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
230 PM 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 TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 90 85 90 95 95 90 90 95 85 90 85 95 95 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 30 31 31 31 31 32 32 34 34 34 34 33 32 32 31 32 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 35 30 33
WIND DIR SE S S S SE SE SE SE E E E E E E NE NE E
WIND (MPH) 16 19 12 10 9 11 16 16 13 11 13 16 19 25 18 18 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 51 51 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 70 60 60 70 70 60 60 60 40 40 30 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.42 0.12 0.18 0.39
12 HOUR SNOW 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 23 26 25 22 21 19 20
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 90 85 90 90 95 90 90 95 85 90 85 90 95 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 36 37 37 36 35 37 37 40 39 39 38 37 36 37 37 39 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 41 34 39
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 13 14 10 9 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 11 12 16 8 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 90 70 60 60 60 70 60 60 50 40 40 30 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S S S R S S R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.34 0.08 0.14 0.33
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 20 21 23 28 26 22 21 19 20
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 90 85 80 75 85 90 90 85 75 90 75 85 90 85 90 90
TEMPERATURE 32 31 31 30 30 31 31 34 34 33 33 32 31 31 30 33 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 35 29 33
WIND DIR S S S S SW S S S S S S SE E E NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 11 13 16 16 16 16 12 14 12 11 9 6 6 8 6 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 90 80 80 70 60 60 60 50 50 40 20 20 40 40 50 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.19 0.12 0.04 0.07
12 HOUR SNOW 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 16 17 17 17 16 16 17 17 15 15 13 13 16 15 15 16 18
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 85 80 80 80 85 90 90 85 75 85 75 85 90 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 37 36 36 35 36 36 37 42 41 40 40 38 37 37 36 40 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 43 35 41
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S E NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 9 11 11 11 9 10 10 12 10 8 4 5 3 4 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 90 80 80 70 60 60 60 50 50 40 30 30 40 40 50 40
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.22 0.13 0.05 0.09
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 15 13 13 15 17 17 18 20
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 85 75 85 85 85 90 85 80 70 80 85 90 95 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 28 28 27 26 26 27 29 32 31 31 30 29 28 27 27 31 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 32 27 31
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 14 12 6 8 10 11 11 10 8 5 5 5 6 9 8 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 70 70 60 70 70 60 50 60 60 40 40 30 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.17 0.11 0.06 0.40
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 16 15 16 16 15 15 16 15 14 13 14 15 15 16 17 18
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE TUESDAY 11/18/25 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25
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 (%) 95 85 75 80 80 85 85 85 80 70 75 80 90 95 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 36 35 35 34 34 35 36 40 39 38 37 35 34 34 34 38 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 40 32 39
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE NE NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 13 14 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 5 4 4 5 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 80 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 40 40 30 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.17 0.10 0.05 0.29
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 13 14 15 16 17 17 19
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN