Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 061011
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
211 AM PST SAT DEC 6 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 15 15 25 20 30 40 55 60 55 60 30 20 15 15 25
TEMPERATURE 36 33 37 38 36 37 37 39 39 38 38 38 37 34 35 35 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 37 38 34
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW N S S SW
WIND (MPH) 36 36 29 27 26 25 20 27 27 26 24 24 19 14 13 14 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 58 58 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
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) 6.3 7.0 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.2
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 25 15 15 20 20 30 40 65 65 60 60 30 20 10 10 30
TEMPERATURE 32 29 38 38 35 33 33 34 34 34 40 40 36 31 32 32 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 33 40 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W NW W NW N E SE SE
WIND (MPH) 28 27 23 21 20 18 14 20 20 19 18 18 14 11 10 11 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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 6.6 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.5 7.1 7.2
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 25 15 15 25 20 30 35 55 60 55 55 30 20 15 15 25
TEMPERATURE 36 33 36 37 36 37 37 39 40 38 38 38 36 34 34 35 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 37 38 34
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW N S S N
WIND (MPH) 36 36 29 27 26 24 20 27 27 26 24 24 19 14 13 14 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 58 58 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
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) 6.4 7.1 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.2
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW SC FW SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 20 20 25 25 35 40 60 65 60 60 30 20 15 15 30
TEMPERATURE 25 24 27 28 27 28 29 28 29 28 29 30 28 27 27 27 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 28 28 30 27
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 60 60 54 51 48 46 41 44 46 46 42 40 35 31 29 26 33
WIND GUST (MPH) 115 115 112 112 105 100 95 82 86 93 86 78 78 72 72 54 64
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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) 6.2 6.9 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 25 25 20 25 15 25 35 45 50 50 45 25 15 15 15 25
TEMPERATURE 33 32 35 37 36 37 37 37 37 37 38 39 37 35 34 34 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 37 39 34
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W SW W W W W NW NE SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 28 28 23 20 19 18 16 21 21 20 19 18 14 11 11 11 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5
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) 6.3 6.0 6.7 7.1 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.6 7.3 7.1 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 35 20 15 20 10 25 45 60 65 60 65 20 15 15 15 25
TEMPERATURE 39 38 41 44 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 45 43 40 40 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 43 45 39
WIND DIR NW NW N N NW W W W W W N N W W NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 6 5 6 4 3 4 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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) 6.2 6.4 7.0 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 15 15 25 15 30 45 60 65 60 60 25 15 15 15 25
TEMPERATURE 36 35 38 40 39 40 40 41 42 42 42 42 40 37 37 38 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 40 42 36
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW SW W W W W NW NW N SE SE S
WIND (MPH) 24 23 20 19 18 16 13 17 17 16 14 14 12 10 9 10 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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 6.1 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.2
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 50 60 65 60 65 70 80 90 85 85 80 80 85 75 80
TEMPERATURE 31 29 29 31 31 31 31 32 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 31 34 34
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 29 26 25 23 19 14 16 21 19 20 20 19 16 18 16 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 20 20 10 10 40 40 50 50 60 60 100 100 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.22 0.05 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.9 7.0
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 40 35 50 60 60 65 65 80 85 80 80 75 75 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 30 28 29 31 30 30 30 31 33 33 34 34 34 34 35 34 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 30 34 34
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 31 26 25 24 19 14 16 21 20 20 20 19 16 17 14 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 30 30 40 40 50 50 90 90 20 20 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R S S R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.12 0.04 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.9 7.0
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 BK SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 25 25 45 45 45 55 65 65 65 70 80 70 60 65 65 50
TEMPERATURE 35 32 33 36 36 36 36 37 38 36 38 39 38 37 37 36 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 36 39 34
WIND DIR W W W W W SW S S SW W W W SW SW S SE SW
WIND (MPH) 11 12 12 11 4 2 3 5 5 8 11 10 8 4 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 30 30 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 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) 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.8 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.9 6.9
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 OV SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 45 40 45 50 50 60 70 80 85 85 85 80 75 80 70 70
TEMPERATURE 31 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 34 35 34 35 35 36 37 38 37
MAX/MIN TEMP 32 32 36 36
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
WIND (MPH) 27 26 25 23 18 14 16 20 19 21 20 19 18 18 16 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 51 50 44 43 33 37 40 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 30 30 20 20 60 60 60 60 80 80 100 100 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.13 0.05 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.2 6.9 7.1
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 OV BK SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 55 45 50 55 55 60 75 85 90 90 85 80 85 85 75 85
TEMPERATURE 31 30 30 31 31 31 31 33 34 35 33 34 34 36 37 38 37
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 31 36 36
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 27 25 25 21 18 14 14 21 19 21 20 20 19 19 17 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 30 30 20 20 60 60 60 60 80 80 100 100 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.07 0.08 0.17 0.07 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.6 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.9 7.1
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV BK BK SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 25 30 35 35 40 45 40 70 85 80 65 55 50 35 35 55
TEMPERATURE 34 33 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 39 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 36 37 37
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SE S SW
WIND (MPH) 26 26 26 20 20 19 18 23 23 20 18 17 14 11 12 13 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R
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) 5.8 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.8 7.7 7.4 7.2 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN