Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK

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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
743 PM AKDT SUN JUN 14 2026

*** 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 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

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   95   85   95   90   80   95   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  51   47   45   46   47   49   51   51   50   46   44   44   46   48   49
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  52                  43                  51
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   NW   NW    W    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                   10    9    8    8    9    8    8    6    5    5    4    5    6    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)              33   28   25                  26   25
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100  100   90   80   80   60   70   80   40   40   50   50   40
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.5  7.3  7.1  7.0  7.0  6.8  6.5  6.2  5.8  5.5  5.2  4.9  4.7  4.9  5.0
SNOW RATIO (:1)               1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    2    3    3    4    4    5    5


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU...

DATE                                        MONDAY 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

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   95   85   95   90   80   95   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  55   52   50   50   52   54   55   56   54   50   48   49   51   53   55
MIN/MAX TEMP                           49                  56                  47                  55
WIND DIR                     SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   NE   NE    W    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                    9    8    6    6    6    8    8    6    4    3    2    3    4    5    5
WIND GUST (MPH)              28   25
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100  100   90   80   80   60   70   80   40   40   50   50   40
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.5  7.3  7.1  7.0  7.0  6.8  6.5  6.2  5.8  5.5  5.2  4.9  4.7  4.8  4.9
SNOW RATIO (:1)               1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    2    2    2    4    4


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

DATE                                        MONDAY 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)             100  100   95   90   95   85   85   85   85   85   85   90   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  49   47   45   47   51   55   54   51   48   46   44   46   49   52   52
MIN/MAX TEMP                           45                  56                  44                  53
WIND DIR                      S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)                   11   10    6    6    9   10   13   13    9    8    8    9   11   13   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100   90   80   80   90   50   40   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R                             R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.2  6.9  6.7  6.5  6.5  6.5  6.4  6.2  5.9  5.7  5.5  5.3  5.2  5.4  5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1)               2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    4    4    4    5    5


...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY...

DATE                                        MONDAY 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

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   80   80   85   90   90   95   90   90   90
TEMPERATURE                  56   54   52   52   55   60   60   58   55   52   51   51   54   58   58
MIN/MAX TEMP                           51                  62                  50                  60
WIND DIR                      S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    S   SW   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)                    9    9    4    3    6   10   11   10    5    4    2    4    9   13   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)        100  100  100  100   90   90   50   40   10   10   10   10   10   10   10   10
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.3  6.9  6.7  6.6  6.5  6.5  6.4  6.2  6.0  5.7  5.5  5.3  5.2  5.3  5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1)               1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    2    2    2    3    3


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

DATE                                        MONDAY 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)              95   95   95   90   85   80   70   65   75   85   85   95   90   90   85
TEMPERATURE                  47   45   42   42   45   49   49   47   46   43   41   41   45   49   48
MIN/MAX TEMP                           41                  50                  40                  49
WIND DIR                      S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)                    6    5    4    4    5    6    8    6    4    3    3    3    4    6    8
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                    25
PRECIP PROB (%)         90   70   70   70   70   60   40   20   20   20   20   10   10    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.1  6.8  6.7  6.5  6.4  6.4  6.3  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.5  5.4  5.4  5.5  5.5
SNOW RATIO (:1)               2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    4    4    4    4


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

DATE                                        MONDAY 06/15/26                         TUESDAY 06/16/26
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER                  OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)              95  100   95   90   85   80   70   65   75   80   85   95   90   85   85
TEMPERATURE                  55   51   49   49   54   58   59   57   54   50   48   48   54   58   58
MIN/MAX TEMP                           48                  60                  47                  59
WIND DIR                     SE   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)                    8    6    5    4    5    6    8    6    4    3    3    3    5    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)              29   29   24   23   23                  24   20        20   23        28
PRECIP PROB (%)         90   80   80   80   70   60   40   20   20   20   20   10   10    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                   R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
6 HOUR QPF                   MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
6 HOUR SNOW                  MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM        MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)            7.2  6.9  6.7  6.6  6.5  6.5  6.4  6.1  6.0  5.7  5.5  5.4  5.3  5.4  5.5
SNOW RATIO (:1)               1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2    2    2    2    3    3

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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