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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
241 AM PDT Fri May 3 2024

.SYNOPSIS...A pattern change is on track for today, in which warm
and dry conditions will transition to a cooler and wetter pattern
as a deep trough digs into the region. Precipitation and below-
normal temperatures will continue into mid-week next week before
a potential return to drier and warmer weather.

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.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy until late afternoon, then a slight
chance of rain and snow late in the afternoon. No snow
accumulation near Paradise. Snow level near 5000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then cloudy with rain and snow after midnight.
Little or no snow accumulation near Paradise. Snow level near
6500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Little or no snow accumulation near
Paradise. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and
snow likely after midnight. Light snow accumulations. Snow level
near 5000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow
in the afternoon. Light snow accumulations. Snow level near
5000 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Fri    Fri    Sat    Sat    Sun
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)      8     11      9     11     11
                     SW 20   S 35  SE 30   E 20  NW 20

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     21     24     23     25     22
                      S 15  SE 35  SE 35  NE 20  NW 30

Paradise  (5420 FT)     46     34     38     29     34
                      E 10   E 10   N 15   W 10   W 10

Longmire  (2760 FT)     56     44     45     37     41
                      E 10   E 10   E 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...

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level near 4000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers, snow showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain and snow likely after
midnight. Snow level near 3500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and
snow in the afternoon. Snow level near 3000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening. Snow level near 3500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 3500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and
snow in the evening. Snow level near 4500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 8000 feet.

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