Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 021101
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT TUE SEP 2 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL FW SC BK OV OV BK BK SC CL SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 45 65 75 75 50 50 25 5 25 30 35 30 25 15 15
TEMPERATURE 59 60 67 68 69 62 60 59 59 60 66 69 68 62 60 59 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 70 57 70 58
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE S SE S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 14 12 11 11 14 17 11 11 9 8 9 11 10 12 10 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 30 30 20 20 5 5 20 20 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T
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) 11.8 11.8 12.4 13.0 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.4 12.5 12.1 12.1 12.5 12.2 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.6
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL FW SC BK OV OV BK BK SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 35 60 70 75 50 50 25 5 20 25 35 30 25 15 15
TEMPERATURE 54 58 72 73 70 59 57 55 53 57 71 72 70 58 56 54 52
MAX/MIN TEMP 74 52 73 52
WIND DIR E E SE S S SE S E NE E SE S S S S SE E
WIND (MPH) 11 10 8 10 11 12 8 9 6 6 6 11 8 10 8 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 30 30 20 20 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T
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) 11.8 11.8 12.4 12.9 13.1 12.8 12.5 12.4 12.5 12.0 11.9 12.4 12.1 12.2 12.8 12.7 12.6
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL FW SC BK OV OV BK BK SC CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 45 65 75 75 50 50 30 5 25 25 35 30 25 15 15
TEMPERATURE 59 60 66 67 68 61 60 59 59 60 65 68 68 62 60 59 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 69 57 69 58
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE S S S SE E SE SE S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 14 13 11 11 14 17 11 11 9 8 9 11 11 12 10 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 30 30 20 20 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T
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) 11.8 11.8 12.4 13.0 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.4 12.5 12.1 12.1 12.6 12.2 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.6
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL FW SC BK OV OV BK BK SC CL SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 45 60 75 70 50 50 30 5 30 30 35 30 25 10 15
TEMPERATURE 46 48 55 56 55 49 47 47 47 48 54 55 55 49 48 47 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 46 56 46
WIND DIR SW S S SE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 27 26 21 19 25 26 21 20 16 14 16 17 18 19 14 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 63 61 50 56 51 57 48 36 33 37 41 37 35 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 10 30 30 20 20 5 5 20 20 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T
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) 11.8 11.8 12.4 13.0 13.2 12.8 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.1 12.0 12.5 12.2 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.6
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 FW FW SC SC BK OV SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 30 50 70 85 50 50 25 5 35 35 35 35 25 15 20
TEMPERATURE 57 59 68 72 70 64 61 59 58 59 66 70 69 64 61 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 72 57 71 59
WIND DIR SE E SE S SW SW S SE NE NE SE S SW SW S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 11 10 9 10 13 9 8 6 8 8 11 9 9 8 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 10 30 30 20 20 5 5 20 20 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 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) 11.7 11.8 12.4 13.1 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.2 12.4 12.8 12.6 12.7 12.9 12.8 12.7
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 FW FW SC OV BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 50 75 65 65 40 40 25 10 5 25 30 30 20 10 20
TEMPERATURE 65 69 78 80 80 69 68 64 64 69 76 79 79 69 66 65 64
MAX/MIN TEMP 82 63 81 64
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SW SW S S SE NW SE S S SW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 8 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 9 5 4 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 0 0 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T 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) 11.8 11.8 12.4 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.4 12.2 12.2 11.9 11.6 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.6 12.5 12.5
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL FW SC BK BK OV SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 35 60 60 80 45 45 20 5 15 25 30 30 15 10 15
TEMPERATURE 60 66 71 74 74 65 64 61 59 67 71 74 74 65 62 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 58 74 58
WIND DIR E E SE SE S S S E E E SE S S SE S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 13 12 9 10 11 14 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T
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) 11.7 11.8 12.3 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.4 12.2 12.3 11.8 11.6 12.1 11.9 12.0 12.6 12.5 12.5
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 FW CL SC SC BK OV OV OV SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 50 50 55 75 85 85 45 35 50 50 50 50 25 25 25
TEMPERATURE 55 58 71 75 76 65 60 60 58 58 69 74 74 66 60 58 57
MAX/MIN TEMP 77 56 75 57
WIND DIR E E SE S SW NE E E E NE S S NW NE NE E E
WIND (MPH) 14 12 10 9 8 8 6 8 8 6 4 6 4 4 3 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 20 30 30 30 30 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.09 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) 11.6 11.7 11.9 12.7 13.2 13.1 12.9 12.6 12.4 12.2 12.1 12.5 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.5
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL CL SC SC BK OV OV OV SC SC BK BK BK BK FW SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 50 50 55 85 75 90 45 35 50 50 50 50 25 25 20
TEMPERATURE 53 55 68 74 74 64 59 58 56 56 66 72 71 64 59 57 56
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 54 73 56
WIND DIR E E SE S SW NE E E E NE SE S NW N N E E
WIND (MPH) 14 12 9 9 9 8 6 8 6 5 4 6 4 4 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 20 30 30 30 30 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.12 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) 11.7 11.7 11.9 12.7 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.6 12.4 12.1 12.1 12.4 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.6
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL CL FW SC BK OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 25 35 55 70 60 40 35 25 30 30 35 30 35 15 20
TEMPERATURE 54 56 73 80 79 71 64 60 57 57 71 78 77 69 62 58 56
MAX/MIN TEMP 81 55 79 55
WIND DIR E E SE S S NE NE NE E E SE S SW SW NW NE NE
WIND (MPH) 8 5 4 6 3 5 5 6 6 5 2 6 5 2 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 20 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.07 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) 11.8 11.7 12.0 12.9 13.2 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.8 12.6 12.6
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL CL SC SC BK OV OV BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 40 45 65 80 80 65 50 35 40 40 40 40 25 25 20
TEMPERATURE 57 59 71 74 74 65 62 61 60 60 68 72 72 64 61 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 58 73 59
WIND DIR E E SE S SW E E E SE E S SW NW NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 16 12 9 9 6 8 8 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 26
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.10 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) 11.6 11.7 11.9 12.8 13.2 13.1 12.9 12.7 12.4 12.1 12.2 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.5
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL CL SC SC BK OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 50 50 65 80 90 80 60 40 45 45 45 45 25 25 25
TEMPERATURE 57 59 72 75 75 65 62 62 60 61 69 73 73 64 61 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 76 59 74 59
WIND DIR E E SE S W E E E S E S SW NW NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 16 12 9 9 5 9 6 6 9 5 5 5 6 4 3 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.12 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) 11.5 11.7 11.9 12.7 13.2 13.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.1 12.3 12.5 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.5
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 09/02/25 WEDNESDAY 09/03/25
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 CL CL SC SC BK OV BK SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 40 40 55 75 50 30 25 20 10 15 40 40 30 20 20
TEMPERATURE 59 61 71 76 75 65 64 63 63 63 70 75 74 63 62 62 61
MAX/MIN TEMP 77 61 75 61
WIND DIR SE SE SE S S NW N SE E SE SE S S NW N E SE
WIND (MPH) 17 14 13 11 6 6 8 6 8 8 8 6 4 4 8 12 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 5 5 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 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) 11.7 11.7 12.0 12.8 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.3 12.0 11.8 11.9 11.9 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN