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FWAK47 PAJK 052341
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
341 PM AKDT SUN APR 5 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 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 (%) 95 95 95 95 95 100 95 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 85 85 90
TEMPERATURE 37 37 36 36 34 35 35 35 35 36 35 34 33 33 33 34 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 37 31 35
WIND DIR E E E SE SE SE SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 9 6 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 34 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 70 70 40 40 30 30 40 30 30 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.53 0.42 0.11 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 2.5 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 7 7 9 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE MONDAY 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 (%) 95 95 95 95 95 100 95 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 85 85 90
TEMPERATURE 45 42 40 40 38 39 40 40 40 40 39 37 37 37 38 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 41 35 40
WIND DIR W E E E SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 9 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
WIND GUST (MPH) 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 70 70 40 40 30 30 40 30 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.44 0.39 0.09 0.03 0.02 0.00 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) 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 5 8 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 12
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE MONDAY 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 (%) 95 95 95 95 95 85 90 90 85 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 39 37 35 34 32 32 34 35 35 35 34 32 30 31 31 33 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 36 28 34
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE N NE N N SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 100 80 70 70 70 50 50 40 40 20 20 20 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.13 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.7 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 12 12 13 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE MONDAY 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 (%) 95 95 95 95 95 90 90 85 80 85 80 85 85 85 85 85 85
TEMPERATURE 52 46 43 41 40 40 42 44 44 44 41 39 38 38 39 41 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 45 37 41
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 100 80 80 70 70 50 50 40 40 20 20 30 30 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S R R R R R S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.17 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 7 9 9 11 11 11 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE MONDAY 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 95 95 95 95 85 80 70 70 70 80 80 80 80 80 80
TEMPERATURE 35 33 31 31 30 31 33 35 35 33 30 28 27 28 30 32 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 36 26 33
WIND DIR NE NE NE E E N NW NW W W NW NW NW NW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 90 70 70 70 40 40 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.27 0.21 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 2.7 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 10 10 12 13 14 13 12 12 11 13 14 14 15 15 15 14
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE MONDAY 04/06/26 TUESDAY 04/07/26
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 (%) 95 95 95 95 95 95 85 85 75 75 70 80 80 80 80 80 80
TEMPERATURE 43 40 38 36 35 36 38 42 42 40 36 34 33 33 36 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 42 32 39
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SW NW NW S S SE
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 21 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 100 100 80 70 70 40 40 30 30 10 10 30 30 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S S R R R R S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.24 0.20 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 6 6 8 9 11 11 9 8 8 10 11 12 13 13 13 12
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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