Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 011101
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT MON SEP 1 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 20 45 55 50 50 50 35
TEMPERATURE 55 56 62 65 66 59 58 58 59 61 67 68 66 60 59 59 60
MAX/MIN TEMP 67 56 71 57
WIND DIR SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 17 16 18 19 13 10 14 20 19 19 18 13 11 6 10 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 30 30 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
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) 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.6 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.3 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.4 12.2 12.0
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC BK SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 5 0 15 40 55 50 50 45 40
TEMPERATURE 49 54 67 70 68 57 54 53 53 59 71 73 68 57 56 55 53
MAX/MIN TEMP 71 52 75 52
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S SE E E E SE SE SE S SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 12 12 13 13 10 8 11 16 14 14 13 13 10 6 8 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 30 30 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
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) 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.3 10.7 11.2 11.5 12.0 11.9 11.8 12.3 12.7 12.7 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.0
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC BK BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 0 20 45 55 50 55 50 35
TEMPERATURE 55 56 60 64 65 59 58 58 59 61 66 68 65 60 59 59 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 66 56 70 57
WIND DIR SE S S S S S S SE SE SE S SE SE S SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 17 16 18 19 13 11 14 20 19 19 18 13 10 6 10 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 30 30 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01
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) 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.6 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.3 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.4 12.2 12.0
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW SC BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 20 50 60 55 50 45 40
TEMPERATURE 43 46 51 53 53 46 45 46 46 49 55 56 53 48 48 47 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 45 56 46
WIND DIR S S S S S SW S S S S S S SE S S S S
WIND (MPH) 25 23 25 26 20 18 24 34 34 32 31 17 12 10 17 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 40 44 47 37 44 64 67 64 58 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30 30 30 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
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) 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.5 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.3 12.7 12.7 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.0
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW BK BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 0 5 5 25 50 65 55 45 50 30
TEMPERATURE 54 57 63 68 68 62 59 58 57 60 68 71 68 61 60 59 58
MAX/MIN TEMP 69 57 72 57
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 13 14 17 17 13 10 11 16 14 13 12 13 9 8 8 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30 30 30 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.03 0.01
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) 10.2 10.1 10.1 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.5 11.9 11.9 11.8 12.2 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.3 12.3 12.2
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 10 35 45 45 50 40 30
TEMPERATURE 60 66 72 76 77 68 65 64 64 70 78 79 77 69 66 65 63
MAX/MIN TEMP 79 63 82 63
WIND DIR S SE S S S SW W SE S SE SE S S E NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 4 5 11 12 9 5 3 3 4 4 10 12 8 6 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
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) 9.9 9.9 9.8 10.1 10.7 11.3 11.6 11.9 11.9 11.8 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.2 11.9
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 15 40 45 45 45 40 40
TEMPERATURE 56 62 66 71 72 62 60 59 60 67 71 73 72 63 61 60 60
MAX/MIN TEMP 72 57 75 58
WIND DIR SE SE S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE
WIND (MPH) 12 11 14 13 9 5 12 17 16 14 16 14 9 6 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 20 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T
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) 9.9 9.9 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.3 11.5 11.9 11.9 11.8 12.3 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.2 12.2 12.0
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL SC SC BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 0 5 10 5 0 5 5 50 50 55 80 60 50 55
TEMPERATURE 52 54 65 70 71 61 56 55 54 59 70 74 73 65 61 59 58
MAX/MIN TEMP 72 53 76 56
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W NW NE SE SE SE SE S SE SE E E E
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 9 8 6 8 9 13 14 13 11 10 14 12 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 10.4 10.0 10.0 11.1 11.4 11.1 11.0 11.0 11.5 11.8 11.9 12.6 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.4
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL SC SC BK OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 5 10 5 5 5 5 50 50 55 80 60 55 50
TEMPERATURE 50 51 63 69 70 61 55 53 52 56 68 73 72 64 59 58 56
MAX/MIN TEMP 71 52 75 55
WIND DIR E SE S S SW W E SE SE E SE S SE SE NE E E
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 8 8 6 8 9 13 14 13 11 11 14 11 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 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) 10.3 10.0 9.9 11.1 11.4 11.1 11.0 11.1 11.6 11.9 11.9 12.5 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.4
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW BK BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 5 25 50 60 60 45 45 45
TEMPERATURE 51 52 68 74 75 65 58 56 54 56 72 78 76 69 63 60 57
MAX/MIN TEMP 76 52 80 56
WIND DIR E SE S SW W NW E NE NE E SE SE S NE NE E E
WIND (MPH) 6 6 10 9 8 3 4 6 6 6 9 6 6 5 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 30 30 30 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 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) 10.2 9.9 9.9 10.3 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.3 11.8 11.8 11.9 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.2
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL SC SC BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 10 15 5 0 5 5 40 50 60 75 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 52 55 65 69 68 59 56 56 56 59 70 74 71 64 61 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 70 55 75 59
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W NW NE SE SE SE SE S S E E E E
WIND (MPH) 12 13 13 9 8 8 8 10 14 16 14 10 9 12 12 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 10.4 10.0 10.0 10.7 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.5 11.8 11.9 12.7 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.4
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL SC SC BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 10 20 5 0 5 5 50 50 60 80 55 55 55
TEMPERATURE 52 55 65 69 69 60 56 56 56 60 71 75 71 65 61 60 59
MAX/MIN TEMP 70 55 76 59
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W NW NE SE SE SE S SW SW E E E E
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 9 6 6 8 8 13 14 14 10 10 12 13 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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) 10.4 10.0 10.1 10.9 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.3 11.8 11.9 12.7 13.0 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.4
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE MONDAY 09/01/25 TUESDAY 09/02/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL SC SC BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 40 40 55 55 50 40 45
TEMPERATURE 55 57 65 71 70 59 57 58 59 62 70 76 73 64 62 63 62
MAX/MIN TEMP 72 57 76 61
WIND DIR SE SE SE S NW N NE SE SE SE SE S SE N E E SE
WIND (MPH) 13 12 13 13 8 6 10 17 18 17 14 11 6 6 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30 30 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
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) 10.1 9.8 9.7 10.5 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.3 11.7 11.8 11.9 12.6 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.3 12.1
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN