90   95   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        31   31   30   30   29   29   27   31   30   28   28   26   27   28   29   33   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  31                  25                  33
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE    E   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E   SE    E    E   NE   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)          9    9    5    4    4    4    5    5   10   13   13   11   11   10   11   13   12
WIND GUST (MPH)                             24   26   31             40   37   33   29   29   39   37
PRECIP PROB (%)    60   40   30   50   90  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.04                0.73                0.55                0.53
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 3.7                 3.1                 2.6
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)   15   13    9    5    2    1    1    2    3    1    2    5    7   10   17   19   20


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

DATE                                        WEDNESDAY 11/19/25                      THURSDAY 11/20/25
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   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   75   80   90   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   95   90   95   95   95  100
TEMPERATURE        39   38   36   35   35   35   34   38   37   35   34   33   33   34   36   40   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  40                  31                  41
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE   NW   NW   NE   NE   NE    N    N    N    N   NE   NE    E   NE   SE
WIND (MPH)          8    8    5    4    4    5    3    4    4    5    5    4    4    9   10   13   13
WIND GUST (MPH)    25                            24                  25   25   21   27        41   39
PRECIP PROB (%)    50   40   30   50  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100   70   80   90  100
PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
12 HOUR QPF                          0.03                0.63                0.46                0.56
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.5                 0.6                 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (HFT)   17   15   11    7    3    2    1    4    5    3    3    6    9   12   18   20   21

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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