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.

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Lower and Middle Yukon, Innoko, and Upper Kuskokwim Valleys. * WHEN...Until 4 AM AKDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.