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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
319 AM PDT Sat May 24 2025

.SYNOPSIS...A building upper ridge will lead to warmer and
dry conditions on Saturday. A weak front will produce a few
showers and cooler temperatures on Memorial Day before upper
ridging brings a return to drier conditions and warming
temperatures into the middle portion of next week.

&&

.IMPACTS...Strong winds in alpine regions on the mountain,
including the Muir snowfield, will make it difficult to move
safely and could produce local whiteout conditions. A high level
of skill and experience in alpine terrain, including use of GPS,
is recommended for navigation and camping in these conditions.

&&

.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely after midnight.
Snow level near 8000 feet.
.MEMORIAL DAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning,
then partly sunny with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow
level near 6500 feet.

&&

Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Sat    Sat    Sun    Sun    Mon
                            Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     20     19     17     13     13
                     SW 25  SW 45   S 55   S 70  SW 35

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     34     36     35     28     23
                      S 10   S 25   S 25  SW 20   W 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     60     46     58     39     46
                      W  5  NW  5  SW  5   W 10   W 15

Longmire  (2760 FT)     72     48     69     45     57
                     SW  5  NE  5   W  5  SW  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...

.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 9500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Snow level
near 9500 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Snow level near 8000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 13500 feet.

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