Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 052136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK BK OV BK FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 50 60 60 60 60 80 55 15 5 5 15 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 50 43 40 40 39 38 42 42 43 39 39 39 39 40 48 52 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 46 39 54
WIND DIR SW W W SW SW SW SW SW NW N N N N N NE W W
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 2 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 10 10 10 30 70 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 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 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.9 8.9 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.4 8.3 8.9 9.7
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 FW BK SC SC BK BK BK OV BK FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 55 45 50 60 55 65 80 50 15 5 5 15 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 52 45 41 40 40 40 45 44 45 42 42 42 42 45 54 55 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 49 42 57
WIND DIR S S S SE SE SE S W NW N N N N N NE NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 10 10 10 30 70 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 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 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 8.1 8.8 9.6
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 BK BK BK BK OV BK FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 50 45 60 55 55 55 80 55 15 5 5 10 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 49 43 39 39 39 38 41 42 42 39 39 39 39 40 47 51 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 46 39 54
WIND DIR SW W W W W W SW SW NW N N N N N E S W
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 6 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 10 10 10 30 70 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.01 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 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.9 8.9 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.4 8.2 8.9 9.8
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK BK OV BK FW CL CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 55 55 60 60 70 60 85 60 15 5 5 15 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 38 34 31 31 31 32 33 33 32 31 31 31 31 33 40 41 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 35 31 42
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW NW N N N N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 8 8 8 8 9 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 80 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.5 9.0 8.9 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 8.3 8.9 9.7
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 FW SC SC BK BK SC BK OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 35 40 55 55 50 60 80 60 35 10 5 15 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 51 45 41 41 40 40 42 44 44 41 39 39 39 40 48 53 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 46 39 55
WIND DIR S SW SW S S S S SW NW NW NW N N N NE NE N
WIND (MPH) 9 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 8 9 8 8 8 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 10 10 20 20 30 70 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.01 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 9.1 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.9 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.5 8.0 9.0 9.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 FW BK SC SC BK FW BK BK SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 60 50 25 55 25 55 65 45 15 5 5 5 0 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 60 51 47 46 46 47 52 53 52 47 46 45 45 47 57 62 63
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 55 44 64
WIND DIR S S NW N N SE S S NW NW N NW NW N NE E NE
WIND (MPH) 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 10 10 10 5 30 50 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 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) 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.5 9.0 8.9 8.4 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.5 9.3
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 BK BK SC BK BK BK OV SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 60 35 60 65 65 70 50 10 5 5 15 5 0 0 0
TEMPERATURE 54 46 43 43 43 44 45 47 47 41 41 41 41 43 51 55 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 48 41 57
WIND DIR S SW W SW S S SE W NW NW NW NW N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 10 10 20 10 40 60 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.12 0.02 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) 9.2 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.4 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.9 8.5 9.2
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV OV OV BK SC SC FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 95 80 75 80 75 80 85 80 65 35 25 25 10 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 51 46 41 39 37 37 40 42 44 41 40 38 38 39 49 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 44 38 54
WIND DIR W NW SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW E E NW W W
WIND (MPH) 4 1 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 60 50 30 40 70 80 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.01 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 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.2 8.0 8.5 9.0
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 90 85 70 80 80 85 90 70 50 30 20 20 15 0 10 10
TEMPERATURE 49 45 41 38 37 36 39 42 44 41 39 38 38 39 47 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 44 38 54
WIND DIR SW NW SW SW S W W W NW NW NW NW N NE SE W W
WIND (MPH) 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 70 50 40 40 80 80 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.09 0.11 0.07 0.01 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 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.4 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.2 8.0 8.6 9.3
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 75 85 70 85 80 80 75 40 20 20 25 50 15 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 55 50 46 45 42 41 42 46 48 46 43 41 40 39 49 55 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 48 39 57
WIND DIR W W W SW S W W W NW NW NW NW NE NE S W NW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 1 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 50 40 80 30 70 60 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.11 0.05 0.03 0.01 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 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.8 8.5 9.1
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK SC SC FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 85 85 70 75 80 80 80 60 55 50 40 40 20 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 50 45 41 41 40 39 39 42 42 40 39 39 37 38 46 51 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 43 37 52
WIND DIR W NW SW S SW SW W W NW NW NW N E E NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 5 5 4 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 1 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 60 50 20 30 70 80 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.01 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 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.9 8.3 8.7
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV OV BK OV BK SC SC FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 90 85 70 70 75 80 85 70 75 70 45 40 20 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 50 45 41 41 40 39 39 41 42 41 39 39 37 37 45 51 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 43 37 52
WIND DIR SW NW SW S SW SW W W NW NW NW NW SE E NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 3 1 5 5 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 1 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 60 50 20 30 70 80 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.08 0.01 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 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.6
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SUNDAY 09/06/26 MONDAY 09/07/26
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 OV OV BK BK BK SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 85 70 75 75 65 55 50 45 15 15 35 10 0 0 5
TEMPERATURE 50 46 44 44 43 42 40 43 44 41 41 41 40 41 46 50 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 45 40 52
WIND DIR NW NW W S SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW N E NE N N
WIND (MPH) 3 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 5 3 4 4 5 4 1 1 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 40 30 40 10 40 40 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.02 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 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.7 8.1 8.5
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN