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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
319 AM PDT Wed Jun 12 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Zonal flow aloft Wednesday with a weak upper level
ridge over the park Wednesday night and Thursday. Cool upper
level low moving out of the Gulf of Alaska will be near the
northern portion of Vancouver Island Friday night. Front spinning
out of the low moving across Western Washington Friday. Low moving
over the area for a cool and unsettled weekend. The low will move
east Monday. Upper level trough over Western Washington Tuesday.

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.IMPACTS...Strong winds near the summit will make it difficult to
move safely and could produce local whiteout conditions Wednesday
through Friday. 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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.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 9500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 12000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near 6000 feet in
the afternoon.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Wed    Wed    Thu    Thu    Fri
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     19     21     18     13     10
                      W 50   W 40  SW 40  SW 50   W 70

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     31     36     36     29     20
                      W 20   W 20  SW 15  SW 30   W 35

Paradise  (5420 FT)     50     34     56     31     45
                      W 10   N  5   W  5   W 10   W 15

Longmire  (2760 FT)     59     39     64     39     54
                      W  5   N  5   W  5  SW  5   W 10

++ 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...

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow
level near 6500 feet decreasing to 5500 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Snow level near 4500
feet.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers.
Snow level near 6500 feet.

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