113  
FWAK47 PAJK 102313  
AVGAJK  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
313 PM AKDT SAT OCT 10 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 SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 CL FW SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 25 45 70 95 100 100 100 100 100 90 95 90 85 80 80  
TEMPERATURE 41 35 34 33 34 36 37 38 37 38 38 39 38 39 39 40 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 39 36 41  
WIND DIR S S SE S S S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
WIND (MPH) 4 4 5 5 6 9 12 17 18 16 11 8 5 4 4 5 4  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 50 80 90 100 90 70 50 20 20 50 70 70  
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R R S R R S R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.11 0.18 0.13 0.06 0.02  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6  
 
   
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND JUNEAU
 
 
DATE SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 CL FW SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 25 45 75 95 100 100 100 100 100 90 95 90 85 80 80  
TEMPERATURE 47 41 39 38 39 41 42 43 43 44 45 45 44 44 44 45 46  
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 45 42 46  
WIND DIR SE E E E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE SE  
WIND (MPH) 5 6 5 1 2 4 8 10 11 10 8 5 4 4 4 4 4  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 50 80 90 100 100 70 50 30 30 40 60 60  
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.10 0.18 0.12 0.05 0.02  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4  
 
...THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)  
ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AND TAIYA RIVER VALLEY...  
 
DATE SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 45 50 65 90 90 100 100 100 85 85 85 85 80 85 85  
TEMPERATURE 38 35 34 34 35 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 37 40 39 40 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 39 35 44  
WIND DIR SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
WIND (MPH) 16 13 14 17 23 21 24 24 20 17 18 14 12 11 11 11 9  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 50 60 100 90 50 40 40 50 50 40 20 30  
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.10 0.03 0.01 0.01  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11  
 
   
..NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND SKAGWAY
 
 
DATE SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 40 50 65 90 90 100 100 100 90 90 90 90 85 90 90  
TEMPERATURE 47 43 41 40 41 42 43 46 46 45 44 44 43 43 45 49 50  
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 47 41 50  
WIND DIR SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
WIND (MPH) 13 8 8 8 11 16 19 19 17 14 10 5 3 1 3 6 4  
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 36 35 33  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 60 60 100 90 50 30 40 50 40 30 20 30  
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.01  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.7 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 7 6 6  
 
...THE HAINES MOUNTAIN FORECAST COVERS THE MOUNTAINS (ABOVE 1000 FT)  
ALONG THE CHILKAT RIVER VALLEY AND THE TAKSHANUK MOUNTAINS...  
 
DATE SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 40 55 75 95 90 95 95 85 75 75 80 75 75 80 85  
TEMPERATURE 39 33 31 30 31 33 34 37 37 36 35 35 33 34 35 39 39  
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 38 32 40  
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 8 9 10 12 14 12 9 6 4 4 3 3 3 3  
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 32 34 33 28 25 21  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 30 20 30 50 40 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 20  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.8  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 7 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 9 9  
 
...NEAR SEA LEVEL AROUND HAINES AND LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY...  
 
DATE SUNDAY 10/11/26 MONDAY 10/12/26  
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 SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 40 50 75 90 90 95 100 90 80 80 85 75 80 85 85  
TEMPERATURE 48 42 39 37 39 40 42 45 45 44 43 42 41 40 43 47 47  
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 46 39 48  
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S  
WIND (MPH) 5 3 4 4 5 9 12 13 11 9 8 5 4 4 3 4 4  
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 33 37 39 36 36 32 27 21  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 20 20 40 60 60 30 20 30 30 20 20 20 30  
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.01  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6  
 

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