RAIN CONTINUES FRIDAY WITH RATES AND INTENSITY INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT RATES TO DECREASE LATE SATURDAY BUT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FAVOR THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE - ALONG AND NORTH OF SUMNER STRAIT TO FREDERICK SOUND INCLUDING PORT ALEXANDER, KAKE, PETERSBURG, WRANGELL, AND NORTHERN PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. SITKA STILL REMAINS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF WHERE HEAVY RAIN COULD FALL.OVERALL, FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF SUMNER STRAIT, FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTH OF FREDERICK SOUND TO THE ICY STRAIT AREA, FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTH OF ICY STRAIT, FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FOR THE NORTHEAST COAST, NEAR YAKUTAT, RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.