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Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
416 AM PDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Upper level ridge offshore Wednesday with dry
northerly flow aloft. Dry upper level trough moving down the
backside of the ridge over Western Washington Wednesday night
into Thursday night. Weak upper level ridge building over the park
Friday with low level offshore flow. Ridge dissipates Friday night
with a weakening front arriving Saturday afternoon and evening.
Trailing upper level trough moving through Saturday night into
Sunday morning. Upper level ridge building offshore Sunday night
moving over the park Monday. The ridge will weaken Tuesday.

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.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming sunny.
Freezing level near 3500 feet increasing to 5500 feet in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 5000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 5500 feet
increasing to 6500 feet in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 6000 feet
decreasing to 5000 feet after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Breezy, sunny. Freezing level near 5000 feet increasing
to 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)     -9     -5     -1      4      7
                      N 15  NW 20  NW 25  NW 30  NW 25

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     10     12     12     15     18
                     NE 10   E  5   E  5  NE 10   E 10

Paradise  (5420 FT)     39     25     42     28     44
                      N  5  NE  5   E 10   E 10   E 15

Longmire  (2760 FT)     47     34     52     36     54
                     NW  5  NE  5   E  5   E 10   E 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 clear. Freezing level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow level near
5000 feet in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Snow level near 5000 feet decreasing to 4000 feet after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning, then
a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near
3500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 5000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 7500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 8500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level
near 5000 feet.

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