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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Juneau AK
708 AM AKDT Thu May 9 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-Petersburg Borough-
Western Kupreanof Island and Kuiu Island-
City and Borough of Wrangell-
Including the cities of Yakutat, Skagway, White Pass, Haines, 
Gustavus, Hoonah, Tenakee Springs, Elfin Cove, Pelican, Sitka, 
Angoon, Juneau, Petersburg, Kake, Port Alexander, and Wrangell
708 AM AKDT Thu May 9 2024

...STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND THURSDAY...

An atmospheric river is moving into SE AK today, bringing with it
heavy rain and wind. The atmospheric river is expected to persist
through the day before then moving east Thursday night and 
weakening. Conditions now favor the system's greatest impacts 
focusing slightly further to the east. The rainfall will be aimed 
mostly at the northern half of the panhandle with the heaviest 
rainfall expected to be across the NE Gulf Coast, the Glacier Bay 
area, and through Lynn Canal up into Haines and Skagway. Most 
stations north of Frederick Sound have a greater than 60 percent 
chance of over 1 inch with a few from the Icy Strait Corridor 
northward and along the Outer Gulf Coast having at least a 15 
percent chance of exceeding 2 inches through Thursday night. 
There is the possibility that some areas near sea level could 
potentially see rainfall totals approaching 3 inches by the time 
the system has departed Thursday night through Friday morning. At 
elevation, rainfall totals could approach 5 inches total in the 
Coast Mountains. The potential for daily rainfall records to be 
broken across parts of the Northern half of the panhandle north of
Frederick Sound does exist, and river rises are expected, though 
no flooding is anticipated at this time.

Anticipate windy conditions across land-based areas, with gusts up
to 35 or 40 kt possible for some locations near sea level,
especially for the northern half of the panhandle, along with 
small craft winds for the inner channels and gale force winds for 
the outer coastal waters.


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