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FWUS46 KMFR 092221
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
321 PM PDT MON MAR 9 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 50 65 70 65 45 30 25 35 40 30 25 55 45 40 40
TEMPERATURE 40 34 31 30 28 27 32 36 36 31 30 28 30 31 40 43 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 37 28 44
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 18 21 26 28 32 31 31 28 26 21 16 18 20 24 26 25 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 47 51 50 50 47 43
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) 5.9 5.2 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 6.3 7.2 7.8
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 55 65 70 60 45 35 25 35 45 30 25 50 45 45 40
TEMPERATURE 41 34 30 28 25 25 35 37 37 32 27 25 26 28 42 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 39 24 48
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW N N N N NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 13 16 19 21 25 24 24 21 19 16 12 13 16 18 20 19 19
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) 5.8 5.3 4.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.9 4.6 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 6.1 7.2 7.8
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 OV BK SC SC FW SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 50 65 70 70 45 30 25 35 35 30 25 55 45 40 40
TEMPERATURE 41 35 32 31 29 28 34 37 37 32 30 28 30 31 40 44 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 38 28 44
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 18 21 25 28 32 31 31 28 26 21 16 18 20 24 26 25 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 47 51 50 50 47 43
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) 6.0 5.3 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.9 6.2 7.2 7.8
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 60 55 70 65 65 45 30 25 30 45 30 25 55 45 40 40
TEMPERATURE 31 26 22 20 19 18 23 26 27 22 21 20 21 22 31 35 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 27 19 36
WIND DIR W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW W W
WIND (MPH) 34 40 46 50 57 54 56 51 48 42 40 40 40 42 43 43 43
WIND GUST (MPH) 75 88 93 96 115 105 115 107 103 98 107 98 89 82 79 86 85
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) 5.7 5.1 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.4 4.1 4.8 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 6.3 7.2 7.7
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 OV OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 65 50 70 75 70 40 45 30 35 40 35 35 55 35 40 40
TEMPERATURE 42 34 29 29 27 25 33 36 36 31 28 27 27 30 40 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 37 27 45
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 14 17 20 23 25 24 23 21 20 17 13 13 14 18 21 19 19
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) 6.0 5.5 4.6 3.7 3.0 2.4 3.6 4.4 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 6.0 7.2 7.8
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 50 55 65 65 45 35 35 40 35 25 25 50 45 35 40
TEMPERATURE 50 42 36 35 33 32 38 45 46 40 35 34 35 36 46 52 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 46 33 54
WIND DIR NW NW N N N NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 6 5 6 5 3 4 8
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) 6.4 5.9 4.6 3.7 3.0 2.6 3.5 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.9 7.3 7.8
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 55 50 55 60 65 45 35 20 45 45 30 30 50 50 40 40
TEMPERATURE 44 36 32 31 29 28 34 38 39 33 32 30 32 34 44 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 40 30 49
WIND DIR NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW N N N N NW NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 13 14 18 20 21 21 21 20 18 14 11 13 13 16 17 17 16
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) 6.4 5.6 4.4 3.5 2.8 2.5 3.4 4.4 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.6 6.0 7.2 7.8
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK SC SC BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 65 65 60 65 50 30 40 60 50 55 50 70 80 70 75 75
TEMPERATURE 31 23 21 19 17 18 23 27 27 24 22 22 24 26 31 34 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 28 22 35
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 18 23 23 25 23 20 19 20 20 23 20 20 20 24 27 26 27
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 5 20 20 10 20 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S 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 0.1 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.4 3.4 2.6 1.9 1.6 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.9 5.9 6.5
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK SC SC BK SC BK SC OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 60 55 65 55 30 25 60 50 55 50 70 80 65 70 75
TEMPERATURE 32 23 20 18 17 17 23 27 27 24 22 22 23 25 32 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 28 21 36
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 18 23 24 26 23 21 19 20 20 23 20 19 20 24 27 26 27
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 20 10 10 20 20 40 40 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S 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) 4.5 3.4 2.7 2.0 1.6 1.6 2.1 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.8 5.0 6.0 6.6
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 BK BK OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 55 60 75 55 30 30 30 30 35 40 65 70 50 60 50
TEMPERATURE 38 30 26 25 23 23 28 33 34 30 27 26 28 30 38 43 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 35 26 45
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW S SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 9 9 8 6 5 9 11 9 4 2 2 3 4 8 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 20 20 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S 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) 4.7 3.7 3.0 2.5 2.1 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 5.0 6.4 7.0
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 BK BK BK OV BK SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 65 70 70 55 40 45 45 50 50 55 70 75 65 70 70
TEMPERATURE 31 25 22 21 20 20 24 27 28 25 24 24 26 29 33 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 29 24 37
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 18 23 24 25 23 21 20 21 20 21 20 19 19 21 26 26 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 44 50 43 43 41 41 37 40 40 43 43 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 20 10 30 30 10 30 30 30 40 40 60 60 60 60 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.2 3.3 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.8 5.9 6.5
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 75 70 55 45 50 50 60 60 60 75 75 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 31 24 21 19 18 19 23 27 28 24 23 24 25 28 32 35 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 28 23 35
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 18 23 23 24 21 20 19 20 20 23 21 21 20 23 27 27 27
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 20 10 30 30 10 30 30 30 40 40 60 60 60 60 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.1 2.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.8 5.7 6.3
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 03/10/26 WEDNESDAY 03/11/26
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 OV OV SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 60 75 75 50 30 30 30 50 40 45 60 65 50 65 55
TEMPERATURE 36 29 26 27 24 23 28 31 32 28 28 28 29 30 37 43 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 32 27 43
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW N NW W NW NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 19 24 27 25 26 24 23 19 19 16 17 18 21 21 21 23
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 4.9 3.8 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.3 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.1 5.1 6.5 7.2
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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