544  
FWAK47 PAJK 302251  
AVGAJK  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
251 PM AKDT MON MAR 30 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 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 95 90 80 75 65 55 40 30 15 20 15 15 10 5  
TEMPERATURE 29 29 29 28 28 28 30 33 34 32 29 26 25 26 31 34 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 35 23 35  
WIND DIR E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N N  
WIND (MPH) 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 80 60 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.14 0.19 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 2.3 3.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 12 11 12 12 12 13 14 13 12  
 
   
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
 
 
DATE TUESDAY 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 95 90 80 75 65 60 40 30 15 20 10 15 10 5  
TEMPERATURE 33 33 32 31 31 32 35 38 39 37 33 30 29 30 35 39 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 39 27 40  
WIND DIR E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N  
WIND (MPH) 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2  
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 21  
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 100 100 70 50 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.14 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 11 8 7 8 9 11 11 12 11 10  
 
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)  
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...  
 
DATE TUESDAY 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 60 70 75 85 80 65 50 45 40 35 25 30 30 25 30 35  
TEMPERATURE 26 23 19 19 18 19 23 28 30 26 22 20 19 20 24 29 30  
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 30 18 31  
WIND DIR S S NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N  
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 6 9 9 11 6 6 6 8 9 11 11 11 11 8  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 30 40 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 16  
 
   
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
 
 
DATE TUESDAY 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 75 80 85 80 65 35 35 30 30 15 25 15 20 15 25  
TEMPERATURE 35 32 29 28 28 29 33 39 41 37 32 29 27 28 34 40 41  
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 41 26 42  
WIND DIR SW SW N N N N N N N N N NE NE N NE NE N  
WIND (MPH) 5 2 4 8 9 9 9 5 4 5 6 8 10 10 10 10 5  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 30 40 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 14 13  
 
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)  
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...  
 
DATE TUESDAY 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 75 85 90 85 65 45 40 35 30 20 20 10 10 15 15  
TEMPERATURE 24 21 18 18 18 19 23 28 29 25 20 17 16 15 22 28 29  
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 30 15 30  
WIND DIR SE NE N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 5 5 6 5 4 4 3  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 30 40 50 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 15 15  
 
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...  
 
DATE TUESDAY 03/31/26 WEDNESDAY 04/01/26  
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 BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 80 85 90 85 60 40 30 25 25 15 15 10 10 10 15  
TEMPERATURE 29 26 24 24 24 24 30 36 37 33 27 23 22 21 29 37 37  
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 37 20 38  
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4  
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 23 25 27 28 28  
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 30 40 60 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 14 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 13 12  
 

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