Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PST SUN NOV 23 2025


...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   25   25   30   25   30   20   30   55   50   45   40   40   30   20   35   60
TEMPERATURE        36   32   33   32   32   31   35   37   34   31   31   32   32   31   37   40   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  38                  29                  40
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N    N    N    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         16   14   16   23   23   25   24   21   18   14   14   11    9    6    8   10   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       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)  6.9  7.0  7.1  7.0  6.4  5.4  5.2  5.4  5.2  4.7  4.5  4.5  4.4  4.5  5.3  6.1  6.5


...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   25   25   30   30   30   20   35   55   50   40   35   45   30   20   40   55
TEMPERATURE        36   30   29   29   28   27   35   37   33   27   27   26   26   26   38   40   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  39                  24                  42
WIND DIR           SW   SW    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    E   NE   NE   NE    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         12   11   12   17   17   19   18   16   13   11   11    9    6    4    5    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5    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  6.8  7.0  7.1  6.6  5.6  5.1  5.3  5.1  4.7  4.5  4.4  4.3  4.4  5.1  6.1  6.6


...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   25   25   30   25   30   20   35   55   50   45   40   40   35   20   35   60
TEMPERATURE        36   32   33   33   32   31   34   36   34   30   30   31   31   31   36   39   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  37                  29                  40
WIND DIR           SW    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW    N    N    N    N    N    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         16   14   16   23   23   25   24   21   18   14   14   11    9    6    8   10   11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    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  7.0  7.1  7.0  6.4  5.4  5.3  5.5  5.4  4.9  4.6  4.5  4.4  4.5  5.3  6.1  6.5


...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   30   35   40   40   30   20   35   55   55   45   40   45   30   25   35   60
TEMPERATURE        28   24   24   23   22   22   26   28   25   23   22   23   23   23   29   32   29
MIN/MAX TEMP                           21                  29                  21                  32
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         29   28   34   39   40   43   41   37   34   28   27   20   17   14   16   20   21
WIND GUST (MPH)    64   67   82   79   81   85   77   78   74   61   56   46   36   35   33   46   50
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    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  7.0  7.1  7.0  6.4  5.3  4.9  5.0  4.9  4.6  4.5  4.5  4.5  4.6  5.3  6.1  6.5


...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   30   30   40   45   55   45   45   45   50   40   40   50   35   25   35   60
TEMPERATURE        37   33   32   32   32   30   33   37   34   30   29   30   30   30   35   40   38
MIN/MAX TEMP                           30                  38                  28                  41
WIND DIR           SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NE    E    E    E    E    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   11   12   17   18   20   19   17   14   11   11    9    8    5    6    8    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5    5    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  6.8  6.8  6.9  6.6  5.9  5.7  5.6  5.4  4.5  4.4  4.1  4.1  4.1  5.1  6.2  6.5


...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   30   30   30   30   45   25   40   50   45   35   35   35   30   20   35   50
TEMPERATURE        42   38   38   38   37   36   40   43   41   35   36   36   36   36   41   46   43
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  44                  34                  48
WIND DIR           SW   SW    W   NW   NW   NW    N    N   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    N   NE   NE    W
WIND (MPH)          4    4    5    4    5    6    5    4    4    5    5    4    4    3    2    1    1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5    5    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  6.8  6.9  7.1  6.6  6.1  5.7  5.7  5.6  5.1  4.8  4.4  4.3  4.3  5.0  6.2  6.6


...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   30   30   35   45   45   25   30   45   60   35   35   40   35   25   35   50
TEMPERATURE        40   36   35   35   34   33   36   39   36   33   32   33   32   33   40   43   40
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  39                  29                  43
WIND DIR            W   SW    W    W    W   NW   NW    N    N   NE    E    E   NE    E   SW    W   NW
WIND (MPH)         10   10   11   14   16   17   16   13   12   11   11    8    6    5    5    6    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    5    5    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  6.8  6.9  7.1  6.7  6.0  5.7  5.7  5.5  4.9  4.5  4.4  4.3  4.3  5.2  6.2  6.6


