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Turnagain Pass

National Weather Service Forecast for 6 Miles ENE Silvertip AK
Issued by: National Weather Service Anchorage, AK. Updated: 8:13 pm AKST Dec 8, 2024

Overnight Low: 31 °F	Monday High: 33 °F	Monday Night Low: 32 °F	Tuesday High: 39 °F	Tuesday Night Low: 35 °F	Wednesday High: 38 °F	Wednesday Night Low: 31 °F	Thursday High: 34 °F	Thursday Night Low: 22 °F
Rain	Heavy Rain	Rain	Rain	Rain	Rain	Rain then Rain/Snow Likely	Rain/Snow	Rain/Snow then Snow

Overnight: Rain. Low around 31. East wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Monday: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 33. East wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Monday Night: Rain. Low around 32. East wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: Rain. High near 39. East wind 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tuesday Night: Rain. Low around 35. East wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Wednesday: Rain. High near 38. East wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Wednesday Night: Rain, possibly mixing with snow after midnight, then gradually ending. Low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Thursday: Rain and snow after 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 34.
Thursday Night: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 22.
Friday: Snow likely, mainly before 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 29.
Friday Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 17.
Saturday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25.
Saturday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Sunday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26.

Recreational Forecast

Surface Analysis

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Region	Site	Elev	Date	Temp	MxTp 24hr	MnTp 24hr	RH	Spd	Gst	MxGust 24hr	Dir	SnoHt	SWE 24hr_new
hatcher	AKRR Site at Hurricane	1630	12/09/2024 1:00 am	24.0	25.0	17.0		0	2	8	-	21
hatcher	Gold Cord Mine	4050	12/09/2024 1:00 am	32.0	33.8	23.8	72	9	12	30	SE
hatcher	Hatch Peak	4561	12/09/2024 1:00 am	29.6	30.2	22.7	73	27	45	48	SE
hatcher	Independence Mine	3450	12/09/2024 12:00 am	34.0	34.0	25.0	64	7			ESE	19	4.3 0
hatcher	Lucky Shot 2,155 Elevation	2155	12/09/2024 1:00 am	42.0	42.0	24.0	48	27	11	13	N	10
hatcher	Lucky Shot 4,315 Elevation	4315	12/09/2024 1:00 am	31.0	32.0	25.0	66	33	56	56	ESE
hatcher	Marmot Ridge	4500	12/09/2024 1:00 am	29.5	30.2	22.7	75	18	27	37	SE
hatcher	Snowbird SnoLite	4990	12/09/2024 1:00 am	31.0	31.0	23.0				29	-	57
turnagain	AKRR Mile 43	3700	12/09/2024 1:00 am	30.0	31.0	26.0	90	23	46	54	ESE
turnagain	Grandview	1100	12/09/2024 1:00 am	39.0	40.0	29.0					-	16	4.8 0
turnagain	Granite	512	12/09/2024 12:55 am	40.3	41.3	26.3	85	6	19	20	SE
turnagain	Seattle Ridge	2400	12/09/2024 1:00 am	29.6	29.6	28.0	100	0	1	32	-
turnagain	Summit Lake	1400	12/09/2024 1:00 am	43.0	43.0	27.0	60	3			NNE	13	4.0 0.1
turnagain	Summit Lake DOT	1348	12/09/2024 1:00 am	42.9	44.7	27.2	55	4	12	25	ENE
turnagain	Summit Lake Ridgetop	3800	12/09/2024 2:00 am	31.9	31.9	24.7	83	15	25	26	SSE
turnagain	Sunburst	3812	12/09/2024 2:00 am	27.3	27.3	24.7	100	40	61	68	ENE
turnagain	Tincan SnoLite	3370	12/09/2024 1:00 am	30.0	30.0	27.0				36	-	55
turnagain	Tunnel	10	10/28/2024 7:00 pm	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old
turnagain	Turnagain Pass Center Ridge	1880	12/09/2024 1:00 am	36.0	36.0	32.0	87	4			NE	30	9.2 0.2
turnagain	Turnagain Pass DOT	1020	12/09/2024 1:00 am	38.2	38.4	31.0	86	16	27	31	NE
anchorage	Arctic Valley	3900	12/09/2024 1:00 am	30.7	32.2	25.2	87	11	24	57	S
anchorage	Arctic Valley Lodge	2683	12/09/2024 1:47 am	37.0	38.0	32.0	87	6	9	30	N
anchorage	Bird Point DOT	62	12/09/2024 1:00 am	40.6	42.2	38.0	83	32	38	41	E
anchorage	Hillside Home	1354	12/09/2024 1:00 am	39.2	39.2	33.4	60	5	29	52	SE
anchorage	Hillside Snotel (Glen Alps)	2080	12/09/2024 1:00 am	40.0	41.0	34.0	59	5			SSE	8	2.5 0
anchorage	Indian Pass	2350	12/09/2024 1:00 am	37.0	38.0	31.0	68				-	28	7.6 0.2
anchorage	Moraine Snotel Site	2100	12/09/2024 1:00 am	41.0	41.0	35.0	56	4			E	3	1.4 0.2
anchorage	Penguin Peak (AKDOT)	4200	09/11/2024 7:00 am	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old
anchorage	S. Fork Eagle R. #2	2164	12/09/2024 1:50 am	38.0	42.0	29.0	71	5	10	30	NNE
girdwood	Alyeska (Base)	100	12/09/2024 1:00 am	42.0	42.0	34.0	80				-
girdwood	Alyeska (Max Mtn.)	3200	12/09/2024 1:00 am	31.0	31.0	29.0	100	29	69	69	E
girdwood	Alyeska (Mid Mtn)	1700	12/09/2024 1:00 am	35.0	35.0	33.0	97				-	19
girdwood	Alyeska (Summit)	3664	12/09/2024 1:00 am	29.0	29.0	27.0	100	17	48	56	E
girdwood	Alyeska (Top of Quad)	2800	12/09/2024 1:00 am	31.0	31.0	30.0		0	0	0	-
girdwood	Camp Road @ Whittier Tunnel	102	12/09/2024 1:00 am	39.8	40.2	33.4	94	17	27	29	ENE
girdwood	Girdwood DOT	31	09/11/2024 7:00 am	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old
girdwood	Mt. Alyeska (NRCS)	1539	12/09/2024 1:00 am	38.0	38.0	33.0					-	12	4.1 0.1
girdwood	Portage	10	12/09/2024 1:00 am	42.0	42.0	33.0		8	18	27	SSE	32
girdwood	Portage (PATO)	95	12/09/2024 1:50 am	41.3	43.1	37.3	87	22	35	54	ESE
girdwood	Portage DOT	66	12/09/2024 1:00 am	41.1	41.8	30.8	93	11	24	32	SSE
girdwood	Whittier Access Rd Tunnel MP 6.5	115	12/09/2024 1:00 am	42.9	43.6	39.5	76	4	29	48	NE
girdwood	Whittier Harbor	13	12/09/2024 1:40 am	41.3	41.3	34.3	97	24	31	38	ENE
seward	Grouse Creek Divide	700	12/09/2024 1:00 am	39.0	39.0	34.0					-	3	2.3 0.3
seward	Lost Lake	3722	11/29/2024 1:00 pm	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old
seward	Lost Lake SnoLite	2030	11/29/2024 1:00 pm	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old	old
seward	Moose Pass		12/09/2024 1:00 am	45.0	45.0	30.0		5	17	22	ESE	4
seward	Seward Hwy @ Divide MP 11.7	709	12/09/2024 1:00 am	38.2	38.2	34.3	91	4	6	7	N
seward	Sterling Hwy DOT @ Tern Lake	686	12/09/2024 1:00 am	46.7	47.4	33.7	57	12	24	34	ESE
seward	Sterling Wye Ridgetop	3700	12/09/2024 2:00 am	34.4	34.4	27.3	69	0	1	29	-
seward	Wolverine Glacier	3250	12/09/2024 1:00 am	31.8	32.5	28.4	94	48	50	50	SE

Wx Table last Cached 12-09-2024 05:59. 1733741974.3183 seconds to generate. Click here for text only forecast.

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