Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
501 PM PST WED NOV 26 2025


...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          0   50   80   60   55   25   20   20   35   35   15   15   25   10   20   35
TEMPERATURE             41   40   40   40   38   41   42   38   35   36   35   34   32   35   36   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  42                  32                  36
WIND DIR                 S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW    N
WIND (MPH)              16   19   19   20   18   16   20   16   17   17   14   17   17   14   10    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.9  6.7  6.3  6.0  5.8  7.1  7.5  7.3  6.8  6.3  5.8  5.1  4.8  5.4  6.1  6.3


...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          5   60   85   70   60   30   20   25   40   35   15   20   30   15   20   30
TEMPERATURE             36   33   34   32   32   42   44   39   34   33   33   31   31   37   37   32
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  45                  30                  37
WIND DIR                SE   SE   SE    S    S   SW    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N    N
WIND (MPH)              11   14   13   13   12   10   13   10   11   12   10   11   11   11    6    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.9  6.6  6.3  6.0  5.7  7.3  7.5  7.3  6.8  6.2  5.7  5.0  4.7  5.3  6.0  6.3


...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   SC   OV   BK   BK   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          0   50   70   55   50   25   20   20   35   30   15   15   25   15   20   35
TEMPERATURE             40   39   40   40   39   40   42   38   36   36   35   35   32   35   36   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  42                  32                  36
WIND DIR                 S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    N
WIND (MPH)              16   19   19   20   18   17   20   16   17   17   14   17   17   14   10    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.9  6.6  6.3  6.0  5.7  7.0  7.4  7.3  6.8  6.3  5.7  5.1  4.7  5.4  6.1  6.3


...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   SC   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          0   50   80   60   55   30   20   20   35   35   15   20   25   15   20   35
TEMPERATURE             32   30   31   31   30   32   33   31   29   29   28   28   27   30   30   28
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  33                  27                  30
WIND DIR                 W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    N
WIND (MPH)              28   35   36   39   41   32   34   29   31   32   28   29   26   24   19   13
WIND GUST (MPH)         57   69   74   79   93   65   57   57   58   62   55   55   47   41   43   31
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       7.0  6.7  6.4  6.1  5.8  7.3  7.5  7.3  6.8  6.3  5.8  5.1  4.9  5.5  6.1  6.3


...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   SC   OV   SC   BK   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          0   40   80   50   60   35   15   25   40   35   20   20   30   15   25   30
TEMPERATURE             39   39   40   40   39   40   42   38   34   34   33   32   31   33   38   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           39                  42                  31                  38
WIND DIR                 S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W   SW   SW    W   NW    N    N    N   NE
WIND (MPH)              11   14   12   13   12   11   14   11   12   13   11   13   12   11    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.8  6.5  5.9  5.7  5.5  6.4  7.4  7.2  6.8  6.2  5.5  5.0  4.6  5.4  6.1  6.0


...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   BK   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          5   60   80   70   70   50   25   35   60   55   20   20   30   15   15   30
TEMPERATURE             45   44   45   45   44   47   49   45   41   40   38   37   36   40   44   41
MIN/MAX TEMP                           44                  50                  35                  44
WIND DIR                SW   SW   SW    S   SW    S    S    N    W    W    W   NW   NW    N   NW   NW
WIND (MPH)               5    5    6    6    5    4    4    3    6    4    4    6    5    5    5    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.7  6.5  6.2  5.9  5.7  7.4  7.4  7.2  6.7  6.2  5.6  4.9  4.5  5.2  5.8  6.1


...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             FW   BK   BK   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   FW   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         15   55   60   50   60   40   30   30   65   60   25   20   35   20   15   30
TEMPERATURE             44   42   44   43   43   45   47   43   41   39   37   36   35   38   40   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           42                  47                  34                  40
WIND DIR                SE    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W   SW    W    W   NW    N    N    N    N
WIND (MPH)              12   16   13   14   11   10   13   10   11   12   10   11   11   11    8    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          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)       6.8  6.5  6.2  5.9  5.7  7.5  7.6  7.2  6.6  6.1  5.5  4.9  4.4  5.1  5.8  6.1


