Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
405
FWUS46 KMFR 202136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 95 90 90 55 55 35 60 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 67 62 63 63 62 61 61 62 64 59 57 56 53 53 56 61 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 60 65 52 62
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 12 11 14 18 20 23 24 26 26 25 27 27 26 23 17 14 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.2 12.8 12.9 13.1 13.0 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.3 11.9 11.3 9.3 9.1 9.4 10.0 11.0
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 90 90 90 55 65 45 60 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 71 62 58 57 56 59 67 68 67 58 53 51 48 52 62 66 66
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 69 47 68
WIND DIR S S S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S SW W
WIND (MPH) 10 9 11 13 16 17 18 19 19 19 20 21 19 16 12 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.2 12.7 12.9 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.2 11.9 11.3 9.2 9.2 9.4 10.1 11.0
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 80 95 90 90 55 55 35 60 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 67 62 63 63 62 60 60 62 63 59 57 56 53 52 55 60 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 64 52 62
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W
WIND (MPH) 12 11 14 18 20 23 24 26 26 25 27 28 26 23 17 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.2 12.8 12.9 13.1 13.0 13.0 12.9 12.5 12.6 12.3 12.0 11.3 9.3 9.1 9.3 10.0 10.9
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC BK SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 90 90 85 55 45 40 60 25 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 55 50 51 51 50 51 52 52 52 48 46 45 42 44 48 50 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 53 42 50
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 23 21 26 33 35 36 39 41 41 42 46 48 46 40 34 27 20
WIND GUST (MPH) 50 48 58 69 70 70 70 72 74 79 86 94 95 88 82 69 50
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.2 12.8 12.9 13.2 13.0 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.2 11.8 11.1 9.3 9.1 9.4 10.1 11.1
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 95 80 75 65 70 45 60 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 70 64 63 62 60 61 64 66 66 61 58 56 53 54 59 64 65
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 67 52 65
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 13 14 16 18 19 19 19 20 23 23 19 14 16 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.4 12.9 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.1 11.6 9.8 9.1 9.3 9.8 10.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC OV FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 80 90 90 90 55 50 45 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 78 71 67 67 65 66 71 74 74 68 63 60 57 59 68 73 73
MIN/MAX TEMP 64 75 57 74
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 11 8 6 4 5 9 13 14 12 10 8 4 3 2 6 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 12.2 12.6 12.9 13.2 13.1 13.0 13.0 13.0 12.3 12.2 11.6 10.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 10.0 10.9
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC BK FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 90 95 95 75 50 50 60 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 73 65 65 66 64 67 66 69 69 62 59 58 55 58 62 68 68
MIN/MAX TEMP 63 69 54 69
WIND DIR S S S S S SE S S S S S S S S S W NW
WIND (MPH) 11 10 11 13 16 17 19 20 19 16 18 17 16 13 9 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 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) 12.2 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.2 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.4 12.2 11.5 10.2 9.3 9.3 9.4 10.5 11.2
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV BK FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 90 90 100 90 65 80 90 50 10 10 15 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 75 67 61 58 57 58 68 71 71 63 56 51 48 52 61 63 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 72 47 64
WIND DIR W NW N SE SE S S S SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 9 10 13 12 14 9 12 9 16 18 16 14 13 18 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 12.9 12.6 12.7 12.7 13.0 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.3 11.6 10.4 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.3
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 85 90 100 75 60 80 90 50 10 10 15 5 0 10 5
TEMPERATURE 74 68 60 57 55 57 67 70 70 63 56 50 47 51 61 64 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 53 71 47 64
WIND DIR W NW N SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW W SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 6 5 9 11 12 12 14 9 13 10 17 18 17 16 13 18 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 12.9 12.7 12.7 12.8 13.0 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.7 12.5 12.3 11.6 10.4 9.8 10.1 10.5 10.4
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 70 80 100 85 70 70 85 15 0 5 15 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 80 74 66 61 58 57 70 74 75 69 60 54 51 52 63 68 67
MIN/MAX TEMP 56 76 50 69
WIND DIR SW W W S E E S S SW W W W SW W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 6 9 4 3 4 5 9 11 10 8 5 4 3 4 8 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 5 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) 12.5 12.4 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.2 12.4 12.1 11.2 9.8 9.6 9.5 10.7 10.9
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 80 85 100 90 65 80 90 45 10 10 20 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 73 67 63 62 61 61 67 70 68 62 57 55 52 54 60 62 61
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 70 52 63
WIND DIR NW NW N SE SE SE S SW W NW W SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 10 14 13 14 10 10 11 14 17 14 14 13 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 34 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T 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) 12.7 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.3 11.5 10.3 9.9 9.8 10.4 10.6
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 80 85 100 95 75 85 90 55 15 15 20 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 73 67 63 62 61 61 68 70 68 62 57 55 53 55 60 62 60
MIN/MAX TEMP 60 70 53 62
WIND DIR NW NW N SE SE SE S SW W NW W SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 6 10 9 14 12 14 9 9 9 13 16 14 14 13 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T 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) 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.5 12.6 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.6 10.5 10.0 9.9 10.3 10.4
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE FRIDAY 08/21/26 SATURDAY 08/22/26
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 OV OV SC OV OV OV OV OV BK SC CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 45 80 95 80 85 95 70 25 0 5 5 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 74 67 64 64 64 65 65 68 68 61 57 56 54 56 61 64 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 63 69 54 64
WIND DIR NW NW NW E S S S S W N N N SW SW SW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 9 11 13 14 16 18 16 11 14 17 16 14 13 9 10 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 12.8 12.5 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.2 12.1 11.8 10.7 9.8 9.5 9.3 10.3 10.4
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN