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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
310 PM AKST THU NOV 6 2025
AKZ318>322-324-325-080015-
MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-GLACIER BAY-
EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-
ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, HAINES, GUSTAVUS,
HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, ANGOON, AND JUNEAU
310 PM AKST THU NOV 6 2025
..SNOW POTENTIAL FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OVER THE WEEKEND
CONFIDENCE IS GROWING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND FOR PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN
PANHANDLE, WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR AS
A STRONG SYSTEM MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT. AS THE
STORM MOVES NORTHWARD, A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL INITIALLY BE POSSIBLE
FOR PARTS OF THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR, RANGING FROM PELICAN TO
JUNEAU. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY OF MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE
LOCATIONS, ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR WHICH
DO OCCUR WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH.
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE FAR NORTHERN
PANHANDLE, WITH CONFIDENCE GROWING IN ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN
PARTICULAR THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY COULD RECEIVE BETWEEN 7 TO 15
INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HAINES HIGHWAY MAY ALSO
RECEIVE APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATING SNOW, BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOWER IN
THIS OUTCOME DUE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. SOME MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR FOR HAINES AND SKAGWAY THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE LIKEWISE LOWER CONFIDENCE
FORECASTS, AS TEMPERATURES COULD BE TOO WARM NEAR SEA LEVEL FOR
ANY ACCUMULATION TO OCCUR.
ADDITIONALLY, GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL AS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-PETERSBURG BOROUGH-
WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-
CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL-KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-
CITY OF HYDER-ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SITKA, PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER,
CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE, THORNE BAY, WRANGELL,
KETCHIKAN, HYDER, AND METLAKATLA
310 PM AKST THU NOV 6 2025
..HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND
HEAVY RAIN RETURNS TO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE OVER THE
WEEKEND AS A STRONG PLUME OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A SYSTEM
MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH, BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF
ELEVATED TERRAIN. ARIS CURRENTLY LOOK TO BE BETWEEN 2-5 YEAR
RETURN INTERVALS. NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME, BUT RIVER RISES ARE ANTICIPATED.
ADDITIONALLY, HIGH WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, KETCHIKAN, AND METLAKATLA FROM
THE LATTER HALF OF SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WITH GUSTS OF
UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL COMBINATION OF HIGH
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL, ISOLATED LANDSLIDES MAY BE POSSIBLE IN
AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.
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