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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHAKEDOWN SAR...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
836 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0818 PST ON JANUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARM AND WET FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE
INCREASING SNOWFALL AND WIND FOR MOUNT RAINIER PARK THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE AND WINDS INCREASE THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...OCCASIONAL SNOW WITH THE SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4500 FEET EXCEPT LOCAL
FREEZING RAIN ON THE LOWER SLOPES WHERE COLD AIR REMAINS TRAPPED.
THE TEMPERATURE AT CAMP MUIR WILL WARM FROM THE MID TEENS TO THE LOWER
20S LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE TEMPERATURE AT PARADISE REMAINS NEAR
FREEZING. SNOWFALL 2 TO 4 INCHES. WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH
AT PARADISE...BUT EASTERLY 10 TO 20 MPH AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. WINDS
AT CAMP MUIR WILL BE AROUND SOUTHWEST 40 MPH RISING TO 70 MPH BY MID
AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND WINDY. THE TEMPERATURE AT
CAMP MUIR WILL BE NEAR 20 DEGREES WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS RISING TO 85 MPH.
AT PARADISE THE WIND WILL RISE TO SOUTHWEST 35 MPH WITH TEMPS NEAR
FREEZING.

THE FORECAST SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL
FORECAST.


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FORECASTER...MCFARLAND  CALL ME AT 206-526-6083 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
TODAY.

REQUESTED BY...DAN VAN DER ELST
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120120.SHAKE.01/SEW