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Spot Forecast for SAR...Mount Rainier National Park
National Weather Service Seattle WA
350 PM PST Sat Mar 8 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PST on March 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (206) 526-6095, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions on Mount Rainier near the 9600 foot
elevation level will gradually deteriorate overnight as a weather
system moves into the region. Very strong winds are expected in the
upper elevations of the mountain. Snow will develop Sunday morning
and increase through the afternoon with blizzard-like conditions
expected in strong winds and moderate to heavy snow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 30.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 75 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......8.3.
Visibility..........10.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 18.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 80 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......8.4 decreasing to 2.9 overnight.
Visibility..........7.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Snow likely in
                    the morning, then snow in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 26.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 80 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.53 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......1.6 decreasing to 0.6 in the afternoon.
Visibility..........4 decreasing to 0.04 in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...Guy
Requested by...Jillian McKenna
Type of request...SAR
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.DELDT 03/08/25
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.EMAIL jillian_mckenna@nps.gov