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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
413 AM PDT Thu May 23 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Weak high pressure will build in aloft for drier and
somewhat warmer conditions at Mount Rainier National Park Thursday.
Cooler and unsettled conditions will return Friday and will persist
into the weekend as the next system moves across the region. Upper
level ridging then looks to build into the interior West early next
week, however troughing over the northeastern Pacific will continue
and could bring additional chances of precipitation to the park at
times.

&&

.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 7000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Freezing level near 8000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level near
6000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Snow
level near 6500 feet decreasing to 5500 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow level
near 5000 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Thu    Thu    Fri    Fri    Sat
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)      9     10      8      5      7
                     NW 10   W 15   W 15  SE 10   N 20

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     25     26     23     20     20
                     NW  5   W 10   W 10   W  5  NW 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     44     32     44     31     37
                      W  5   W  5   W  5   W  5   W 10

Longmire  (2760 FT)     53     40     53     40     46
                     SW  5  SW  5   W  5   W  5   W  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...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Snow level near 5000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Snow
level near 4500 feet increasing to 6000 feet in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 9000 feet.
.MEMORIAL DAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level
near 7500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow
level near 6500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level
near 5500 feet.

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