: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , June 12, 2013 Rainier's Shadow Mount Rainier is perhaps the most famous landmark in our state . and it can cast the most amazing shadows . nbsp This morning with a relatively uniform cloud deck that topped out around 6500 ft , the mountain's shadow was quite evident . For example , the 5:30 AM visible satellite image clearly showed Rainier's shadow and that of Mt . . Adam And during the next hour or so , it quickly . shortened And , of course , if there is a higher level cloud deck the shadow can appear on the bottom side of the clouds , as illustrated by the next two . pictures Chuck Graham captured the upper photo from nearby Roy , . Wash If aliens arrived at our