...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             FW   CL   CL   FW   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         20    0    5   20   70   70   65   75   80   75   70   80   80   55   35   35
TEMPERATURE             37   36   35   33   33   36   38   36   33   31   29   29   28   30   34   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  39                  28                  35
WIND DIR                 S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NW    N    E
WIND (MPH)              13   18   17   16   16   18   23   23   23   25   20   18   12    9    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0   10   20   20   10   20   10   20   20   20   20   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE                                  S    S    S    S         S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      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)       6.8  6.4  5.8  5.5  6.1  7.4  7.3  6.9  6.3  5.8  5.4  5.2  5.3  5.5  6.0  6.0


...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             FW   CL   FW   FW   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         20    0    5   20   60   65   55   70   70   65   60   75   80   50   35   35
TEMPERATURE             36   34   33   31   32   35   37   36   32   30   28   28   28   30   34   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  39                  28                  35
WIND DIR                 S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NW    N    E
WIND (MPH)              13   18   17   16   17   18   23   23   23   25   20   18   12    9    8    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0   10   20   20   10   20   10   20   20   20   20   10   10    0
PRECIP TYPE                                  S    S         S         S    S    S    S
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)       6.9  6.5  5.8  5.5  6.0  7.5  7.3  6.9  6.4  5.9  5.5  5.2  5.3  5.6  6.0  6.1


...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             FW   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         10   10   30   35   40   45   55   45   50   60   65   65   70   40   35   40
TEMPERATURE             40   36   36   33   34   40   46   44   38   35   33   33   31   33   39   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  47                  31                  40
WIND DIR                SE    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   NE
WIND (MPH)               8    8    9    8   10   11   14   16   13   13   11    9    5    3    4    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    5    5    5    0    5    5   10   10    5    5    5    5    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)       6.7  6.5  6.0  5.6  5.9  7.9  7.3  7.0  6.5  6.1  5.6  5.1  4.9  5.3  5.8  5.9


...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             FW   FW   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         25    5   15   45   60   65   55   55   55   65   60   80   80   50   40   35
TEMPERATURE             40   38   38   37   37   37   38   37   34   32   30   30   31   31   35   34
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  39                  30                  35
WIND DIR                 S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW    N    E
WIND (MPH)              14   19   17   16   16   18   23   23   23   24   20   19   13   10    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0   30   30   30   20   30   20   40   40   30   30   10   10    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.01      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)       6.7  6.3  5.8  5.6  6.0  7.4  7.2  6.8  6.2  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.2  5.4  5.9  6.0


...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             SC   CL   FW   SC   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)         30    0    5   50   65   70   55   60   55   60   65   85   85   55   40   35
TEMPERATURE             40   38   38   36   37   37   37   36   34   31   30   30   30   30   35   34
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  38                  29                  35
WIND DIR                 S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NW    E
WIND (MPH)              14   19   16   14   16   18   24   24   23   25   19   18   13   10    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0   30   30   30   20   30   20   40   40   30   30   10   10    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.01      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)       6.7  6.3  5.7  5.5  6.0  7.1  7.1  6.7  6.1  5.6  5.3  5.2  5.3  5.4  5.8  6.0


...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...

DATE                                        THURSDAY 11/27/25                       FRIDAY 11/28/25
TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P

CLOUD COVER             CL   SC   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)          5   45   75   75   45   40   50   40   50   40   15   55   65   45   35   35
TEMPERATURE             43   43   43   41   40   40   42   39   37   36   35   34   33   35   36   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           40                  42                  33                  37
WIND DIR                 S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   NW    N   NE   NE    E
WIND (MPH)              13   18   16   16   10   12   16   14   14   17   14   16   13    8    6    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)          0    0    0    5    5    0    0    0    0    5    5    5    5    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)       6.6  6.3  5.9  5.8  7.3  7.8  7.3  6.9  6.4  5.9  5.6  5.3  5.1  5.2  5.7  5.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN