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Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
255 PM PDT Tue May 19 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure aloft will begin to rebuild across Western
Washington on Wednesday and remain in place into Friday for a
return to some sunshine and warmer temperatures. The ridge will
weaken over the upcoming holiday weekend for a cooling trend and
a chance of rain by Memorial Day.

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.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow in the late
evening and early morning. Snow level near 7000 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 9500 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10000 feet. 

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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.

                       Tue    Wed    Wed    Thu  
                     Night         Night        

Summit   (14411 FT)     14     17     20     17
                     NW 25  NW 35   N 30  NW 25 

Camp Muir(10188 FT)     30     30     34     32
                      N 15   N  5  NE 10  SW  5 

Paradise  (5420 FT)     38     52     39     59
                     NW  5  SW  5   N  5   W  5 

Longmire  (2760 FT)     41     62     42     70
                      W  5   W  5   Calm   Calm 

++ 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...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 10500 feet. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11500 feet. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 11500 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11500 feet. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 7000 feet. 
.MEMORIAL DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely in the
afternoon. Snow level near 5500 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 5500 feet. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow. 
Snow level near 5000 feet increasing to 6000 feet in the 
afternoon. 

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