Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 201022
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
221 AM PST THU NOV 20 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 50 30 35 30 10 5 10 5 10 5 15 20 10 5 10 5
TEMPERATURE 28 25 27 28 26 25 26 27 27 28 34 36 34 30 31 31 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 24 37 28
WIND DIR NW W NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE
WIND (MPH) 6 5 3 5 10 11 13 16 14 11 9 6 6 8 6 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.0 4.1 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 45 30 30 30 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 20 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 26 24 29 29 26 22 23 23 23 23 35 38 34 27 27 26 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 21 39 24
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N NE NE NE E NE NE NE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 5 6 8 10 12 11 8 5 4 4 5 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.9 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.9 6.6 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK BK SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 50 35 35 30 10 5 5 5 10 5 15 20 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 28 25 26 27 26 25 27 28 28 29 33 35 34 30 31 31 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 25 37 29
WIND DIR W W NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE
WIND (MPH) 3 5 3 5 9 11 14 16 14 11 9 8 8 8 8 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.0 4.1 4.5 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 50 30 35 30 10 10 10 5 10 5 15 20 10 5 10 5
TEMPERATURE 18 16 18 19 16 17 18 18 19 19 27 29 27 23 23 23 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 19 16 29 21
WIND DIR W SW NW NE NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE N
WIND (MPH) 8 12 8 6 12 17 21 23 21 20 16 13 14 14 12 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 39 42 46 37 35 37 37 29 29 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.9 4.0 4.4 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 60 45 30 30 5 5 10 25 20 10 15 15 10 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 27 26 26 29 28 26 26 27 26 26 30 35 34 30 30 30 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 25 36 28
WIND DIR W NW N N N N NE NE NE E NE NE NE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 8 6 8 9 11 13 12 13 13 12 10 9 9 6 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.9 3.9 4.1 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.9 5.7 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 45 30 20 20 5 5 5 5 10 5 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 34 33 34 36 34 30 32 32 32 32 38 42 40 36 36 36 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 30 44 35
WIND DIR N N N N N N NW N N N N N N NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 9 10 11 11 12 9 11 11 10 9 10 6 6 5 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.8 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.9 5.5 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK BK SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 50 35 25 25 15 5 15 5 15 5 15 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 29 28 29 31 30 28 28 29 29 31 35 39 36 33 33 33 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 32 27 39 30
WIND DIR NW N N N N N NE N NE E NE N N E SE E E
WIND (MPH) 11 11 9 11 11 12 9 12 12 10 9 9 6 5 4 3 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 4.7 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.6 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK BK BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 55 60 60 55 15 15 20 20 20 25 20 25 15 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 25 24 27 29 29 26 25 25 25 25 34 38 37 30 30 29 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 23 39 27
WIND DIR W SW SW NW N E E E E E E E E E E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 8 9 5 5 6 11 12 12 9 9 5 5 6 5 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 10 40 30 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
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) 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.6 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV SC BK BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 50 55 50 45 10 15 15 20 25 25 20 25 15 10 15 20
TEMPERATURE 25 24 27 29 29 25 24 24 24 24 33 38 36 29 28 27 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 22 39 25
WIND DIR NW W W NW NE E NE NE E E E E E NE E E N
WIND (MPH) 11 10 5 5 6 10 11 10 8 6 4 3 4 5 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 10 30 30 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
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) 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.6 5.5 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV SC BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 45 55 40 30 5 10 10 10 15 30 20 25 10 5 5 15
TEMPERATURE 29 27 30 33 32 28 27 26 26 26 32 40 39 32 30 29 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 24 41 27
WIND DIR W W W W NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 6 5 8 12 12 11 11 9 6 8 10 9 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 10 30 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
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) 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 5.1 6.0 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK BK SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 50 60 55 45 10 15 10 15 25 20 20 25 10 10 5 20
TEMPERATURE 26 25 28 29 28 26 26 26 26 26 34 38 36 31 31 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 24 39 28
WIND DIR W SW SW NW N E E E E E E E E E SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 9 6 4 5 6 8 8 9 6 6 4 4 5 6 5 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 30 40 20 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.5 5.4 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK BK SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 50 65 60 50 15 15 10 15 30 20 25 25 15 10 5 20
TEMPERATURE 26 25 28 29 29 26 25 26 26 26 34 38 36 31 31 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 24 39 28
WIND DIR W SW SW NW N E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 8 6 4 5 5 8 6 8 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 30 40 20 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.5 5.4 6.3 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 11/20/25 FRIDAY 11/21/25
TIME (LT) 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A
CLOUD COVER BK SC SC BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 30 25 60 40 20 20 10 10 5 20 20 20 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 26 26 28 29 29 27 29 30 30 31 36 37 35 32 34 34 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 27 37 31
WIND DIR NW SW SW NW N NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE E
WIND (MPH) 10 6 3 6 6 8 6 5 9 8 6 5 5 8 8 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
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) 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.7 5.3 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN