Weather Service predicts Juneau’s Suicide Basin will fill between Aug. 8-12

Researcher Eran Hood stands on the lip of an empty Suicide Basin just a few days after it drained to create a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in August 2023. (Anna Canny/KTOO)
The National Weather Service predicts the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than the initial forecast.
Suicide Basin is expected to fill to the top between Aug. 8 and 12. That’s around the same time as last year, and a bit later than an in