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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHRUND SAR...MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
517 AM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0445 PDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SEATTLE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE STATE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEND CLOUDS AND SHOWERS INTO THE MOUNT RAINIER
NATIONAL PARK AREA TODAY. THE AIR MASS WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE.

CURRENTLY...THE AREA IS IN A RELATIVE LULL IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER...SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY...BECOMING
WIDESPREAD BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE HOURS...LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL LIKELY KEEP MOUNT
RAINIER MOSTLY OBSCURED THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST PARTS OF THE
MOUNTAIN MAY BE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT TIMES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
THIS MORNING BUT THAT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.

THE BEST WEATHER WINDOW TODAY WILL BE UNTIL 7 OR 8 AM WITH
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AFTER THAT.

IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS THREAT LOOKS PRETTY LOW
BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT.

EMMONS GLACIER - 11000 FEET
.THIS MORNING (6 AM-NOON)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL AROUND
                    7 AM THEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
                    WIDESPREAD.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.10 INCHES.

.THIS AFTERNOON (NOON-6 PM)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES. AN
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
LAL.................2.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.25 INCHES.


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FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER
REQUESTED BY...UWE NEHRING
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120623.SCHRU.01/SEW