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FWAK47 PAJK 280408
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
808 PM AKDT WED MAY 27 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 THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 (%) 90 90 95 95 85 80 85 85 80 80 75 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 39 38 37 37 40 43 44 43 40 37 35 35 39 43 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 44 35 45
WIND DIR SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 11 6 5 4 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 90 80 60 60 60 50 70 70 70 70 70 80 80
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S R R S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.18 0.11 0.11 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 11 10 10 9
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 (%) 90 90 90 90 85 80 80 85 80 80 75 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 44 42 41 42 44 48 49 47 44 41 39 39 43 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 49 39 49
WIND DIR E SE E SE SE SE S S S S NE E S S SE
WIND (MPH) 6 3 2 3 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 90 80 60 60 60 50 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.16 0.08 0.09 0.05 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 7 7 6
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 85 85 80 75 65 75 80 80 85 90 80 75 70
TEMPERATURE 39 37 36 36 40 45 46 45 41 37 34 35 39 43 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 46 34 45
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 19 10 8 6 8 11 12 10 5 4 4 4 10 10 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 60 60 60 50 30 20 20 30 30 20 10 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S R S R S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.4 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.7 2.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 12 12
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 90 85 75 70 55 65 80 85 85 90 85 75 70
TEMPERATURE 46 44 43 44 47 51 53 51 48 44 42 42 46 51 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 53 41 53
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW SW S SW SW SW S S S
WIND (MPH) 16 3 3 4 8 11 11 11 3 0 0 0 5 5 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 60 70 70 60 50 30 10 10 20 20 20 10 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.7 2.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 8 8 7
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 85 85 75 65 55 55 60 65 65 80 80 75 60
TEMPERATURE 35 34 33 33 38 43 45 42 38 33 30 30 34 39 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 45 30 41
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 1 1 1 1 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 70 70 70 60 50 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.2 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.7 2.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 12 11 10
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 BK BK BK BK OV BK OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 85 85 75 65 50 55 65 70 65 80 80 70 55
TEMPERATURE 42 41 40 40 44 49 50 48 44 40 37 38 43 48 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 50 37 50
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 4 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 25 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 70 80 70 60 50 40 20 10 10 20 10 10 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 7 7 6 5 5 5 6 8 10 10 8 7 6
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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