Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
993
FWUS46 KMFR 300936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT SUN AUG 30 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 20 15 20 35
TEMPERATURE 46 47 57 62 62 54 50 49 49 49 55 57 57 50 49 46 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 63 47 59 43
WIND DIR NW SW SW SW SW SE E SE SE S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 8 6 9 10 10 6 9 11 12 16 16 18 18 14 14 16 19
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) 9.6 9.3 9.6 10.2 10.8 10.8 10.1 10.0 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.7 9.9 10.0 9.8 9.0 8.3
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 20 15 20 35
TEMPERATURE 41 46 61 66 65 53 49 47 46 51 61 63 60 50 47 44 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 68 45 64 42
WIND DIR E S S SW S E E E E SE S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 8 6 8 10 10 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 16 12 13 12 14
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) 9.5 9.3 9.5 10.2 10.8 10.8 10.1 9.9 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.9 10.0 9.8 9.0 8.2
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 20 15 25 35
TEMPERATURE 46 47 55 61 63 55 51 49 48 49 53 57 57 51 49 46 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 47 59 41
WIND DIR NW S SW SW SW SW SW E E S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 10 11 6 8 11 12 16 16 18 17 14 13 16 19
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) 9.6 9.3 9.5 10.2 10.8 10.7 10.1 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.7 9.9 10.0 9.8 9.0 8.2
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 20 30
TEMPERATURE 35 38 47 51 51 44 40 39 38 41 46 48 46 40 39 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 37 48 33
WIND DIR W W S SW SW S SE S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 16 16 23 24 25 24 21 21 25 28
WIND GUST (MPH) 41 44 41 39 44 48
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) 9.6 9.3 9.7 10.4 11.0 10.9 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.8 10.0 10.1 9.9 9.2 8.3
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 25
TEMPERATURE 44 46 57 65 65 57 52 51 50 51 58 63 61 54 51 49 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 66 49 63 46
WIND DIR NE E SE S SW SW SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 9 10 11 9 9 8 9 11 17 19 19 16 16 14 14
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) 9.5 9.2 9.4 10.2 10.8 10.8 10.2 10.1 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.0 8.3
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 CL FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 5 20 15 25 30
TEMPERATURE 50 54 67 73 74 63 60 57 56 59 68 71 69 60 57 53 50
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 55 72 50
WIND DIR NW N E SE S S W S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 3 4 6 9 5 6 5 5 5 10 11 10 6 9 5 5
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) 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.9 10.7 10.7 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.2 9.5 9.9 10.1 9.8 8.9 8.0
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 15 20 15 20 35
TEMPERATURE 48 53 61 68 68 57 53 52 52 56 61 65 64 54 53 51 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 69 49 65 47
WIND DIR SW S E SE SE S SW S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 11 12 14 17 16 13 14 13 14
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) 9.4 9.1 9.4 10.3 11.1 10.9 10.1 9.8 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.6 9.9 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.1
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 5 0 5 10 5 5 0 0 10 20 40 45 45 40
TEMPERATURE 35 40 58 66 67 56 50 47 45 49 64 67 66 55 50 46 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 67 43 68 43
WIND DIR E SE S SW W N E E SE SE S SW W NW W SE S
WIND (MPH) 6 8 6 9 10 8 11 10 11 11 11 11 13 11 9 6 8
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) 7.2 7.2 7.8 9.0 9.7 9.9 10.5 10.9 10.5 10.0 9.9 10.6 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.1
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 15 40 45 45 40
TEMPERATURE 34 38 56 64 65 55 51 47 45 48 62 66 66 56 50 46 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 66 44 67 43
WIND DIR E SE SE SW W N NE E SE SE S SW W NW W S S
WIND (MPH) 6 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 11 9 5 8
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) 7.3 7.3 7.9 9.1 9.8 10.1 10.7 11.0 10.5 10.0 9.9 10.7 11.0 11.0 10.6 10.3 10.1
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 20 35 30 35 40 30
TEMPERATURE 40 41 61 69 69 61 55 52 49 49 66 71 71 62 56 52 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 70 47 72 47
WIND DIR E E E SW W NW NE E E E S SW SW W W S S
WIND (MPH) 8 8 5 5 8 5 5 6 8 6 9 10 11 9 4 4 6
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) 7.4 7.7 8.4 9.4 10.0 10.7 11.1 10.6 10.0 9.6 9.9 10.1 10.6 10.5 10.3 10.1 9.5
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW CL CL FW CL FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 10 10 5 5 10 5 5 0 5 15 30 35 45 45 40
TEMPERATURE 39 42 57 63 63 54 50 50 48 51 63 66 64 55 50 48 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 48 66 47
WIND DIR SE SE SW W NW N E SE SE SE S SW W W N S S
WIND (MPH) 8 8 5 9 10 6 9 10 11 11 11 12 13 11 9 5 8
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) 7.1 7.1 7.8 9.0 9.6 10.0 10.4 10.8 10.4 9.9 9.9 10.4 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.0
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 10 10 0 5 15 5 5 5 5 15 25 40 45 45 45
TEMPERATURE 39 42 57 63 63 54 50 49 48 51 63 66 64 54 50 48 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 48 66 46
WIND DIR SE SE SW NW NW N SE SE SE S SW SW W NW N SE S
WIND (MPH) 6 8 5 10 10 6 9 10 11 11 11 12 14 10 9 5 6
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) 7.0 6.9 7.6 8.8 9.5 9.8 10.0 10.8 10.6 10.1 9.8 10.6 10.9 11.0 10.8 10.3 10.2
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 08/30/26 MONDAY 08/31/26
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 25 40 40 40
TEMPERATURE 44 47 56 64 64 54 53 53 52 53 61 67 65 54 52 51 49
MAX/MIN TEMP 65 50 67 49
WIND DIR S SE SE N NW NW S S S S S SW NW NW W S S
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 6 11 11 8 9 11 12 10 9 10 12 9 8 10
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) 7.9 8.1 8.5 9.2 10.1 11.0 11.1 10.5 10.0 10.3 10.1 10.4 10.9 10.9 10.7 10.4 9.5
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN