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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
312 PM AKDT SAT OCT 14 2023
..WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO IMPACT PANHANDLE TUESDAY TO THURSDAY
EX TYPHOON BOLAVEN WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA TUESDAY
MORNING, BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG TO HIGH WINDS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. WHILE CONFIDENCE ON THE EXACT
TRACK AND EXTENT OF THE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE REMAINS BELOW AVERAGE,
CONFIDENCE OF ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS
IMPACTING THE PANHANDLE IS HIGH.
MAIN THREATS TO THE REGION INCLUDE A RISE IN RIVERS, STREAMS, AND
CREEKS BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS THE LONG
DURATION RAINFALL EVENT MOVES OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA. STRONG WINDS
FROM THIS LAND FALLING EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE COMBINED WITH SATURATED
SOILS WILL ALSO BRING CONCERNS FOR TREE FALLS, MAINLY ALONG RIVER
BANKS AT THIS TIME. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO TEST BILGE PUMPS AND
MAKE VESSELS READY FOR LONG PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
THIS IS A EVOLVING AND CHANGING SITUATION. STAY TUNED THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES AT WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
AARON.JACOBS
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