Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 182216
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
216 PM PST TUE NOV 18 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 10 5 10 20 40 50 60 85 95 95 90 85 65 60 45
TEMPERATURE 35 32 31 31 30 29 32 33 30 30 32 31 30 30 29 29 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 33 30 30
WIND DIR E E E S SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 9 12 13 14 16 8 6 3 5 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 90 90 40 40 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.31 0.37 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.6 4.2 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 10 5 10 25 40 50 55 85 95 95 90 85 65 60 45
TEMPERATURE 35 29 29 29 27 27 34 34 31 30 30 30 29 28 31 31 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 34 28 31
WIND DIR N N NE E SE S S S S S S S S S SE S E
WIND (MPH) 2 3 2 2 3 4 6 6 9 10 11 12 5 6 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 80 80 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.33 0.36 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.3 3.5 0.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.7
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW FW SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 10 5 15 25 45 55 65 90 95 95 90 90 65 60 45
TEMPERATURE 36 32 32 32 31 29 32 33 30 31 32 32 30 30 28 29 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 33 29 31
WIND DIR SE E E S SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 9 12 14 14 16 8 6 3 5 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 90 90 40 40 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.29 0.34 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 3.8 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 10 5 10 15 25 35 55 85 95 95 90 90 65 60 45
TEMPERATURE 27 23 22 21 21 21 26 27 23 23 23 23 22 21 20 20 19
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 28 21 21
WIND DIR S S S SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SE E E
WIND (MPH) 8 9 6 8 9 11 11 12 13 20 23 25 14 10 6 10 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 37 33 40 42 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 90 90 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.32 0.38 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.3 5.0 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.3 6.0 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 10 5 15 30 50 60 70 80 90 95 95 85 75 65 50
TEMPERATURE 37 33 32 30 29 29 32 33 31 32 33 33 32 30 29 30 29
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 33 30 30
WIND DIR NE NE NE SE S S S S S S S S S S SE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 9 11 13 13 5 8 8 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 80 80 90 90 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.18 0.25 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.4 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 10 10 30 50 70 85 80 85 95 95 90 85 65 55 40
TEMPERATURE 42 38 38 39 38 36 39 38 37 37 38 38 37 36 34 36 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 39 36 37
WIND DIR NW NW NW W S S S SE S SE SE SE SE NW NW N NW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 8 4 3 5 6 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 80 80 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.26 0.25 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.7
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW CL FW SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 15 5 15 25 40 55 60 85 95 95 90 90 70 60 40
TEMPERATURE 38 35 34 33 33 35 35 36 35 34 35 35 34 34 31 31 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 36 32 34
WIND DIR N N N SE S S S S S S S S S S SE N N
WIND (MPH) 3 3 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 10 5 5 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 90 90 80 80 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.18 0.22 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.8 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.6
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK SC FW CL FW FW FW FW BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 35 10 5 5 10 20 20 55 75 90 85 95 90 60 55 45
TEMPERATURE 36 33 31 31 30 30 37 39 37 33 34 33 32 31 30 32 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 39 31 33
WIND DIR N NE E E E SE SE S SE SE S S S SE E E E
WIND (MPH) 4 3 4 5 6 8 8 6 8 9 10 12 6 3 5 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 70 70 70 70 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.12 0.05 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.6 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.8
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK SC FW FW FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 30 10 10 10 25 40 25 55 70 90 85 95 90 60 55 45
TEMPERATURE 36 33 31 30 29 29 35 37 35 32 33 32 31 30 30 32 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 37 30 32
WIND DIR NE NE E E E SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE E E E
WIND (MPH) 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 8 9 10 11 6 4 6 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 70 70 70 70 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.10 0.03 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.8
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 30 15 15 20 25 20 25 50 65 90 80 95 90 65 65 50
TEMPERATURE 39 35 34 32 31 31 37 42 39 36 36 35 34 33 32 35 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 42 33 36
WIND DIR NW NE NE NE NE E SE S SE SE S SW W NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 2 3 6 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 4 3 4 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 80 80 70 70 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.15 0.10 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.8
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 35 10 5 5 10 15 20 50 70 85 80 95 90 60 55 45
TEMPERATURE 34 33 32 32 32 31 36 39 37 35 35 35 33 32 31 32 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 39 32 32
WIND DIR N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E E E
WIND (MPH) 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 13 8 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 70 70 70 70 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.12 0.07 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.6 5.8
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 35 10 0 5 5 15 20 50 70 85 80 95 90 60 50 45
TEMPERATURE 35 33 31 32 32 32 37 40 38 35 35 35 34 33 31 33 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 40 32 33
WIND DIR N NE E E SE SE SE S SE SE S S SE SE E E E
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 5 6 8 8 9 8 9 10 13 8 3 5 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 70 70 70 70 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.10 0.05 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.6 5.8
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER BK FW FW CL CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 25 20 5 0 10 15 35 55 80 95 85 95 75 60 55 40
TEMPERATURE 34 33 33 34 34 34 37 38 38 37 36 36 35 34 34 33 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 39 34 34
WIND DIR N NE NE E SE S S S S S S S S S S E E
WIND (MPH) 4 3 2 4 5 6 5 6 8 9 9 10 3 5 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 90 90 70 70 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.19 0.07 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.6
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN