Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 071101
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT TUE OCT 7 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 35 35 50 55 65
TEMPERATURE 44 43 51 55 55 47 46 46 45 42 49 52 49 44 43 42 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 42 52 35
WIND DIR SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 13 11 4 6 3 4 8 10 16 18 23 18 20 25 26 26 27
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 43 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
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) 8.4 8.4 8.8 9.3 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.3 8.7 8.5 8.7 9.1 9.4 8.7 8.4 8.0 7.8
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 35 35 50 50 60
TEMPERATURE 38 40 55 59 57 45 43 41 40 41 54 55 51 42 43 40 37
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 38 56 35
WIND DIR E E SE SW SW S W S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 9 4 5 3 3 5 8 11 13 17 13 14 18 20 20 21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
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) 8.4 8.4 8.7 9.2 9.8 9.8 9.4 9.3 8.7 8.5 8.6 9.1 9.3 8.7 8.4 8.0 7.7
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 35 35 55 55 65
TEMPERATURE 44 43 50 55 55 47 46 46 45 43 48 51 49 44 43 43 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 43 52 35
WIND DIR SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 12 11 4 6 3 4 8 10 16 18 23 18 20 25 26 26 27
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 43 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
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) 8.4 8.4 8.8 9.3 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.3 8.7 8.5 8.7 9.1 9.3 8.8 8.4 8.0 7.8
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 35 35 50 50 60
TEMPERATURE 35 34 43 44 43 36 35 34 33 33 39 41 38 34 34 32 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 32 41 27
WIND DIR S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
WIND (MPH) 14 13 9 9 5 9 13 18 24 28 36 32 35 41 46 44 47
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 36 41 48 65 69 74 79 89 86 89
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.4 8.4 8.9 9.4 9.8 9.8 9.4 9.2 8.6 8.5 8.7 9.1 9.4 8.7 8.3 8.0 7.8
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 25 35 40 55 65
TEMPERATURE 41 41 50 58 58 50 47 45 43 42 50 54 52 47 45 44 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 42 54 37
WIND DIR SE SE SE SW W W W SW S S S SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 11 10 4 4 3 3 5 6 11 14 16 16 16 20 20 20 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
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 8.2 8.5 9.2 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.6 9.0 9.3 8.8 8.5 8.2 7.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 10 25 30 50 35 60
TEMPERATURE 49 50 59 66 65 55 53 53 51 52 60 62 60 51 48 47 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 68 50 63 42
WIND DIR N NE NE NE NW W W SW SW S S S S SW SE S SE
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 5 3 9 11 10 4 5 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
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 8.5 8.6 9.2 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 8.6 8.4 8.6 9.0 9.1 8.8 8.3 8.0 7.7
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 10 20 25 45 30 55
TEMPERATURE 45 48 54 60 60 49 47 46 46 48 54 57 54 45 45 41 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 44 57 37
WIND DIR E E E W NW NW W SW S S S SW SW S SW S S
WIND (MPH) 8 6 3 4 3 3 5 8 11 11 13 11 13 16 18 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R S 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) 8.5 8.5 8.6 9.4 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.2 8.6 8.4 8.7 9.1 9.2 8.7 8.2 7.8 7.6
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 25 45 55 50 60
TEMPERATURE 42 42 53 58 58 49 45 42 41 41 50 52 49 41 38 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 40 52 34
WIND DIR SE SE SE SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W SW S SE
WIND (MPH) 11 9 5 6 6 5 8 12 13 14 16 16 19 18 19 19 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
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 8.1 8.2 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.2 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.7
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 20 45 55 45 60
TEMPERATURE 39 38 49 57 57 48 44 42 40 38 48 52 49 41 37 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 38 52 33
WIND DIR E E SE SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W S SE
WIND (MPH) 10 8 5 5 6 5 8 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 20 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
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 8.1 8.8 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.3 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.7 7.2 6.8 6.8
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 10 35 45 40 60
TEMPERATURE 41 39 52 61 61 51 47 44 42 40 53 58 55 46 43 40 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 63 40 58 36
WIND DIR E E E W W SW SW S SE S SW W W W W S SE
WIND (MPH) 12 9 3 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 11 11 10 6 3 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
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 8.1 8.2 8.8 9.0 9.0 9.2 8.9 8.4 7.9 8.1 8.5 8.5 7.9 7.3 7.2 7.0
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 30 50 60 50 60
TEMPERATURE 43 42 52 58 57 49 46 43 42 41 48 51 48 40 37 37 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 41 51 34
WIND DIR SE SE SE SW W NW SW SW S SW SW SW W W W SE SE
WIND (MPH) 12 10 4 6 5 5 8 12 13 14 17 17 18 19 19 18 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 37 40 37 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
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 8.2 8.3 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.2 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.5
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5 0 5 35 60 65 55 60
TEMPERATURE 43 43 54 58 57 49 45 43 41 41 48 51 47 40 37 36 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 40 51 34
WIND DIR SE SE SE W W W SW SW S SW SW SW W W SW S SE
WIND (MPH) 10 10 4 6 5 5 8 13 14 16 17 17 19 18 18 18 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
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 8.2 8.3 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.1 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.4 7.0 6.5 6.3
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 10/07/25 WEDNESDAY 10/08/25
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 CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 15 50 55 40 55
TEMPERATURE 47 46 54 59 58 50 49 48 45 44 51 54 50 41 39 38 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 44 54 35
WIND DIR SE S SE W NW NW NW W SW SW W W NW N N NE SE
WIND (MPH) 16 14 2 3 4 5 9 11 11 12 14 17 17 20 20 21 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.5 8.4 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.3 8.8 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.3 8.4 7.5 7.0 6.3 6.3
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN