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FWAK47 PAJK 132316
AVGAJK
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
316 PM AKDT WED MAY 13 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 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 95 95 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 80 80 70 65 50 45 40
TEMPERATURE 44 44 42 40 38 38 39 41 43 43 40 38 36 37 40 44 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 45 35 48
WIND DIR SE SE S SW SW S SE SE SE SE E E NE E SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 2 2 2 3 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 70 60 60 40 30 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S S S S R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 100 95 100 100 100 100 90 95 80 85 80 80 70 65 50 50 40
TEMPERATURE 49 48 45 43 42 42 43 46 48 47 43 41 40 41 45 49 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 49 39 52
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E NE SE S S
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 70 80 90 80 70 70 70 60 60 40 30 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.11 0.05 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 85 75 75 75 75 70 65 65 65 70 55 50 55 40 45
TEMPERATURE 47 44 42 41 40 40 43 46 45 42 39 38 37 37 40 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 47 36 46
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 13 9 6 6 6 10 11 16 16 9 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 40 50 50 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 10 8
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 BK BK OV OV OV BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 80 95 85 85 85 75 70 60 70 75 80 75 55 55 40 45
TEMPERATURE 53 50 47 47 45 46 49 54 54 51 47 45 43 43 47 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 56 42 55
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S SW N S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 13 11 9 8 4 6 8 12 12 5 1 0 0 0 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 40 50 40 40 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 7 6 5 4
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 90 70 70 70 65 55 45 45 60 65 65 55 45 35 35
TEMPERATURE 41 39 36 34 34 34 36 40 40 38 34 32 32 32 35 41 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 41 31 42
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S W SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 20 30 30 20 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 7
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 BK OV BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 75 90 75 70 70 70 60 45 50 65 70 65 55 45 35 40
TEMPERATURE 50 47 44 42 41 41 45 49 49 46 42 40 39 39 44 50 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 50 38 51
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE NE SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH) 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 30 30 30 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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