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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
414 AM PDT Mon Sep 23 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Upper level ridge building over the park Monday.
Ridge continuing to build Monday night before shifting east
Tuesday. With the ridge well to the east door open for front to
arrive Wednesday with another frontal system Thursday into Friday.
Drying trend this weekend.

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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 night and Wednesday. 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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.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Freezing level near 16000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 16000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 16000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Slight chance of rain and snow in the morning,
rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow level near 10000 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Mon    Mon    Tue    Tue    Wed
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     37     35     37     26     17
                     NW 30   W 25  SW 35  SW 60  SW 80

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     46     51     49     44     32
                     NW 35   W 15  SW 20  SW 40  SW 45

Paradise  (5420 FT)     60     55     70     50     50
                      W  5   N  5  SE  5   S  5  SW 10

Longmire  (2760 FT)     67     59     79     56     59
                      W  5   Calm  SE  5   S  5  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...

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers, a chance of thunderstorms
in the evening. Snow level near 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 7000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening with rain and snow likely after midnight. Snow level
near 10000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the morning,
then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 12500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 12000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 9500 feet.

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