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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
518 AM PDT Mon Jun 16 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Dry conditions will continue across Mount Rainier
National Park today. Shower chances will increase across the park
Tuesday night into Wednesday as a system moves across the area.
Strong winds are expected near the summit of the mountain on
Wednesday. A cooler system moving into the region Friday into the
weekend will bring additional shower chances and will bring snow
levels down to 5000-6000 ft by the weekend.

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.IMPACTS...Strong winds near the summit will make it difficult to
move safely and could produce local whiteout conditions on
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...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Snow level near 8500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely in the morning, then a
chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near 7000 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Mon    Mon    Tue    Tue    Wed
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     15     20     19     20     18
                     SW 20   W 15   W 25   W 35   W 40

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     34     35     35     34     32
                     SW 10   W 10   W 10   W 20   W 25

Paradise  (5420 FT)     56     38     55     42     50
                      W 10  NW  5   W 10   W 10   W 15

Longmire  (2760 FT)     68     41     68     47     62
                      W 10  SW  5  SW  5  NW  5   W  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...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Snow
level near 5500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers in the evening, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Snow level
near 5500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Showers likely in the morning, then showers in the
afternoon. Snow level near 5500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow level near
7000 feet.

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