...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   80   95   90   85   70   45   50   75   55   50   40   40   45   50   60   75
TEMPERATURE        35   32   31   32   31   28   27   30   29   25   25   25   25   25   35   38   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  31                  23                  40
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW    W    W    W    W   NW    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   13   18   19   21   23   20   16   12   12   12   12    9    9   11   14   18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   20   90   60   40    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S                                                           S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.14      0.25      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.6       1.7       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          2.3                 0.3                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.3  6.1  6.1  6.1  5.5  4.6  3.8  4.0  4.2  3.5  3.2  3.1  3.2  3.4  4.0  5.2  5.3


...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    45   75   90   85   80   60   45   45   75   50   45   45   45   45   50   60   70
TEMPERATURE        35   31   31   31   30   27   27   30   29   24   24   24   24   24   33   37   35
MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  31                  22                  39
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NE   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         12   13   18   20   23   24   20   16   13   12   12   12    9    8   11   14   18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   20   90   50   40    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S                                                           S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.09      0.16      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.4       1.0       0.2       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.4                 0.2                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.4  6.3  6.2  6.2  5.6  4.7  3.9  4.1  4.2  3.5  3.3  3.1  3.2  3.4  4.1  5.3  5.4


...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   OV   BK   SC   SC   BK   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   45   75   90   90   80   60   40   70   55   40   35   55   45   50   60   70
TEMPERATURE        39   35   34   36   35   33   31   35   34   29   27   27   27   27   34   41   39
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  36                  25                  43
WIND DIR            W   SW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW    E    E    E    E   SE   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          5    6    9   12   13   11    6    4    3    2    4    5    5    5    3    3    2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   40   50   30    5    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    5   10
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.03      0.13      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.1                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.1  6.3  6.6  6.8  6.1  5.2  4.7  4.7  4.7  3.7  3.3  3.3  3.3  3.4  4.4  5.4  5.8


...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   BK   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   80   90   90   90   75   45   55   75   60   45   35   45   45   55   65   80
TEMPERATURE        35   33   32   34   32   29   27   30   29   27   27   28   27   28   34   38   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  32                  25                  39
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    E   SE   SE   SE   SE    S   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         13   13   19   20   21   23   19   16   13   11   12   12    9    9   11   14   18
WIND GUST (MPH)                             40        33
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   40   90   70   50    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   30
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S                                                           S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.09      0.18      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.4       0.9       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.3                 0.3                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.3  6.2  6.2  6.2  5.5  4.5  3.9  4.2  4.2  3.5  3.2  3.1  3.2  3.4  4.1  5.1  5.3


...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   BK   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   90   95   90   90   70   40   65   75   60   50   35   40   45   55   65   80
TEMPERATURE        36   34   32   33   31   28   27   30   29   26   26   27   27   28   34   38   36
MIN/MAX TEMP                           27                  31                  25                  40
WIND DIR            W   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W    W    W    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         13   14   19   20   21   23   19   14   12   11   11   12    9   10   12   16   19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   40   90   70   50    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10   10   30
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S                                                           S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.11      0.19      0.03      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.5       1.2       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          1.7                 0.3                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.5  6.2  6.0  5.9  5.3  4.2  3.6  4.0  4.1  3.5  3.2  3.0  3.2  3.3  4.0  5.0  5.2


...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...

DATE                                        MONDAY 11/24/25                         TUESDAY 11/25/25
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   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   65   65   75   85   75   45   40   65   60   40   40   50   45   45   60   65
TEMPERATURE        38   35   35   36   34   33   32   33   32   30   31   33   32   31   35   38   37
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  35                  29                  38
WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   NW    N   SE   SE    S    S    W   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         13   12   14   17   19   20   20   19   14   13   12   10    8    8    8   11   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   30   20    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.06      0.05      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.3                 0.0                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.6  7.0  7.3  6.9  6.4  5.6  4.8  5.0  4.9  4.0  3.7  3.7  3.6  3.6  4.3  5.3  5.8

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN