Recreational Report
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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
245 PM PST Tue Nov 18 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Showers give way to mostly dry and clearing conditions tonight to
Mount Rainier National Park. Cool temperatures Wednesday morning
with areas of fog. Increasing easterly gap winds during the day
Thursday. A weak front moves in Wednesday night, but splits as it
does so, bringing light precipitation. Additional systems reach
the area Friday and into this weekend, with the potential for more
substantial rain and snow Sunday into early next week. A cooling
trend looks to start next week.

&&

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Freezing level near 4000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 4500 feet increasing to
6500 feet in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and
snow in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after
midnight. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 5500 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Tue    Wed    Wed    Thu
                     Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)      7     16      8      6
                      N 20  SW 10  SW 30   S 20

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     20     26     19     16
                      N 10   S 15  SW 20   W 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     24     37     29     37
                     NE  5  NE 10   N 10  SW  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     31     47     36     45
                     NE  5   E 15  NE 10  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...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 5500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow
level near 5500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near
6000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow
in the afternoon. Snow level near 5500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then rain
and snow after midnight. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 4000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of snow in the morning, then a
chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow level near
2000 feet.

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