Special Weather Statement: South Slopes of the Western Brooks Range; Upper Kobuk Valleys; Lower Yukon River; Lower Koyukuk Valley; Middle Yukon Valley; Lower Yukon and Innoko Valleys; North Slopes of the Western Alaska Range; Upper Kuskokwim Valley

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Special Weather Statement — South Slopes of the Western Brooks Range; Upper Kobuk Valleys; Lower Yukon River; Lower Koyukuk Valley; Middle Yukon Valley; Lower Yukon and Innoko Valleys; North Slopes of the Western Alaska Range; Upper Kuskokwim Valley Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Observed. As a coastal system moves across Western Alaska Sunday into Monday, it will bring widespread moderate to heavy rain and southerly winds across the area. Rain totals from Sunday afternoon through early Tuesday morning are expected to range from 1 to 2 inches across most of the Western Interior. River levels will rise with this rainfall, although no flooding is expected. From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday night, southerly winds could gust as high as 40 mph in the Lower Yukon and Upper Kuskokwim Valleys, with gusts over 30 mph possible elsewhere.