Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 091021
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
221 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 20 10 20 30 40 30 35 25 30 15 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 39 44 45 43 41 41 42 41 41 47 49 46 41 41 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 39 50 37
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 26 25 23 21 18 17 19 19 19 18 16 14 16 16 17 16 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 43
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 0 5 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) 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 CL FW FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 25 5 15 25 30 25 30 20 30 15 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 35 34 44 45 42 37 37 36 36 36 47 50 45 37 37 37 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 34 51 32
WIND DIR W NW NW NW N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 20 19 18 17 13 12 14 14 14 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 25 15 20 30 40 30 40 30 30 15 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 39 43 45 42 40 40 41 41 41 46 48 45 40 41 41 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 39 50 37
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 26 25 23 21 18 17 19 19 19 18 16 14 16 16 17 16 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 43
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 0 5 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) 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 5 20 30 35 25 30 20 35 15 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 29 30 35 36 33 32 32 33 33 33 38 39 36 32 32 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 31 41 29
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 43 41 40 37 33 29 32 29 29 27 25 24 26 27 27 27 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 82 79 78 75 71 62 57 50 50 47 43 50 51 50 51 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 0 5 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) 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 20 5 10 20 45 30 45 20 35 20 10 15 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 38 37 41 44 42 40 39 40 40 40 44 49 45 41 40 39 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 38 49 37
WIND DIR W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW W NW W W W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 21 20 18 17 14 14 16 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 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) 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.3
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 CL FW FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 5 10 15 30 20 25 20 30 15 10 10 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 43 42 44 49 48 45 44 45 45 45 49 54 51 47 47 46 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 44 55 42
WIND DIR W W N N N NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 3 5 6 6 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) 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.6
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 CL FW FW SC SC BK FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 5 20 15 45 45 55 20 30 15 10 10 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 40 41 45 47 45 42 42 42 43 44 48 51 48 44 43 43 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 40 52 38
WIND DIR W NW NW NW N NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W N
WIND (MPH) 18 17 17 14 13 12 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 11 11 11 9
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) 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 75 80 90 90 90 80 75 75 45 40 45 35 20 15 20
TEMPERATURE 35 35 36 38 38 38 39 38 37 37 40 43 42 37 36 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 36 44 33
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 31 28 28 27 25 26 23 24 23 23 21 21 20 19 19 18 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 40 40 60 60 50 20 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.12 0.10 0.04 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) 8.1 8.7 8.9 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.1
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC BK SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 65 70 85 85 85 80 70 75 45 45 50 35 20 15 20
TEMPERATURE 34 35 36 38 38 38 38 37 36 36 40 43 41 36 35 34 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 35 44 31
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W W SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 31 28 28 27 25 25 20 24 23 23 21 21 20 19 18 18 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 40 40 50 50 40 20 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.10 0.07 0.02 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) 8.0 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.1
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 OV BK BK OV BK OV BK BK BK SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 65 65 75 65 75 65 55 55 35 40 35 15 10 10 15
TEMPERATURE 35 35 38 42 42 40 39 38 37 36 41 48 46 39 37 37 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 36 50 33
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW SW W W SW SW SW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 20 20 20 10 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 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) 7.6 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 70 80 85 80 85 70 65 60 35 35 40 30 20 10 20
TEMPERATURE 37 37 37 38 39 40 40 40 39 38 41 43 42 39 38 38 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 38 44 35
WIND DIR SW W SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 29 27 27 27 24 24 23 23 23 21 21 20 19 19 18 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 48 44 44 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 50 40 60 70 50 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.01 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) 8.2 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.2
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 80 85 90 85 90 75 75 65 40 35 40 35 25 15 20
TEMPERATURE 37 37 37 39 39 40 41 41 40 39 41 43 42 39 37 37 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 39 44 34
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 31 28 28 29 26 26 24 25 24 24 23 23 21 20 19 19 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 50 40 60 70 50 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.02 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) 8.4 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.2
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE TUESDAY 12/09/25 WEDNESDAY 12/10/25
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 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 35 30 40 55 50 35 25 30 40 30 30 20 10 10 5 10
TEMPERATURE 38 38 40 42 41 40 40 40 41 41 44 47 45 41 40 40 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 39 47 37
WIND DIR W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW N
WIND (MPH) 24 23 21 21 18 17 19 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 0 5 5 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) 7.7 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.3
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN