Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
332 PM PDT Sat Jul 18 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
Weak troughing aloft is moving toward the northeast, allowing
high pressure to resume for the first half of the week. This
will lead to much above normal temperatures and widespread areas
of Moderate to locally Major HeatRisk levels. A pattern change
is possible Thursday into Friday, with the potential for another
round of monsoonal moisture and possible thunderstorms reaching
the area.

&&

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Sat    Sun    Sun    Mon
                     Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     28     28     30     28
                      W 20   W 25  SW 20  SW 15

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     46     46     50     49
                     NW 15  SW 15  SW 10  SW 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     44     69     54     75
                     NW  5  SW  5   N  5   S  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     48     80     56     88
                      N  5   W  5   Calm   S  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...

.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 12000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 13000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 13500 feet.

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