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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
332 PM AKDT WED SEP 4 2024

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CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES
BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-CAPE
FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-
ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
332 PM AKDT WED SEP 4 2024

...MODERATE TO HEAVY, LONG DURATION RAIN...

A FRONT WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE PANHANDLE AND NE GULF COAST, FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE SMALLER FRONTS
WITH MODERATE RAIN FROM THE SAME PARENT LOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE INITIAL STRONGER FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NE GULF COAST
AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DURING PEAK RAIN RATES, THERE IS AN 80% OF EXCEEDING 0.1 INCH PER
HOUR, WITH HIGHEST CHANCES NEAR YAKUTAT AND SITKA. RAIN TOTALS FROM
THE INITIAL FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES IN A
12 HOUR SPAN, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE YAKUTAT AND SITKA
AREA.

AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF ONSHORE, POST FRONTAL LIGHT RAINFALL, A
SECONDARY FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THURSDAY MORNING,
BRINGING MODERATE RAINFALL. RAIN RATES LOOK LESSER THAN THE INITIAL
FRONT, AROUND 0.05 TO 0.07 AN HOUR, BUT THE DURATION OF RAIN LOOKS
TO EXTEND FROM THURSDAY INTO LATE FRIDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. RAIN
TOTALS FROM THE SECONDARY FRONTS OVER 48 HOURS LOOK TO TOTAL 4.0 TO
6.5 INCHES AROUND YAKUTAT AND 1.5 TO 3.0 INCHES FROM PELICAN TO
JUNEAU.

MINOR FLOODING OF LARGE BASINS SUCH AS MENDENHALL LAKE AND AUKE LAKE
IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES
REGARDING THIS EVOLVING SYSTEM AT WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU.

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