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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
349 AM PDT Tue Jun 11 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Upper level trough moving through the park Tuesday.
Zonal flow aloft Tuesday night into Wednesday with a weak ridge
of high pressure building Wednesday night into Thursday. Cool
upper level low moving southeast out of the Gulf of Alaska late in
the week. System spinning out of the low moving through Friday
with the low overhead for the weekend. The low will move southeast
Monday.

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.IMPACTS...Strong winds at and above 10,000 feet will make it
difficult to move safely and could produce local whiteout
conditions Tuesday and Tuesday night. A high level of skill and
experience in alpine terrain, including use of GPS, is recommended
for navigation and camping in these conditions.

Strong winds near the summit will make it difficult to move
safely and could produce local whiteout conditions Wednesday and
Wednesday night. 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...Sunny then becoming mostly cloudy in the late morning
and early afternoon then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance
of showers in the late morning and early afternoon. No snow
accumulation near Paradise. Snow level near 9500 feet decreasing
to 7500 feet in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 8500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 9000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 12000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 12000 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Tue    Tue    Wed    Wed    Thu
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     18     20     19     21     20
                      W 80   W 70   W 45   W 40  SW 35

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     30     30     32     37     37
                      W 50   W 40   W 20   W 20   S 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     48     31     51     34     57
                      W 15  NW 10  NW 10   N  5   W  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     57     38     59     39     66
                      W 10  SW  5   W  5   N  5  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...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Increasing clouds. A chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level near 6000 feet in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow
level near 6000 feet decreasing to 5000 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Showers. Snow level near 5000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the
evening, then isolated showers after midnight. Snow level near
5000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level near
5000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow
level near 6000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level near
6000 feet.

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