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
818 AM AST WED JAN 22 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 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 95 95 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 35 35 35 35 35 34 34 35 34 35 35 35 35 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 34 36 33
WIND DIR SE S S S S S S S SW SW S S S E SE
WIND (MPH) 12 13 13 13 12 11 12 10 9 9 9 8 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 33 33 32 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 70 70 50 40 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.29 0.14 0.04
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 17 17 14 14 13 11 10 8 11 12 14 15 14 13
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 95 95 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 39 39 39 39 39 39 38 38 38 39 39 39 39 39 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 38 40 37
WIND DIR SE SE E E E E SE S S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 5 6 6 6 5 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 26
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 80 70 70 50 30 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R S
12 HOUR QPF 0.12 0.29 0.11 0.03
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 15 17 17 14 14 13 11 10 8 11 12 14 15 14 13
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 100 85 85 75 80 85 70 85 80 75 75
TEMPERATURE 30 30 30 30 31 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 29 28 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 28 30 25
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 80 60 50 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.17 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 1.1 1.3 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 6 7 7 6 5 4 3 5 3 5 7 8 7 6 6
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 (%) 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 85 75 85 80 90 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 38 39 38 38 36 35 34 35 36 37 38 36 34 32 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 34 38 28
WIND DIR S S S S S SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 11 11 12 13 14 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 32 31 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 80 70 50 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S R R R S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.12 0.17 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 5 7 7 7 6 5 4 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 6
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 95 90 90 60 70 90 85 70 70 65 80
TEMPERATURE 29 31 31 30 29 29 28 27 27 29 30 27 26 25 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 27 30 24
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 27 29 27 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 90 70 60 40 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.09 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 7 10 9 8 7 5 4 3 2 4 6 7 6 5 5
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/22/25 THURSDAY 01/23/25
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 BK BK OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 95 90 90 60 70 90 85 70 65 65 80
TEMPERATURE 34 35 35 34 34 33 32 32 32 34 34 32 31 30 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 31 34 27
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 36 36 32 27 25 24 23 23 24 25 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 90 80 60 50 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.10 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (HFT) 8 11 10 10 8 6 5 4 3 5 6 8 7 5 5
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN