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FWAK47 PAJK 021406
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
605 AM AKDT THU APR 2 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 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 50 70 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 90 90 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 22 27 34 36 35 33 30 29 29 32 35 36 36 34 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 29 36 32
WIND DIR NE NE E E NE NE NE E E E SE E E SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 8 5 6 8 9 9 11 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 31 27 32 31 31 29 26
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 20 30 60 80 90 90 80 80 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.08
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 14 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 14 12 12 13 13 15
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 55 70 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 85 90 95 90 90
TEMPERATURE 24 32 40 43 41 38 35 32 33 36 39 40 40 39 37 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 32 40 36
WIND DIR NE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 6 6 6 6 12 11 12 8 4 3 4 6 6 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 25 24 21
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 60 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 11 11 10 9 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 12 13
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER FW FW SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 40 65 60 60 65 80 100 100 95 90 75 80 90 85
TEMPERATURE 17 24 33 35 33 29 24 21 21 27 32 34 33 31 29 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 20 34 27
WIND DIR N N NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 5 5 6 9 10 8 8 8 5 6 5 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 40 70 70 50 50 50 50 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 14 14 15 15 16
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER CL FW SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 20 45 65 65 65 60 80 100 100 95 85 80 85 90 90
TEMPERATURE 20 30 42 46 44 39 34 30 30 35 40 43 41 40 38 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 30 43 36
WIND DIR N N NE N N N N N NE NE NE S SW S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 3 3 5 6 4 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 40 80 80 60 60 60 60 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 16 15 13 12 12 13 14 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 14
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER CL FW BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 25 55 65 65 65 50 70 100 100 90 85 80 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 20 24 28 30 29 26 23 21 21 25 30 31 31 30 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 21 31 28
WIND DIR N N SE SE SE N N N NE E SE SE SE SW S S
WIND (MPH) 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH) 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 60 80 80 70 70 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 17 16 15 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE THURSDAY 04/02/26 FRIDAY 04/03/26
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER CL FW BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 25 60 65 65 65 55 75 100 100 90 80 80 90 90 90
TEMPERATURE 22 30 40 43 40 35 30 27 27 32 37 39 38 36 34 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 26 39 32
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SE SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 8 4 3 2 2 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 26 23 20 19 21 21
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 60 90 90 80 80 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 15 14 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 11 11 14
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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