Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 151101
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 AM PST WED JAN 15 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 41 41 46 48 45 41 40 40 39 37 41 42 39 33 31 30 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 37 42 25
WIND DIR E E E SE E E E E N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 5 4 3 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 13
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) 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.2
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 31 31 39 42 39 33 30 29 29 28 37 40 38 30 28 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 26 42 21
WIND DIR E E E SE E E E E NE W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 10
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) 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.2
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 40 40 45 47 45 41 40 40 38 37 40 41 39 34 32 30 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 37 42 25
WIND DIR NE E E SE E E E E N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 5 4 6 5 4 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 12
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) 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.1
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 30 30 37 39 37 32 30 30 29 28 32 33 31 25 22 21 21
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 28 33 18
WIND DIR NE NE E SE NE E E SE N N N N N N NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 6 4 5 4 3 3 6 6 8 12 12 13 16 20
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) 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.2
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 35 35 39 43 42 36 35 34 34 33 37 40 38 32 28 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 33 41 23
WIND DIR E E SE SE E E SE E S NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 11
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) 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 43 43 45 47 46 41 41 41 39 39 42 46 45 39 36 35 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 38 47 30
WIND DIR SE SW S SE SE S SW SW SW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
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) 6.8 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.3
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 42 44 47 49 47 43 42 42 41 41 44 44 42 37 33 31 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 39 44 25
WIND DIR E E SE SE E E SE SE S W NW NW NW NW NW SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 10
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) 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.3
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 15 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
TEMPERATURE 34 34 39 43 41 35 35 33 33 32 37 39 37 29 26 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 32 40 22
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SW W W W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 8 10 10 5 5 5 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) 7.1 6.8 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.7 4.9 4.1 3.3
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 15 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0
TEMPERATURE 34 34 38 43 41 34 34 33 33 33 37 40 37 29 26 25 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 32 41 21
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE S S W NW W W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 6 6 9 10 6 6 8 8
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) 6.6 6.4 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.2 3.4
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 31 30 36 44 43 36 33 32 29 29 35 42 40 33 29 29 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 28 42 25
WIND DIR NE E E E E E E E NE NE N W NW NW W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 5 3 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 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) 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.1 4.6 3.9
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 10 5
TEMPERATURE 37 37 41 46 43 38 37 36 35 34 38 40 37 31 28 27 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 34 40 23
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 8 10 11 4 5 5 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) 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.8 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.6 4.8 4.0 3.3
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 10 5
TEMPERATURE 38 37 41 46 43 38 37 36 35 34 38 40 37 31 27 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 34 41 22
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE S W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 9 11 11 4 5 4 4
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) 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.2 6.8 6.3 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.5 4.5 3.7 3.1
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 01/15/25 THURSDAY 01/16/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 41 41 46 49 46 41 41 40 39 39 43 44 41 34 32 33 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 38 44 26
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 6 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 8 5 4 4 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) 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.1
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN