Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 132136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT SUN SEP 13 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 47 40 37 36 35 37 49 56 56 47 45 44 44 46 56 59 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 58 42 60
WIND DIR W NW N N N N SE SE NW N N N N NW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 10 12 11 4 4 3 8 8 8 8 4 3 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) 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.8 9.5 9.9 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.7 10.2
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 48 40 36 35 33 37 52 59 58 46 43 42 41 44 59 62 60
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 61 39 64
WIND DIR NW N N N N NE SW W NW N N N N NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 9 9 8 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 4 3 6 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) 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.8 9.5 9.9 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.9 9.2 9.6 10.2
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 47 41 37 36 35 38 47 55 56 49 45 44 44 46 54 58 58
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 58 42 60
WIND DIR W NW N N N N E E NE N N N N NW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 11 12 11 5 4 3 8 8 8 8 4 3 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) 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.7 9.4 9.8 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.7 10.2
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 35 31 29 28 27 31 40 44 44 37 35 35 34 38 46 48 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 45 33 48
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N NE N N N N N NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 11 12 13 14 14 6 5 4 8 8 9 8 6 5 8 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) 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.7 9.3 9.6 10.1
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 48 43 39 38 37 38 48 56 57 50 46 46 45 45 56 61 60
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 58 43 62
WIND DIR NW N N N N NE NE NE N N N N N NW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 12 12 13 14 13 8 5 5 8 9 9 8 6 3 6 9
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) 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.4 9.0 9.5 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 9.1 9.9 10.0
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 58 48 45 43 42 47 59 67 67 56 53 50 51 54 67 70 69
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 69 49 72
WIND DIR N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 9 8 8 6 6 4 3 4 8 6 5 3 3 1 3 3
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 7.8 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.5 9.1 9.8 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.1 8.9 9.1 10.0 10.4
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 50 42 39 38 36 41 50 59 59 49 47 45 44 49 59 64 64
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 61 41 65
WIND DIR N N NW NW N N N N N NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 8 8 8 6 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
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) 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.4 9.1 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.9 9.2 9.8 10.2
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 70 35 5 5 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 10 15 5 10 35
TEMPERATURE 41 39 35 34 33 37 51 57 57 46 43 41 40 43 55 58 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 58 38 58
WIND DIR NW NW N N N NE E W NW NE E SE S W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 2 4 5 4 4 1 2 3 2 5 3 2 2 5 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 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) 7.7 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.9 8.9 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.7 9.4 9.4
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 BK FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 60 25 0 5 0 0 5 10 20 15 10 10 15 5 10 30
TEMPERATURE 40 38 35 34 33 35 50 57 57 46 42 40 39 41 55 58 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 58 38 58
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N E NW NW N N N W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 11 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) 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.9 8.9 9.6 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.7 9.5 9.4
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 SC SC CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 5 5 5 5 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 48 43 39 37 36 37 52 61 61 52 46 43 42 43 57 62 60
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 62 40 62
WIND DIR NW NW N NE NE NE NE N NW NW NE NE NE NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 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) 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.9 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.6 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.8 9.3 9.3
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 BK BK SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 40 5 5 0 0 0 10 15 10 10 10 20 5 15 30
TEMPERATURE 41 39 37 36 34 37 50 55 54 46 42 42 41 43 53 55 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 56 40 55
WIND DIR NW NW N N N NE NE NW NW NE E SE S W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 3 4 5 5 5 1 3 3 3 8 5 4 2 4 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 7.6 7.8 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.7 8.5 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.7 9.3 9.3
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 BK OV BK FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 55 5 5 0 0 5 15 15 15 15 15 30 10 15 40
TEMPERATURE 41 39 37 36 35 37 50 55 54 46 42 42 41 44 53 55 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 56 40 55
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N N NW NW E SE SE S W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 2 4 5 4 5 1 3 2 3 8 6 3 1 4 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 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) 7.6 7.9 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.5 8.5 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.7 9.3 9.3
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/14/26 TUESDAY 09/15/26
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 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 30 25 5 10 0 0 0 5 10 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 44 42 39 38 38 39 49 56 55 48 45 44 43 44 53 58 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 57 42 58
WIND DIR NW N N NE NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW SW W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 5 6 6 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 11
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) 7.8 7.9 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.7 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.3 9.4
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN