MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
404 AM PST FRI NOV 20 2009
.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST
TODAY ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO FILTER INTO WASHINGTON AND THE
PRECIPITATION TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
PASS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE SATURDAY FOR MORE RAIN...SNOW
AND SOUTHERLY BREEZES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER...WEAKER
FRONT MONDAY. FOR TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE LARGER BREAKS
BETWEEN PASSING FRONTS THAT WILL BE WEAKER WITH LESS PRECIPITATION.
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM PST SATURDAY...
.TODAY...SNOW AND RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 5000 FEET DROPPING TO 3000 FEET LATE.
.TONIGHT...SHOWERS...TAPERING OFF LATE. SNOW LEVEL DROPPING TO 2000
FEET.
.SATURDAY...SNOW AND RAIN DEVELOPING. SNOW LEVEL 1500 FEET.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS...BREEZY. SNOW LEVEL 2500 FEET.
.SUNDAY...SHOWERS LIKELY. SNOW LEVEL 2000 FEET.
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TEMPERATURE AND WIND FORECASTS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS.
FRI FRI SAT SAT SUN
NIGHT NIGHT
SUMMIT (14411 FT) -6 -13 -1 -5 -5
SW 42 W 45 W 50 W 54 W 52
CAMP MUIR(10188 FT) 19 4 12 12 6
SW 30 W 34 SW 34 W 38 W 38
PARADISE (5420 FT) 34 21 25 23 28
SW 11 W 11 SW 7 SW 14 W 8
LONGMIRE (2700 FT) 38 30 32 30 34
CALM CALM CALM 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...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW AND RAIN IN THE
EVENING...THEN SNOW AND RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL
2000 FEET.
.MONDAY...SNOW AND RAIN. SNOW LEVEL 4000 FEET.
.MONDAY NIGHT...RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY. SNOW LEVEL 6500 FEET.
.TUESDAY...RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY. SNOW LEVEL 6500 FEET.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
SNOW LEVEL 5500 FEET.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY...RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY. SNOW
LEVEL 6500 FEET.
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CERNIGLIA
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE