445  
WWAK87 PAJK 052222 CCA  
SPSAJK  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
222 PM AKDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
AKZ330-332-062300-  
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-ANNETTE ISLAND-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA  
222 PM AKDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
   
..HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FOR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY NEXT WEEK  
 
FOLLOWING A FRONT BRINGING RAIN ACROSS THE PANHANDLE SUNDAY, A  
DEVELOPING LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SE GULF MONDAY INTO  
TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO BRING ENHANCED RAINFALL  
TO THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, PARTICULARLY KETCHIKAN AND  
METLAKATLA. MODEL SPREAD FOR THIS FEATURE HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE,  
WITH A LESS IMPACTFUL SOLUTION BECOMING MORE LIKELY. THIS WOULD  
HAVE THE LOW BE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND THE MOISTURE PLUME STAY  
FURTHER SOUTH BEFORE WRAPPING AROUND TO IMPACT THE EASTERN HALF OF  
CLARENCE STRAIT LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
WHILE OVERALL 24 HR RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NOW RANGING FROM 0.75 FOR  
COASTAL COMMUNITIES ON PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND TO UPWARDS OF 1.5  
INCHES FOR KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA, THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND  
RATES ARE EXPECTED ALONG SOUTHERLY FACING MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN  
PORTIONS OF THE KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH AND ANNETTE ISLAND.  
FAST RESPONDING RIVERS AND LAKES MAY REACH BANK FULL CONDITIONS  
BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WHILE NOT AS STRONG,  
WINDS IN CLARENCE STRAIT AND THE SE GULF WILL STILL INCREASE OUT  
OF THE S AND SE WITH THIS FEATURE TO FRESH TO STRONG BREEZE (18 -  
24 KT) TUESDAY MORNING AS IT APPROACHES THE OUTER COAST.  
 
LATER IN THE WEEK, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, IT IS LOOKING LIKE A MORE  
IMPACTFUL FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH AN ASSOCIATED ATMOSPHERIC RIVER  
WILL MOVE OVER THE PANHANDLE, BRINGING HEAVIER RAINFALL & SOME  
RELATIVELY GUSTY CONDITIONS TO A MORE WIDESPREAD AREA.  
 
 
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