Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 032301
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 10 15 20 20 30 20 5 10 35 15 10 10 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 41 38 37 37 37 37 42 44 44 39 38 38 37 36 43 47 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 46 35 48
WIND DIR N N N N N N N NW N NW N N NE NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 8 8 10 10 11 11 11 6 6 8 10 11 13 12 8 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.3 7.0 7.5 8.7 9.1 9.0 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.6 7.7 7.9
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 15 20 20 15 20 5 10 30 15 15 10 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 42 36 34 32 31 32 43 46 45 35 34 33 31 33 45 49 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 48 31 51
WIND DIR NW N NW N N N N NW NW N N NE NE NE E NE NE
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 10 10 8 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.5 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.0 7.5 8.7 9.1 8.8 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.2 7.1 7.5 7.7 8.0
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 10 15 15 15 35 20 5 10 30 15 10 10 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 41 37 37 37 37 37 40 43 44 39 38 38 37 36 41 46 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 46 36 48
WIND DIR N N N N N N N NW N NW N N NE NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 8 8 10 10 11 11 11 6 6 8 10 11 13 12 8 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.4 7.1 7.5 8.6 9.1 9.0 8.4 8.0 7.6 7.2 7.1 7.6 7.7 7.9
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 20 15 15 20 20 20 5 15 35 15 10 10 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 31 28 27 28 27 29 33 34 33 28 28 28 27 26 32 34 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 35 26 35
WIND DIR N N N N N N N N N N N NW NE E E E NE
WIND (MPH) 13 14 14 21 21 21 20 14 13 13 13 12 12 13 10 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.6 8.1 7.7 7.2 7.0 7.5 8.8 9.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.9 7.7 7.7 7.9
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 15 15 20 15 15 5 15 30 20 10 15 5 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 41 39 36 36 35 35 40 46 45 40 38 37 34 34 41 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 46 34 49
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N N N NE NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.9 7.0 8.1 8.8 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 10 10 15 10 10 5 0 20 15 10 10 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 51 45 43 41 42 43 48 54 54 46 45 43 42 45 52 57 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 56 42 59
WIND DIR N NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.3 6.9 7.2 8.5 9.0 8.6 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.7 8.0
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 30 20 25 30 30 5 5 45 25 25 20 15 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 43 39 38 37 37 39 42 46 46 39 38 37 37 41 45 52 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 47 35 53
WIND DIR N N N N N N N N N N N N NE NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 6 8 6 8 8 9 9 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.2 8.0 7.6 7.2 7.0 7.2 8.7 8.9 8.6 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.7 8.0
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC BK FW FW BK OV BK BK SC BK SC SC SC SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 20 20 55 75 60 55 40 50 25 30 40 30 10 0 0
TEMPERATURE 44 40 36 34 35 36 40 44 44 40 37 36 35 33 40 46 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 45 33 48
WIND DIR NW NW NW W NW W W NW NW N NE E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 6 5 9 11 12 16 13 11 11 9 5 6 8 10 10 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 10 30 30 20 20 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.0 7.6 6.9 7.0 7.1 8.3 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.3
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC FW FW SC BK BK BK SC SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 40 15 20 40 70 55 55 30 45 20 30 40 30 10 0 0
TEMPERATURE 44 39 35 34 33 34 39 43 43 40 35 35 33 32 38 45 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 44 32 47
WIND DIR NW NW NW W NW W W NW NW NW NE NE NE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 8 5 8 11 12 16 13 10 11 9 5 6 8 9 9 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 10 20 20 10 10 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.1 7.6 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.3 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.3
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 50 30 30 35 40 40 35 35 40 25 20 20 10 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 45 42 39 36 35 35 42 47 47 43 40 37 35 33 43 51 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 49 33 53
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 8 8 6 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.1 7.7 7.3 6.9 7.0 7.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.6
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK SC FW SC FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 70 45 40 65 65 50 55 60 60 30 25 30 20 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 42 39 36 36 36 36 38 40 41 39 37 36 35 35 40 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 42 35 48
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W NW NW N NE E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 6 8 9 11 12 16 13 10 12 9 5 6 8 9 8 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 20 20 40 40 30 30 10 10 10 10 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.0 7.5 7.1 7.0 7.1 8.1 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.4
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC OV SC SC OV OV BK BK BK BK SC FW SC FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 75 50 45 75 75 55 55 65 70 35 25 35 25 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 43 40 36 35 36 36 38 40 41 39 36 36 34 35 40 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 41 34 47
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W NW W N E E E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 6 8 9 11 13 17 13 11 12 9 5 5 6 9 8 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 20 20 40 40 30 30 10 10 10 10 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.9 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.2 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.3
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 10/04/25 SUNDAY 10/05/25
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK SC SC BK SC FW FW BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 50 40 40 60 35 25 25 55 35 30 20 15 5 5 0
TEMPERATURE 41 39 38 38 38 38 41 44 43 39 39 38 38 38 44 48 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 44 37 50
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW N NW N N N N NE E E E E E
WIND (MPH) 6 5 8 10 11 13 13 9 8 9 5 5 5 9 6 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.8 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.7
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN