Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Issued by NWS Seattle/Tacoma, WA
127 SXUS46 KSEW 282307 RECSEW Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast National Weather Service Seattle WA 407 PM PDT Sun Apr 28 2024 .SYNOPSIS...Unsettled, cool weather continues with a series of frontal systems crossing the region through the middle of the week. A brief warming and drying is expected midweek before conditions turn unsettled again late week. && .IMPACTS...Stormy weather will create difficult backcountry skiing and mountaineering conditions across much of the alpine terrain of Mt. Rainier, including the Muir snowfield. Blizzard- like conditions with strong winds and near zero visibility are likely. A high level of skill and experience in alpine terrain, including use of GPS, is recommended for navigation and camping in these conditions. && ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... .SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Snow accumulation near Paradise of 3 to 8 inches. Snow level near 4000 feet decreasing to 3000 feet after midnight. .MONDAY...Snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Snow accumulation near Paradise of 2 to 6 inches. Snow level near 2500 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Patchy fog in the evening. Showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers after midnight. Snow accumulation near Paradise of 2 to 7 inches. Snow level near 2500 feet. .TUESDAY...Showers in the morning, then showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Moderate snow accumulations. Snow level near 3000 feet. && Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations. Sun Mon Mon Tue Night Night Summit (14411 FT) -6 -14 -11 -11 SW 55 W 40 W 30 NW 20 Camp Muir(10188 FT) 8 5 6 8 W 35 W 30 W 25 NW 15 Paradise (5420 FT) 22 29 21 33 W 20 W 15 W 15 W 5 Longmire (2760 FT) 32 38 30 40 W 10 W 10 W 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... .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Snow level near 3500 feet. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near 4000 feet in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Snow level near 4500 feet. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Snow level near 4000 feet increasing to 5000 feet in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow level near 5500 feet. .FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near 5500 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow level near 6500 feet. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level near 6000 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Snow level near 6000 feet. .SUNDAY...Showers likely. Snow level near 5000 feet. $$ www.weather.gov/seattle