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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
400 PM ADT TUE MAY 13 2008
AKZ017>029-141200-
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA-
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-
GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA-
SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS...
HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT
ALEXANDER...ANGOON...
JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK...
KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER
400 PM ADT TUE MAY 13 2008
..HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS
AND STORMY SEAS FORECAST FOR THE
PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WHEN AN UNUSUALLY WET SPRING STORM PUSHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ALASKA. STIFF SOUTH WINDS WILL RISE TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY AND OCCASSIONALLY GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THE WINDS
WILL PRODUCE SEAS OF 20 TO 25 FEET OFFSHORE AND BETWEEN 5 AND 10
FEET IN THE INNER CHANNELS.
FREEZING LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB TO 5,000 FEET ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND TO 10,000 FEET IN SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST
ALASKA. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH FREEZING LEVELS AND HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN RISING RIVER FLOWS. THERE WILL ALSO
BE AN INCREASED RISK OF AVALANCHE AND SNOW SLIDE ACTIVITY THE
REST OF THIS WEEK.
PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALASKA...ESPECIALLY MARINERS AND THOSE
VENTURING INTO THE BACK COUNTRY OR NEAR RIVERS... SHOULD STAY
TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
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