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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
300 AM PST Wed Jan 8 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Light showers will linger over the Park this morning
with breezy winds near the summit. Conditions will briefly dry
out mid- week under high pressure with rounds of morning fog and
low stratus. The next round of precipitation and breezy winds
will arrive on Friday as a trough moves through the Pacific
Northwest, with showers favored to continue through the weekend
under moist northwest flow. Drier conditions are forecast to
return by early next week as high pressure rebuilds.

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.IMPACTS...Strong winds in alpine regions on the mountain,
including the Muir snowfield, 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.

&&

.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Freezing level near 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 7500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 7500 feet
increasing to 10000 feet in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow level
near 5500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow. Moderate snow accumulations. Snow level
near 4500 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Wed    Wed    Thu    Thu    Fri
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     13     14     18     18      3
                     NW 65  NW 40  NW 35   W 45   W 65

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     28     29     32     33     17
                     NW 35   N 20  NW 15   W 30   W 40

Paradise  (5420 FT)     37     29     41     29     33
                     NW 15   N 15   E  5   W 15   W 30

Longmire  (2760 FT)     44     33     47     36     40
                      W  5  NE  5   E  5  NE  5  NW 10

++ 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...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow after
midnight. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 2500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 2500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Snow level near 2500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 3000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 5000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 8500 feet.

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