Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
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FWAK47 PAJK 031537
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
637 AM AKST WED DEC 3 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 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 95 95 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90
TEMPERATURE 35 37 37 37 36 35 34 34 35 37 38 37 34 30 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 34 38 26
WIND DIR SE SE S SW SW SW SW S S S S SE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 11 11 9 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 80 80 80 70 70 60 60 50 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.17 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 95 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90
TEMPERATURE 41 42 43 43 42 41 40 40 41 43 44 43 40 35 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 40 44 31
WIND DIR SE SE SE S S S S S S S SE SE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 8 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 80 80 80 70 60 60 60 50 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.14 0.08 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 90 90 90 90 100 100 85 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 34 36 37 37 36 35 34 33 35 36 37 35 29 21 15
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 33 37 13
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 13 13 13 14 16 16 13 10 9 9 9 9 12 11 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 100 100 100 70 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 50 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.07 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 14
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 95 95 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 40 43 44 44 42 41 39 39 39 40 41 39 35 28 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 39 41 22
WIND DIR SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW S SE E NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 4 3 5 5 4 6 6 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 100 90 70 60 50 60 50 60 60 60 60 50 40 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 12
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 95 95 85 80 70 80 100 95 90 90 85 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 32 33 33 33 32 31 29 29 30 32 34 32 27 21 16
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 29 34 15
WIND DIR SE SE SE S S S SW W W W S E NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 90 80 60 40 40 30 30 30 40 40 50 50 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 11 12 12 11 12 12
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 12/03/25 THURSDAY 12/04/25
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 95 95 85 80 70 75 100 100 90 95 85 100 100 95
TEMPERATURE 37 39 39 38 37 34 32 32 32 34 35 34 30 26 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 32 35 22
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE S SW W W NE SE E E NE NE
WIND (MPH) 8 8 6 6 5 5 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 90 90 60 50 40 40 30 40 50 50 60 50 50 40 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S R S R S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 10
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN