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FWAK47 PAJK 050119
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
419 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 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 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 29 29 29 29 31 31 31 31 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 9 30 28 32
WIND DIR E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 9 9 10 11 14 20 21 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 26 29 39 47 58 47 36 34 36 32 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 60 50 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.06 0.28 0.66 0.35 0.25 0.19 0.18
6 HOUR SNOW 0.9 2.3 5.1 10.6 4.3 2.9 2.5 2.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 21 20 19 19 18 17 15 13 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE MONDAY 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 15 19 21 23 26 29 31 33 34 34 35 37 37 37 37 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 14 35 30 38
WIND DIR E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 8 9 12 13 17 23 21 14 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 32 36 41 49 40 27 28 29 27 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 50 50 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.04 0.17 0.41 0.21 0.18 0.12 0.12
6 HOUR SNOW 1.0 2.0 2.9 5.6 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 20 20 18 18 16 15 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE MONDAY 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE -5 -3 1 5 10 13 16 17 18 19 18 20 21 21 22 22
MIN/MAX TEMP -6 21 16 23
WIND DIR NE N S NE NE NE NE NE NE SW SW S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 4 5 5 5 8 12 13 9 16 17 17 18 18 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 26
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 30 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.19 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.09
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 2.5 3.5 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 19 19 19 18 19 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE MONDAY 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 6 8 11 15 18 22 26 26 26 26 24 26 27 28 30 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 5 30 23 31
WIND DIR NE NE N E NE NE NE E NE SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 9 6 12 14 14 14 17 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 32 25 32 35 32 37 35 42 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 30 80 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.27 0.11 0.09 0.09 0.09
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 2.6 4.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 20 20 19 18 18 17 15 13 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE MONDAY 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 55 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE -1 -1 1 4 6 10 15 16 16 16 16 17 19 19 22 23
MIN/MAX TEMP -2 18 15 23
WIND DIR N E E E E E SE S S S S SE W W W S
WIND (MPH) 3 2 3 3 4 6 6 3 6 6 6 6 8 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 23 29 36 25 24 26 28 33 27 29 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 60 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 20 20 19 19 19 18 16 15 14 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE MONDAY 01/05/26 TUESDAY 01/06/26
TIME (LT) 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15
3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 65 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TEMPERATURE 4 5 7 10 12 16 22 22 22 23 22 23 23 23 26 27
MIN/MAX TEMP 3 25 21 27
WIND DIR N NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 6 4 3 4 4 8 11 5 6 8 10 10 10 11 11 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 29 41 39 29 36 39 41 40 39 37 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 20 60 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.23 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 2.0 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 20 20 19 19 18 16 14 12 10 9 10 11 11 12 12 13
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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