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WWAK87 PAJK 050338  
SPSAJK  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
738 PM AKDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
AKZ328-330-332-051145-  
ANNETTE ISLAND-PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-  
738 PM AKDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN  
PANHANDLE MONDAY...  
 
A SYSTEM WILL BRING A SERIES OF FRONTS ACROSS THE PANHANDLE  
BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY, WITH  
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST  
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT  
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND FRONT AS IT PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHERN  
PANHANDLE. RAIN RATES UP TO 0.10 TO 0.15 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE  
AS THIS HEAVIER BAND MOVES THROUGH. AT THIS TIME, THE HIGHEST  
CONFIDENCE FOR SEEING THESE HIGHER RAIN RATES IS FOR ANNETTE ISLAND  
AND KETCHIKAN.  
 
CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ON MONDAY 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS  
BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00 FOR ANNETTE ISLAND AND KETCHIKAN, AND BETWEEN  
1.00 AND 2.00 INCHES FOR PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY  
SEE EITHER HIGHER OR LOWER AMOUNTS DUE TO THE TERRAIN INFLUENCE.  
 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO MONDAY MORNING FOLLOWING THE  
FIRST FRONT, WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON  
EVENT TIMING AND PRECIPITATION TOTALS AS IT GETS CLOSER TO SUNDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
 
GREGORY.SPANN  
 
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