Excessive rainfall may produce locally considerable flash flooding over parts of the northwestern Gulf Coast, lower Mississippi River Valley, and Deep South through Thursday. Potential Tropical Cyclone One is forecast to become a tropical storm (Arthur) as it moves along or just off the northwestern Gulf coast through Wednesday. An outbreak of severe weather is forecast in the Midwest Wednesday. Read More >
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462 SXAK49 PAFG 171353 RECAFG Mount McKinley Recreational Forecast National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 553 AM AKDT Wed Jun 17 2026 The forecast for the lower elevations of Denali National Park can be found online at https://www.weather.gov/afg/mckinleyclimbing_forecast. Additional information, including flying weather, can be found online at https://www.weather.gov/afg/mckinleyclimbing. Altitude Forecast... Wind speeds 14 thousand feet and above are free air. Wind gusts are not included. Temperatures are in Fahrenheit. .SYNOPSIS... Ridging continues to build over the mountain through the end of the week. Light winds are expected to prevail from base camp to the summit for several days. Clouds are more likely at the base camp with building during the day and clearing overnight with mainly clear skies at the summit. A few showers or thunderstorms may develop near the mountain during the afternoons, but they are not expected to move across the mountain. && .FORECAST FOR 7000 FOOT BASE CAMP... Winds less than 15 mph are not included. .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 35 to 40. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 30. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 40 to 45. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 35. && .FORECAST FOR 14000 FEET... Winds less than 15 mph are not included. .TODAY...Clear. Highs 0 to 10 above. .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 0 to 5 above. .THURSDAY...Clear. Highs 5 to 15 above. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Lows 5 to 10 above. && .FORECAST FOR 17000 FEET TO SUMMIT... Winds less than 15 mph are not included. .TODAY...Clear. South winds up to 20 mph this afternoon. Highs 5 to 15 below. .TONIGHT...Clear. South winds up to 15 mph. Lows 5 to 15 below. .THURSDAY...Clear. Highs 0 to 10 below. .THURSDAY NIGHT... Clear. Lows 0 to 10 below. && .OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... High pressure persists over the mountain on Friday as the next system to keep an eye approaches. A weak storm system dropping south along the west coast of Alaska makes its closest approach to the mountain on Saturday. At this time, the most likely effect is slightly stronger south winds that could bring afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm activity across the mountain. Otherwise, a continuation of light winds and a mixture of lower elevation clouds and higher elevation sunshine is expected to continue. && $$ EK Jun 17 |
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