Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 070106
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
506 PM PST SAT DEC 6 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC SC SC BK BK OV SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 45 50 50 60 55 70 45 15 30 40 35 45 30 40 60
TEMPERATURE 34 34 34 34 35 37 38 37 34 34 35 34 34 39 41 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 39 32 42
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W NW NW NW N NW NW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 18 18 17 18 20 20 21 14 11 11 13 16 20 20 24 21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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) 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.8
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK BK BK BK OV SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 45 50 55 65 60 75 45 15 25 35 40 45 35 40 60
TEMPERATURE 31 30 31 31 31 39 39 36 31 30 30 30 30 40 42 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 41 28 44
WIND DIR NW SW SW W W W W NW NW N E NE N S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 12 14 13 16 10 8 8 10 12 14 14 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10
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) 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.8
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK SC BK BK OV SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 40 50 45 60 55 75 40 15 30 40 35 45 35 40 65
TEMPERATURE 34 34 35 35 35 36 37 37 34 34 34 34 34 38 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 39 32 42
WIND DIR NW SW W W W W W NW NW NW N NW NW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 18 18 17 18 20 20 21 14 10 11 12 16 20 20 23 21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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) 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.8
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK BK BK BK OV SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 50 50 60 60 75 45 20 25 40 35 45 35 40 60
TEMPERATURE 25 25 25 25 25 28 29 28 26 26 26 26 25 30 32 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 30 24 33
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 37 37 33 36 40 39 37 29 23 24 27 28 35 36 42 43
WIND GUST (MPH) 82 86 65 74 85 79 75 69 54 61 64 57 64 74 82 88
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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) 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.5 8.8
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK SC BK BK BK SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 40 55 40 55 60 70 35 10 25 35 40 45 40 45 60
TEMPERATURE 34 33 34 33 34 37 39 37 34 33 33 33 32 38 41 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 39 32 42
WIND DIR W S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW SE W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 13 13 12 13 14 14 17 10 9 9 10 12 14 14 18 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.2 8.0 8.5 8.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK SC BK BK OV SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 40 55 50 65 60 70 45 10 20 30 40 45 35 40 55
TEMPERATURE 40 40 40 39 40 41 44 43 40 39 39 39 40 43 47 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 46 38 49
WIND DIR NW W W W W SW SE NW NW NW W NW NW SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 6 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
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 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.5 8.9
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC BK BK BK BK OV SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 40 55 50 60 65 75 40 15 25 30 45 45 35 40 55
TEMPERATURE 35 36 36 37 38 40 42 39 36 36 37 37 37 42 45 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 42 34 45
WIND DIR NW SW SW W SW W W NW NW N E NW W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 12 14 13 16 10 9 9 10 13 16 16 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
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) 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.6 8.8
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 65 80 85 85 85 90 90 85 80 85 80 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 29 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 34 35 34 34 35 35 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 34 33 37
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW W SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 16 17 18 20 19 19 17 17 13 14 17 17 20 25 23
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 40 10 30 40 40 70 80 80 60 60 50 50 70 70 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.02 0.07 0.32 0.17 0.06 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.8 8.2 8.4
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 75 65 75 75 75 80 85 85 80 80 80 80 75 75 85
TEMPERATURE 28 28 29 30 31 33 33 33 34 33 33 33 33 34 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 34 32 37
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 12 16 17 19 20 20 20 18 17 13 14 16 17 20 25 23
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 40 10 20 30 40 70 80 80 60 60 40 40 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.16 0.11 0.04 0.00 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.7 8.3 8.4
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 65 50 70 70 75 75 80 75 75 65 70 65 60 60 75
TEMPERATURE 31 31 32 33 32 35 38 38 37 36 36 35 34 37 42 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 39 33 43
WIND DIR W S SW SW W W W W SW S S SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 9 10 11 14 14 11 9 8 5 6 6 9 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 10 5 10 20 40 50 50 30 30 20 20 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 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) 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.0 7.3 7.8 8.4 8.6
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 60 80 80 85 85 90 90 85 75 80 75 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 31 31 33 33 34 33 34 34 36 36 36 36 36 36 37 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 36 35 39
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 16 17 19 20 19 18 17 17 13 14 17 17 20 25 23
WIND GUST (MPH) 43
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 60 20 30 50 50 80 90 90 80 80 60 60 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.09 0.20 0.09 0.03 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 6.9 7.4 7.9 8.3 8.5
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 65 85 85 90 90 95 95 90 85 85 80 85 85 90
TEMPERATURE 30 30 32 32 34 33 34 34 36 36 36 36 36 35 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 36 35 39
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 16 16 18 20 18 18 17 18 14 16 18 16 20 25 24
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 60 20 30 50 50 80 90 90 80 80 60 60 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.03 0.12 0.27 0.12 0.05 0.01 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.9 8.2 8.4
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 65 55 65 80 70 85 70 55 50 50 55 60 50 65 65
TEMPERATURE 34 34 35 35 36 37 37 36 37 36 36 37 37 38 40 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 38 35 40
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W S W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 16 14 14 17 16 14 9 11 11 11 16 16 17 20 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 5 10 20 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S R R 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) 6.6 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.6 8.0 8.4 8.6
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN