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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
253 PM PST Tue Dec 2 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Weak warm front will brush the northwest corner
Wednesday. Another system moving over the top of an offshore ridge
moving through Thursday, with strong winds near the summit. A
series of stronger and wetter systems will take aim at Western
Washington beginning Friday and continuing through the middle of
next week.

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.IMPACTS...Strong winds near the summit 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.

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.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy until early morning then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog late in the night. Freezing level
near 4000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog in the morning. A
slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow level near
4000 feet. Freezing level near 4000 feet in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and
snow after midnight. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and
snow in the afternoon. Light snow accumulations. Snow level near
5500 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Tue    Wed    Wed    Thu
                     Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)      6     12     14     14
                      N 35  NW 30  NW 40  NW 50

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     23     23     26     26
                      N 15  NW 20  NW 35  NW 35

Paradise  (5420 FT)     24     32     27     34
                     NW  5   Calm   W  5   W  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     30     40     33     40
                      Calm   Calm   Calm  SW  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...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 7000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 5000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 5000 feet.
.SUNDAY 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 4500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
afternoon. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 6500 feet.

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