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Spot Forecast for SAR Denali...NPS
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
120 AM AKDT Thu May 30 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0100 AKDT on May 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Forecast for 19-20 thousand feet near the summit of Denali. East winds 25 to 30
mph will increase briefly to 35 to 40 mph around 7 to 8am Thursday morning before
diminishing back to around 30 mph around 11am and remaining that strong through
the day on Thursday. Winds will diminish to around 20 mph by late Thursday night.
Clouds are expected to persist from 3000 feet to above the summit until around
7am when clouds will begin to thin. Clouds may persist longer on the southeast
side of the mountain than on the north side. Expect clear skies above 8000 feet
by noon, with broken clouds persisting below. A layer of broken clouds should
return between 7 and 10 thousand feet around 4pm, persisting through Thursday
evening. Expecting clear skies to persist above 10 thousand feet. Temperatures
will see little change, ranging from 23 to 27 below zero.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered snow showers
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 27 below.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind chill..........-62.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 25 to 30 mph.
Snowfall amount.....0.6 inches.
Snow level..........4800 ft.
CEILING (KFT).......5000ft.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) becoming mostly clear above
8000 feet by noon.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 23 below.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind chill..........-57.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 35 to 40 mph decreasing to 30 mph by 11am.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........4000-4100 ft.
CEILING (KFT).......3000ft increasing to 5000ft by noon and to 7000ft by 4pm.

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Forecaster...CHRIEST
Requested by...Galen Dossin
Type of request...SAR
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