Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
396
FWUS46 KMFR 182301
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 PM PDT WED JUN 18 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 10 0 15 25 25 40 30 50
TEMPERATURE 65 60 53 50 48 51 56 59 59 51 46 43 40 39 40 43 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 61 38 45
WIND DIR W W W W NW W W SW W W W W NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 6 12 14 13 13 14 9 10 11 14 13 12 12 13 14 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 11.2 10.9 10.1 9.9 9.4 9.1 9.3 10.3 10.8 9.8 8.8 7.4 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.7
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 10 0 15 25 30 40 25 45
TEMPERATURE 69 63 56 53 51 54 60 63 62 53 48 43 40 41 42 46 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 64 40 47
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N NW W NW NW NW N NW NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 6 5 9 11 10 10 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 11.2 10.8 10.0 9.8 9.3 9.1 9.2 10.3 10.8 9.8 8.7 7.4 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.6
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 0 15 25 25 40 30 50
TEMPERATURE 64 59 52 50 48 51 56 59 58 51 45 42 40 39 39 42 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 61 38 44
WIND DIR W W W W NW W W SW W W W W NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 6 12 14 13 14 14 10 9 11 14 13 12 11 13 14 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 11.2 10.9 10.1 10.0 9.4 9.1 9.2 10.2 10.8 9.8 8.8 7.5 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.7
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 10 0 15 30 30 35 30 50
TEMPERATURE 52 47 41 38 37 43 46 47 45 38 33 30 28 29 29 31 27
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 48 28 32
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 17 23 26 26 27 26 20 21 23 26 29 28 26 25 25 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 49 47 51 56 61 61 61 57 55 56 55 71 74 66 64 61 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 11.2 10.9 10.1 9.9 9.4 9.2 9.4 10.4 10.8 9.8 8.7 7.3 6.5 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.7
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 5 15 30 30 45 40 60
TEMPERATURE 68 62 51 48 46 51 58 62 60 51 43 39 36 38 40 43 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 63 36 44
WIND DIR NW NW N N N N W SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 6 8 9 11 11 11 12 9 11 13 12 11 9 9 12 16 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 40
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
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) 11.5 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.6 9.3 9.4 10.2 10.7 10.0 9.3 8.1 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.8
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 5 15 20 20 40 25 40
TEMPERATURE 78 70 58 54 52 58 66 72 71 60 50 45 43 46 51 55 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 51 74 43 57
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 11 10 8 6 6 6 6 6 14 12 10 8 8 6 8 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 11.2 10.6 9.9 9.6 9.2 9.0 9.3 10.4 10.7 9.6 8.4 7.4 6.7 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.7
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 35 10 10 20 30 30 40 30 50
TEMPERATURE 70 60 52 48 46 54 60 64 63 51 44 41 38 43 43 47 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 65 38 48
WIND DIR NW N N N N N N NW NW N N N N NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 14 12 11 10 10 9 10 11 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 11.1 10.6 9.9 9.6 9.2 9.0 9.5 10.7 10.8 9.6 8.2 7.4 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.6
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW FW FW FW FW FW BK BK SC OV OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 5 5 5 10 25 65 55 35 75 70 80 75 70 70 90
TEMPERATURE 60 54 44 42 40 45 53 54 52 45 39 37 33 32 34 35 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 57 32 38
WIND DIR W NW NW N NE NE NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 9 11 10 9 8 9 12 13 11 11 13 13 12 13 13 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.4 7.4 8.3 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.9 6.0
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW FW FW CL FW FW BK BK SC BK OV OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 15 5 5 5 5 15 65 55 25 70 70 80 75 65 65 85
TEMPERATURE 60 54 43 41 39 45 53 55 53 45 37 35 32 31 34 36 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 58 31 38
WIND DIR W NW NW N NE NE W W NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 9 11 10 9 8 8 12 14 13 11 13 13 13 13 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 50 50 80
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.6 8.6 8.8 8.3 7.6 7.1 6.6 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.1
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL CL FW FW FW FW CL SC SC FW SC BK OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 10 10 10 5 35 40 10 45 60 80 70 60 60 80
TEMPERATURE 66 60 48 43 40 45 57 59 57 51 43 39 36 35 40 44 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 61 35 46
WIND DIR W W W N N W W W W NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 6 3 4 3 4 9 12 13 9 6 8 9 10 12 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 40 40 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
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) 9.3 9.4 9.3 8.9 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.1
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW FW FW FW FW SC BK SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 20 10 10 10 15 25 55 50 30 65 70 85 75 75 75 90
TEMPERATURE 57 52 44 41 40 45 52 52 50 44 38 37 35 34 35 36 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 54 34 37
WIND DIR NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 10 11 11 9 8 8 11 12 10 11 13 13 11 11 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 70 70 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.4 8.1 7.5 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.0
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 FW FW FW FW SC BK BK SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 30 15 10 10 15 35 65 55 40 75 75 85 80 80 80 95
TEMPERATURE 57 51 43 41 39 45 51 52 50 43 38 37 34 34 34 35 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 54 34 36
WIND DIR W NW NW NE NE N NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 11 9 8 6 10 11 10 11 13 13 10 11 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 70 70 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.2 8.1 8.5 8.2 7.5 7.1 6.4 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.0
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 06/19/25 FRIDAY 06/20/25
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 CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 5 5 10 10 45 20 15 40 50 60 55 55 65 80
TEMPERATURE 60 52 47 45 44 47 52 54 52 44 41 38 36 38 40 40 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 55 36 42
WIND DIR NW N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW
WIND (MPH) 13 9 9 9 9 9 8 13 16 14 11 12 13 11 12 12 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
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) 9.5 9.4 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.9 8.1 8.6 8.0 7.7 7.2 6.2 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.9 6.0
$$
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN