Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
311 AM PDT Sat Aug 15 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
Thunderstorm potential will continue along the Cascades
on Saturday, but will wane throughout the weekend as an upper
level ridge starts to builds into the area from the southeast.
Another upper level trough will move into the region early next
week. Uncertainty then increases in the forecast heading into
midweek as guidance remains split between a warmer, drier pattern
and a cooler, wetter one.

&&

.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy smoke through the day. A chance
of showers, a slight chance of thunderstorms and a chance of snow
showers early in the afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms and
showers late in the afternoon. Snow level near 11000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms
and showers in the evening. Patchy fog in the evening. No snow
accumulation near Paradise. Snow level near 10500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Freezing level near 13000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 13500 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Sat    Sat    Sun    Sun    Mon
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     19     22     22     23     23
                      S 25  SW 25  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     38     39     41     44     44
                      S 15   S 15   S 15  SW 10  SW 10

Paradise  (5420 FT)     63     50     64     50     66
                      Calm   Calm  SW  5   Calm   W  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     75     53     76     52     78
                     SW  5   Calm   W  5   Calm  NW  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...

.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 13000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Snow level near 11000 feet.

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