Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 132301
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 PM PDT WED AUG 13 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 5 10 25
TEMPERATURE 70 62 58 57 56 57 61 64 65 58 55 54 53 54 59 61 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 52 66 50 64
WIND DIR W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 10 5 4 6 10 8 9 13 16 9 9 8 12 9 6 9 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 12.9 12.8 12.1 11.7 11.1 10.5 10.8 11.5 11.8 11.8 11.5 11.3 11.1 11.0 11.5 11.8 12.3
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 25
TEMPERATURE 72 60 55 51 49 55 66 69 66 56 51 48 47 52 63 66 65
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 70 45 68
WIND DIR W NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 4 4 8 5 11 13 16 12 8 5 9 6 5 9 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 12.9 12.8 12.1 11.6 11.1 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.5 11.8 12.3
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 5 10 25
TEMPERATURE 69 61 58 57 56 57 61 64 64 58 55 53 53 54 58 61 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 53 65 50 64
WIND DIR W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 10 5 5 6 9 8 8 10 13 9 9 8 12 9 6 9 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 12.8 12.8 12.1 11.7 11.2 10.5 10.9 11.5 11.9 11.9 11.6 11.4 11.1 11.0 11.4 11.8 12.3
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 5 10 25
TEMPERATURE 56 50 46 45 43 47 50 51 50 45 44 42 41 43 47 48 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 52 40 49
WIND DIR W SW W SW W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 10 10 13 16 14 13 14 17 14 10 13 14 13 13 14 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 12.9 12.8 12.2 11.7 11.1 10.5 10.9 11.4 11.7 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.5 11.8 12.3
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 10 30
TEMPERATURE 71 65 59 56 54 57 64 67 66 59 55 52 51 53 60 66 64
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 68 50 66
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 9 8 6 6 6 6 12 16 13 11 10 11 9 6 10 12
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) 13.1 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 10.7 11.0 11.7 11.4 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 11.3 11.9 12.3
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 10 35
TEMPERATURE 80 72 64 61 60 63 71 76 76 68 60 59 57 61 68 74 74
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 78 56 77
WIND DIR S NW NW W W N N N N N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 6 5 3 5 5 11 13 16 12 9 8 8 5 4 6 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 12.8 12.9 12.0 11.5 11.0 10.4 10.7 11.3 11.7 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.8 12.3
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 10 40
TEMPERATURE 74 64 59 58 57 62 65 68 69 59 55 54 53 58 61 66 67
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 70 51 68
WIND DIR NW N N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 11 8 5 8 6 10 12 14 14 13 10 9 6 6 6 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 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) 13.0 12.9 12.1 11.5 10.8 10.5 10.7 11.1 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.3 11.5 11.8 12.4
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 5 5 15 10 5 5 10 15 25 25 40 25 15 40 45
TEMPERATURE 69 61 54 51 50 52 58 61 62 56 51 49 48 50 55 59 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 64 47 62
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 9 8 10 10 9 11 13 14 9 10 9 6 8 9 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
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) 10.9 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.9 10.2 9.8 10.6 11.5 11.3 11.3 12.0 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.3
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 10 15 10 5 5 5 10 20 30 35 20 15 40 45
TEMPERATURE 69 61 53 51 49 51 58 62 62 56 50 48 46 48 56 59 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 64 46 62
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W W NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 10 9 10 10 9 11 13 14 10 10 9 8 8 9 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
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) 10.9 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.9 10.3 9.8 10.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.9 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.3
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 10 20 10 10 20 30
TEMPERATURE 74 67 58 53 50 51 62 67 67 61 54 50 47 49 61 66 65
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 68 47 68
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 8 8 4 5 6 10 12 12 8 6 6 4 4 6 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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) 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.1 10.3 11.5 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.6 11.6 11.9 12.0 12.2
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 0 5 20 20 20 30 20 25 35 40
TEMPERATURE 67 59 54 51 50 52 58 61 60 54 51 49 48 50 56 59 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 61 47 60
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 11 9 10 10 9 9 12 13 10 11 9 8 8 10 9 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
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) 10.8 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.1 9.7 10.5 11.4 11.3 11.4 11.8 12.0 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.3
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 10 5 15 15 10 0 5 30 25 30 40 25 30 45 45
TEMPERATURE 67 59 54 51 49 52 58 61 60 54 50 49 48 50 56 59 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 61 47 60
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 10 9 11 10 9 9 11 12 10 11 9 8 8 10 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 10
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) 10.6 10.2 10.3 10.5 10.7 10.1 9.6 10.6 11.4 11.3 11.4 12.0 12.2 12.0 12.2 12.2 12.3
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 08/14/25 FRIDAY 08/15/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 10 15 10 15 15 30 35
TEMPERATURE 70 60 57 56 54 57 60 64 63 56 53 52 51 54 59 63 61
MIN/MAX TEMP 53 64 50 64
WIND DIR NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 16 13 10 8 9 8 9 13 16 11 9 8 9 8 9 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
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) 11.5 11.3 11.0 10.3 10.6 10.2 10.1 10.6 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.5 11.7 11.7 12.0 12.0 12.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN