Ketchikan is about to get drenched

Ketchikan is about to get soaked. Forecasters say the town and nearby Annette Island could pick up as much as 2.75 inches of rain on Monday alone — a genuine drenching, even by the standards of one of the wettest places in the country.

The rain comes in with a line of fronts pushing into the southern panhandle over the holiday weekend, arriving Sunday night and settling in through Monday. The heaviest of it hits Monday afternoon and night, when rain could fall at up to 0.15 inches an hour over Ketchikan and Annette. Prince of Wales Island is in for a wet stretch too, with 1 to 2 inches expected.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Juneau said they'll sharpen the timing and totals as the weekend nears. For now, the message is simple: if you're in the southern panhandle, plan on a soggy Monday.