The National Weather Service Forecasts-

TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOCALLY VERY WINDY. HIGHS 19 TO 25.
NORTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. NEAR DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS...NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS 40 MPH INCREASING TO 80 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT...CLOUDY...WINDY. CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOWS 14 TO 22. EAST WIND 35 MPH...EXCEPT NORTHEAST 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH NEAR DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS.

SATURDAY...BREEZY. SNOW LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 28. NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH DECREASING IN THE
AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS
12 TO 20. NORTHEAST WIND 10 MPH.

SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 29. NORTH WIND 10 MPH.

We have not received any nsow in the last 6 days.

We have had constant winds from 20-80 mph during that times.

There has been a great deal of scouring and also wind loading.

Spatial variability remains very high. Snow conditions will vary greatly from place to place.

Natural Avalanches are becoming less and less of a concern the longer this wind condition exists. The slabs in place are bonding and becoming harder and there is less loose snow available for transport to trigger the slide naturally.

The ability for human triggered avalanches still exists. There are still pockets of windloaded slab that could be skier triggered.

Avalanche sizes are not expected to be large should they occur.

Danger levels are Moderate at this time.

There are some great educational downloads and information available at the Alaska Avalanche Information Site.

http://www.alaskasnow.org/education/further-learning/