Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK

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Denali Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
552 PM AKDT Wed May 8 2024

The forecast for the lower elevations of Denali Park can be
found online at https://www.weather.gov/afg/denaliNPcurrent.
Additional information, including flying weather, can be
found online at https://www.weather.gov/afg/denaliclimbing.

Altitude Forecast...
Wind speeds 14 thousand feet and above are free air.
Wind gusts are not included.
Temperatures are in Fahrenheit.

.SYNOPSIS...
Snow will be likely tonight along the lower parts of the mountain
with only a chance of snow during the day Thursday. Temperatures
will remain below 20 degrees on the lower parts of the mountain
through Thursday night. Above 7000 feet there remains a lower
chance for snow through the day Thursday becoming mostly clear by
Thursday night. Above 17000 feet to the summit, conditions should
remain mostly clear to partly cloudy with south to southeast winds
around 15 to 25 mph through Thursday night.

&&

.FORECAST FOR 7000 FOOT BASE CAMP...
Winds less than 15 mph are not included.

.TONIGHT...Snow. Low near 10.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow. High near 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Snow. Low near 10.

&&

.FORECAST FOR 14000 FEET...
Winds less than 15 mph are not included.

.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of snow. Low near
15 below. South winds 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. High near 10
below. South winds 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Low near 15 below.

&&

.FORECAST FOR 17000 FEET TO SUMMIT...
Winds less than 15 mph are not included.

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Low 30 to 40 below. South winds
25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. High 25 to 35 below. Southeast winds
25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT... Partly cloudy. Low 30 to 40 below. Southeast
winds 15 mph.

&&

.OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
Little change in the weather pattern. Continuing snow chances and
cloud cover for most of the mountain, with areas above 17000 feet
remaining clearer.

&&

$$
May 24