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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
300 PM PDT Thu Sep 4 2025

.SYNOPSIS...Dry conditions continue Thursday, with hazy conditions
due to smoke from nearby wildfires. The pattern changes Friday
through next week as an upper level low moves just offshore of
Washington. A couple disturbances with this low will produce
showers in and near the park from Friday into next week. There is
also a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms Friday through Monday
with activity that does develop. Temperatures will become cooler
this weekend into next week.

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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of thunderstorms
and showers in the evening. Haze. Snow level near 12500 feet.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Haze in the morning. A slight chance of showers
in the afternoon. Snow level near 12500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, a slight
chance of thunderstorms and a chance of snow showers. Snow level
near 12500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of thunderstorms and showers in the afternoon. Snow
level near 11500 feet.

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Thu    Fri    Fri    Sat
                     Night         Night

Summit   (14411 FT)     27     25     25     23
                      S 15   S 15  SE 15   S 25

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     50     49     49     45
                      S 15  SE 10  SE 10   S 15

Paradise  (5420 FT)     61     74     59     68
                      N  5  NW  5   Calm  SW  5

Longmire  (2760 FT)     64     83     63     76
                      Calm   S  5   Calm   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...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely, a chance of
thunderstorms and showers likely in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Snow level near
11500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Snow
level near 11000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, a slight
chance of thunderstorms and a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow
level near 10500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Snow
level near 10000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers, snow showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Snow level near 9500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Snow
level near 9500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Snow level near 9500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon.
Snow level near 9500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the evening,
then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow level near
9500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level
near 9500 feet.

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