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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
342 PM AKDT MON APR 6 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 TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 85 85 85 90 95 90 85 80 90 85 85 90 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 34 35 34 33 32 33 33 33 33 33 32 31 32 33 33 34 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 34 30 36
WIND DIR SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW S SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 5 4 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 50 50 40 40 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 85 85 90 90 95 90 85 80 90 85 85 90 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 39 39 37 36 35 36 37 38 38 38 36 34 35 36 38 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 39 33 41
WIND DIR S SE SE SE SE SE W W W W S NW S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 2 2 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 60 50 40 30 40 50 50 60
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 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) 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 11
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 50 30 25 45 80 95 90 85 85 80 80 85 85 90 90
TEMPERATURE 35 34 33 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 31 30 30 30 32 33 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 33 29 34
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 5 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 9 4 6 6 8 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 50 40 0 5 10 20 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.0 1.7 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 13 14 15 15 16 15 15 16 15 16 17 17 16 16 15 15 14
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 BK OV BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 55 30 30 35 75 90 85 75 85 85 80 90 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 44 42 40 38 38 38 40 40 40 40 37 36 37 37 40 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 41 35 43
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW S S SW S S
WIND (MPH) 11 5 2 2 2 2 5 14 16 14 9 1 3 4 5 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 50 40 10 10 20 30 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 12
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 SC SC FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 30 20 15 15 30 75 85 75 70 75 70 70 85 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 33 31 29 27 26 26 29 31 30 29 26 25 25 26 30 32 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 32 25 33
WIND DIR SW SW W W W NW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 6 5 3 2 4 4 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 5 10 10 20 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.8 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 9 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 14
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE TUESDAY 04/07/26 WEDNESDAY 04/08/26
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 SC SC FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 25 20 20 30 70 85 75 70 75 75 70 85 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 40 37 35 33 32 32 35 38 38 36 33 31 31 32 37 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 38 31 40
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SW SW S S SE SE S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 4 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 8 5 3 1 3 3 3 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 25 26 26 23 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 5 20 20 30 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S R S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.6 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 7 9 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 12
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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