Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 262136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT SAT SEP 26 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 15 20 80 75 65 30 10 25 20 5 5 5 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 51 43 42 43 42 42 48 50 50 43 42 41 39 39 50 53 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 52 37 55
WIND DIR S S S SW NW NE S SW W N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 3 4 6 8 9 8 3 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.3 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.1 8.5 8.9 9.0
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 15 20 75 70 50 25 10 15 20 5 5 5 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 53 42 39 39 38 40 51 53 52 42 39 37 35 37 52 56 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 55 33 58
WIND DIR S SE SE SE SE SE SW SW NW N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 4 4 6 6 8 6 3 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.2 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.1 8.4 8.8 8.9
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 20 20 80 75 70 30 10 25 15 5 5 5 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 51 43 42 43 42 42 46 50 50 44 42 41 39 39 48 53 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 52 37 55
WIND DIR S S SW W W NE S S W N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 6 4 4 6 8 10 9 2 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) 8.2 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.8 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.4 8.1 8.5 9.0 9.1
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 15 25 80 75 55 30 20 25 20 5 5 0 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 40 34 33 33 34 34 39 41 39 33 32 32 30 32 40 42 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 41 30 43
WIND DIR S S S SW SW SE SW SW NW N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 4 4 8 9 10 10 4 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) 8.4 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.9
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 SC OV OV OV SC CL SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 25 30 75 70 75 45 0 35 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 53 46 43 42 43 43 49 53 52 46 42 41 39 41 50 56 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 53 39 56
WIND DIR S SW S S S S SE S SW NW NW N N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 8 10 11 11 5 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.7 8.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV BK SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 20 75 70 40 25 15 20 20 5 5 5 0 0 5 0
TEMPERATURE 61 50 48 47 48 51 58 61 60 50 48 46 46 48 60 65 64
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 62 44 67
WIND DIR S S S SW S NW E SE S NW NW NW N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 5 5 4 5 2 3 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) 8.2 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.8
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 25 75 75 35 25 20 25 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
TEMPERATURE 56 46 44 44 43 47 52 57 55 46 43 42 40 44 52 58 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 57 38 59
WIND DIR S S S S SW SW E NE NW N NW NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.8 8.1 7.6 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.3 8.5 8.5
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV BK SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 80 80 60 50 20 25 15 20 10 5 5 15 0 5 10
TEMPERATURE 52 43 41 39 38 39 51 54 51 42 39 37 36 37 52 55 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 54 35 55
WIND DIR S E E SE S NE W W NW N NE NE NE NE NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 2 2 8 6 5 5 2 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 2 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.7 8.6 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.6 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.3 7.5 7.2 7.7 8.3 8.6
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 80 85 75 50 30 20 20 20 10 5 5 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 51 43 41 38 37 38 50 54 51 42 39 37 35 36 51 55 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 54 34 55
WIND DIR SE E E SE S NE W NW NW N N N N NE N W NW
WIND (MPH) 1 2 5 6 4 4 2 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 2 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.6 9.3 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.4 7.6 7.2 7.8 8.4 8.8
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 SC OV OV SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 50 40 75 85 40 30 25 20 15 5 5 5 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 56 47 43 41 40 40 52 57 55 46 41 38 37 37 52 58 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 57 36 58
WIND DIR NW SW NE SE E E NW W NW NW N NE NE NE NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.9 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 9.1 9.2 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.2 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.5
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 70 75 60 45 15 20 10 10 5 5 5 15 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 50 43 42 41 40 41 50 53 50 43 40 39 37 38 50 54 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 53 37 54
WIND DIR NW E SE S S E NW NW NW N NE NE NE E NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 2 2 10 8 6 6 2 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 2 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.2 7.7 8.1 8.3
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 80 70 50 50 5 20 10 10 5 5 5 15 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 50 43 42 41 40 41 50 53 50 43 40 39 38 39 50 54 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 53 37 54
WIND DIR NW E SE S S E NW NW NW N E E E E NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 2 2 12 9 8 8 1 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 2 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.7 7.9 7.2 7.0 7.5 8.1 8.2
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/27/26 MONDAY 09/28/26
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 BK OV SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 45 50 70 45 30 30 35 20 15 5 0 15 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 52 45 44 45 44 44 50 53 50 44 42 40 38 40 49 54 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 53 38 54
WIND DIR N NW S S W N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NE N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 8 5 6 5 6 5 1 3 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.7 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.2
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN