Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 291021
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
221 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW BK BK BK BK BK BK FW FW SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 5 15 55 50 65 65 55 50 25 20 25 25 35 35 20
TEMPERATURE 33 33 39 41 38 35 36 36 34 32 32 33 32 32 32 33 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 32 33 32
WIND DIR S S N W W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 12 17 19 20 28 29 20 19 17 12 12 11 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 5.5 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.6
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC CL FW BK BK BK BK BK BK SC FW SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 5 10 50 55 65 65 55 50 25 20 25 25 30 30 20
TEMPERATURE 26 25 38 41 36 32 31 32 31 28 34 34 30 24 25 25 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 27 34 23
WIND DIR E E N W W NW NW NW NW N N N N NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 8 10 10 10 13 14 16 21 23 16 13 12 9 9 9 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.7 6.6 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.4 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.6
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW BK BK BK BK BK BK SC FW SC SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 10 15 55 50 65 65 55 55 25 20 25 25 35 35 20
TEMPERATURE 33 33 37 40 37 35 36 36 35 32 32 32 32 31 31 32 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 32 33 31
WIND DIR S N N W W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 12 17 19 20 27 29 20 19 17 12 12 11 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 44 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 5.5 5.8 6.4 6.2 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.5
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK BK BK OV BK BK FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 10 15 55 55 70 70 60 55 25 20 25 25 35 35 20
TEMPERATURE 26 26 31 33 29 26 25 26 24 23 25 26 25 26 26 27 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 23 26 26
WIND DIR W W NW W W NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 17 21 21 23 31 33 37 50 55 43 39 33 27 26 25 24 23
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 41 47 61 64 79 103 115 102 92 78 71 67 65 62 50
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.9 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.6
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK SC BK BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 35 10 15 50 40 60 60 70 60 45 20 25 20 30 35 25
TEMPERATURE 32 33 38 42 38 35 35 35 34 32 30 32 31 31 31 32 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 32 32 31
WIND DIR SE SE W W W W W NW NW N NE NE N NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 8 10 9 10 11 10 13 18 18 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 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) 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.4
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW SC SC BK BK BK BK SC FW SC FW SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 10 5 45 40 60 65 60 65 25 20 30 25 30 30 25
TEMPERATURE 39 39 43 47 44 41 41 41 39 38 38 40 38 35 35 35 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 37 40 35
WIND DIR W NW NE N W NW W NW N NW N N N N N NW NE
WIND (MPH) 4 5 3 4 3 5 5 9 10 12 12 9 9 8 5 5 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 5.6 5.5 5.7 6.4 6.4 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.7
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW BK SC BK BK BK OV SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 10 10 55 50 65 70 60 70 35 25 25 25 30 30 25
TEMPERATURE 37 39 43 44 41 39 38 38 36 35 34 35 34 33 33 34 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 34 35 33
WIND DIR E E NW NW NW W NW NW NW N N N N NE E E NE
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 9 10 10 14 20 23 14 9 9 10 9 9 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 5.6 5.5 5.8 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.8
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 OV OV OV BK SC FW FW SC SC FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 35 35 55 60 65 70 75 80 60 30 20 25 35 35 25 25
TEMPERATURE 29 28 35 38 34 31 30 29 30 29 31 34 33 28 28 28 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 28 34 27
WIND DIR SE SE SW W W W W NW NW N E E NE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 16 16 16 18 16 9 10 9 6 6 8 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK BK OV BK BK OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 40 35 60 60 70 60 70 75 55 35 25 25 35 35 25 25
TEMPERATURE 27 27 35 37 34 30 29 28 29 28 30 33 31 26 26 25 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 27 33 25
WIND DIR SE SE SW W W W W NW NW N NE NE NE E E E E
WIND (MPH) 9 11 12 16 16 14 18 16 8 9 9 6 6 8 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.5
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK BK BK BK BK OV BK SC SC SC FW SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 35 30 60 70 55 65 65 80 60 30 25 25 25 35 25 25
TEMPERATURE 29 28 36 41 39 33 32 32 31 30 31 36 35 30 29 30 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 30 37 28
WIND DIR NE E SW W W W W W NW N NE NE NE NE NE E E
WIND (MPH) 10 6 5 9 9 8 8 9 8 6 8 5 6 10 10 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 10 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.3
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV SC FW FW SC SC FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 30 35 55 60 60 80 75 90 75 30 25 25 30 35 25 30
TEMPERATURE 31 32 37 38 35 32 31 32 31 30 31 33 33 31 31 32 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 30 34 31
WIND DIR SE SE SW W W W W NW NW N NE NE NE E SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 10 12 12 17 17 16 18 17 10 10 9 6 6 9 8 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 20 10 30 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.6
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV OV SC FW FW SC SC FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 35 40 60 50 60 85 85 90 80 30 20 25 35 35 25 30
TEMPERATURE 31 32 36 38 35 32 31 31 31 30 30 34 33 31 31 32 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 30 34 31
WIND DIR SE SE SW W W W W NW NW N E NE NE E SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 17 17 16 17 14 9 10 9 5 5 8 8 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 20 10 30 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.8
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 11/29/25 SUNDAY 11/30/25
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 SC BK BK BK OV OV OV SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 35 20 40 65 65 65 70 80 80 40 30 35 35 45 35 30
TEMPERATURE 37 36 40 40 38 36 34 34 33 32 33 34 33 34 34 34 36
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 32 35 34
WIND DIR SE SW W W W W NW NW N NE E SE NE E E SE E
WIND (MPH) 9 11 10 11 13 13 16 21 17 11 10 8 9 9 10 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.5
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN