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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
250 AM PST Sun Jan 19 2025

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure will dominate the weather into the
middle of this week, bringing dry conditions and cold overnight
temperatures. Overnight lows are expected to fall below freezing
over much of Western Washington tonight and into next week while
daytime highs will remain below normal.

&&

.IMPACTS...Strong winds near the summit Sunday night through
Tuesday will make it difficult to move safely and could produce
local whiteout conditions. A high level of skill and experience in
alpine terrain, including use of GPS, is recommended for
navigation and camping in these conditions.

&&

.SUNDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 2000 feet increasing to
3500 feet in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Freezing level near 2500 feet decreasing
to 1500 feet after midnight.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 1500 feet
increasing to 4500 feet in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 6000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 4500 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Sun    Sun    Mon    Mon    Tue
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     -2      4     10      7      5
                      N 35   N 55  NW 35   W 50  NW 50

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     15     20     30     25     24
                      N 15   N 20  NW 25   W 35  NW 35

Paradise  (5420 FT)     30     14     30     20     32
                     NE  5  NE 10   E 10   S  5   W  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     36     19     36     25     38
                      Calm   E  5   E  5   Calm   Calm

++ Temperatures and wind for the summit and Camp Muir are average
   conditions expected in the free air at those elevations.
++ Temperatures for Paradise and Longmire are the expected highs and
   lows. Wind is the average wind expected during that period.

.Extended Forecast...

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 6500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 3500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 3500 feet decreasing to 2500 feet after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow in the afternoon.

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