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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
421 AM PDT Wed Mar 12 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Light rain and high elevation snow will persist today
as a cold front slowly moves onshore Wednesday night across Mount
Rainier National Park. Showers will persist into Thursday with
lowering snow levels and a chance for isolated thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Additional systems will move through Friday and
through the weekend which may bring more significant rainfall and
heavy high-elevation snow.

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.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely in the morning, then showers in the
late morning and early afternoon. A chance of showers late in the
afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times late in the morning. Snow
accumulation near Paradise of 3 to 7 inches. Snow level near
4000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then showers after midnight. Snow accumulation near
Paradise of 3 to 5 inches. Snow level near 4000 feet decreasing
to 3000 feet after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Snow showers in the morning, then snow showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow may be
heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow accumulation near Paradise
of 2 to 7 inches. Snow level near 1500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Snow showers in the evening, then snow showers
likely after midnight. Light snow accumulations.
.FRIDAY...Snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow in the
afternoon. Moderate snow accumulations. Snow level near 2000 feet
in the afternoon.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Wed    Wed    Thu    Thu    Fri
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     -1      0    -14    -17     -7
                     SW 35  SW 25  SW 35   W 30  SW 30

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     15     14      4      3      8
                     SW 15   S 15   W 35   W 25  SW 10

Paradise  (5420 FT)     34     21     27     18     30
                     SW  5   W  5   W 10  SW  5  SE 15

Longmire  (2760 FT)     42     28     34     24     37
                     SE  5  NW  5   W  5  SW  5  SE  5

++ 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...

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
level near 2500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at
times. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Breezy. Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
level near 3500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow
likely after midnight. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow
in the afternoon. Snow level near 2500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow in the evening,
then mostly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Snow
level near 2500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the afternoon.
Snow level near 2000 feet.

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