Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 060936
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT SUN SEP 6 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 85 80 30 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 39 38 41 42 43 38 37 36 36 37 47 53 54 46 42 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 35 55 41
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W NW NW N N N N N NW E N SE N
WIND (MPH) 12 10 11 13 12 10 8 9 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 70 70 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.15 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) 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.8 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.6 7.4 8.1 8.9 9.5 10.2 9.9 9.2 8.9 8.9
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 80 80 35 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 40 40 44 44 45 38 36 35 34 38 50 56 55 45 43 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 33 58 40
WIND DIR S S SW W NW NW N N N N NE N NW N NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 9 8 9 10 11 9 6 4 3 4 4 6 6 4 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 70 70 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.17 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) 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.8 8.6 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.9 8.7 9.3 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.9 8.9
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 80 80 30 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 39 38 40 42 43 38 37 36 35 36 46 52 54 46 42 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 35 55 41
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W NW NW N N N N N NW E N SE NW
WIND (MPH) 12 11 11 13 11 9 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 70 70 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.14 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) 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.6 7.4 8.0 8.9 9.5 10.2 9.9 9.2 8.9 8.9
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 85 85 40 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 32 32 33 33 33 28 26 26 27 30 38 42 43 37 34 34 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 26 43 33
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW N NW NW S NW SW W
WIND (MPH) 23 20 20 18 18 17 12 14 12 11 11 11 10 8 8 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 50 44 41 39 37 31 37 32 29 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 80 70 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.8 8.4 8.5 8.8 8.6 8.4 7.8 7.5 7.3 8.1 9.0 9.6 10.2 9.9 9.2 8.9 8.8
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV BK FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 80 85 55 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 40 40 41 43 44 40 37 36 36 37 47 54 56 48 43 43 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 35 56 42
WIND DIR W NW SW W NW NW NW N N NE NE SE NW NW N N E
WIND (MPH) 12 11 10 9 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 5 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 70 70 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.23 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) 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.8 8.6 9.3 10.2 9.9 9.2 8.9 8.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK BK SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 60 70 65 40 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 47 47 52 53 53 46 44 43 43 44 57 63 63 51 49 48 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 42 65 47
WIND DIR S SE S N N NW NW NE W NW E NE NE N N N N
WIND (MPH) 4 3 6 5 11 8 5 4 3 2 4 4 5 4 5 4 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 50 50 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06 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 8.4 8.4 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.7 8.1 9.0 9.9 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.9
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 70 70 70 40 25 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20
TEMPERATURE 43 44 45 47 47 40 40 39 38 41 49 56 57 48 45 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 37 57 42
WIND DIR N N SW W N N N N N N NE N N N N N NE
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 8 11 11 9 6 5 3 5 5 6 2 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 60 60 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.07 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 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.5 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.7 8.5 9.2 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.8
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 75 80 90 70 70 55 40 35 5 0 10 15 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 37 37 40 42 43 40 38 36 34 36 48 53 55 48 42 40 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 33 55 38
WIND DIR SE SE W W W W W NW NE E NW W W NW N E E
WIND (MPH) 10 5 4 10 9 8 6 6 6 5 3 3 8 4 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 60 70 60 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.12 0.01 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 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.3 8.8 8.3 8.3 8.3
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 75 80 90 55 50 35 25 25 5 0 15 15 5 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 36 36 39 41 42 39 37 35 33 35 46 53 55 47 41 39 37
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 32 55 37
WIND DIR SE SE SW W W W W NW N NE E SW W NW N E E
WIND (MPH) 11 6 5 11 11 9 8 6 6 5 3 2 8 4 4 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 60 70 60 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.13 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 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.4 9.0 9.5 9.0 8.3 8.2 8.3
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 85 80 70 35 20 20 15 10 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 43 41 42 46 47 44 41 39 37 38 49 56 58 51 46 43 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 36 58 41
WIND DIR SW W W NW NW W W SE E E E NE NW NW N NE E
WIND (MPH) 3 5 9 10 9 4 3 2 4 5 4 3 6 4 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 60 70 40 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R T
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.06 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 8.2 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.8 9.3 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 75 85 50 55 50 35 35 10 0 5 5 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 40 38 39 41 42 40 38 38 36 37 47 52 53 45 41 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 36 53 40
WIND DIR SE SE W W NW NW W SW E E N W NW NW NE E E
WIND (MPH) 10 6 6 6 8 6 5 6 8 5 3 3 8 4 9 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 60 60 30 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.13 0.02 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 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.5 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.3
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV BK OV OV SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 75 90 60 75 70 50 50 15 5 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 39 38 40 40 42 40 39 39 36 37 47 52 53 46 41 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 36 53 40
WIND DIR E SE W W W NW W S E E NW W W NW NE E E
WIND (MPH) 10 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 8 5 3 4 9 4 9 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 60 60 30 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.17 0.02 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 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.3
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV SC FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 75 70 40 25 30 15 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 43 41 41 42 43 40 40 39 38 40 45 51 53 46 44 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 38 53 43
WIND DIR NW E NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE E N N N N E E
WIND (MPH) 9 8 6 11 11 10 5 6 6 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 50 60 40 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R T
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.11 0.01 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 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.2 8.6 8.7 8.4 8.7 8.8 8.8
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN