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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
338 PM AKDT THU JUL 16 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 FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 10 20 10 15 15 10 5 10 30 75 85 80 85 75 65 60
TEMPERATURE 58 57 50 46 44 47 52 58 60 59 53 49 47 47 50 54 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 62 46 57
WIND DIR W W NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 3 6 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.6 6.9 7.3 8.1 8.7 9.3 9.6 9.5 9.6 10.0 9.3 8.0 6.7 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
DATE FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 10 20 10 15 15 15 5 10 30 75 85 80 85 75 65 60
TEMPERATURE 63 62 55 50 49 51 57 63 66 64 57 53 52 52 55 59 61
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 67 51 62
WIND DIR W NW NW W W W W W W W NW W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.6 6.9 7.3 8.1 8.6 9.4 9.6 9.5 9.6 10.0 9.3 7.9 6.7 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...
DATE FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 15 30 30 20 5 5 10 40 80 85 85 85 80 65 60
TEMPERATURE 63 59 51 46 45 50 58 64 65 61 55 51 49 51 54 59 60
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 66 49 61
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 5 6 6 8 11 14 17 16 13 13 12 12 13 14 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.6 8.8 7.7 7.1 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
DATE FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 10 30 30 20 10 5 15 50 85 90 85 90 85 70 65
TEMPERATURE 68 66 59 53 51 54 61 68 69 67 62 57 54 55 58 64 66
MIN/MAX TEMP 51 70 53 67
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 5 3 2 2 2 8 12 14 11 8 6 5 6 10 12 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.1 9.5 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...
DATE FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 15 35 35 20 10 10 25 60 75 80 75 85 80 60 65
TEMPERATURE 56 53 47 42 41 44 50 57 57 53 49 46 45 45 47 53 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 58 44 55
WIND DIR SE SE SE S S S SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 8 10 8 4 4 3 2 4 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.6 6.7 7.1 8.0 8.4 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.6 9.3 8.3 7.3 6.5 6.1 6.0 6.5 6.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...
DATE FRIDAY 07/17/26 SATURDAY 07/18/26
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 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 10 30 30 20 10 10 25 60 75 75 75 85 85 65 65
TEMPERATURE 65 62 56 50 48 51 58 66 66 63 57 53 51 52 56 62 63
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 67 51 64
WIND DIR SE SE S W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE W W S W SE SE
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 3 3 6 9 11 9 6 5 4 3 5 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 27 25 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 6.5 6.7 7.1 7.9 8.3 8.5 8.9 9.2 9.7 9.4 8.4 7.4 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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