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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1250 PM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
..MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
OFF AND ON SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. THE NEXT
ORGANIZED SYSTEM WILL PUSH AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER INTO THE PANHANDLE
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRINGING
ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM SITKA TO ANGOON TO PETERSBURG. CURRENT FORECAST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
APPROACHING 5 INCHES AT HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS RAINFALL IN COMBINATION
WITH RAPIDLY RISING FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 3000 TO 5000FT WILL LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS LIKE RAPID RIVER RISES ON SMALL
STREAMS, PONDING ON ROAD WAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO SNOW BLOCKING
DRAINS. ANY EXISTING SNOWPACK WILL BECOME MORE DENSE AND HARD TO
MOVE. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BEGIN FOR AN EXPECTED RAIN ON SNOW EVENT
GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SITKA, ANGOON, PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT
ALEXANDER, CRAIG, KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE, THORNE BAY,
WRANGELL, KETCHIKAN, HYDER, AND METLAKATLA
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