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FWUS46 KMFR 072221  
AVGMFR  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
221 PM PST SAT MAR 7 2026  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 25 0 5 0 10 10 30 25 30 15 15 40  
TEMPERATURE 47 42 41 39 38 39 47 49 48 40 37 36 34 32 39 42 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 50 32 42  
WIND DIR N N N N N N W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 18 13 8 6 8 10 13 14 14 13 12 14 23 24 23 21 20  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.1 7.8 7.3 6.0 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.5  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 25 0 5 0 10 15 30 25 30 20 15 40  
TEMPERATURE 48 39 37 36 34 34 51 53 49 40 36 34 32 30 41 43 40  
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 54 29 45  
WIND DIR N N N N NE NE W NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 13 10 5 5 6 8 10 11 11 10 9 11 17 18 17 16 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) 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.3 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.5  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 25 0 5 0 10 10 30 25 30 15 15 40  
TEMPERATURE 48 43 41 39 38 40 48 50 49 41 38 36 34 32 39 42 41  
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 51 32 42  
WIND DIR N N N N N N W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 18 13 8 6 8 10 13 14 14 13 12 14 23 24 23 21 20  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.1 7.8 7.3 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.5  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 10 30 0 5 5 10 15 30 25 30 20 15 40  
TEMPERATURE 40 36 34 31 30 31 39 41 39 33 29 27 25 24 31 33 32  
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 41 24 33  
WIND DIR N N N NW NW NW W W W W W W W W NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 31 21 13 11 14 20 26 28 28 27 25 28 37 41 41 40 37  
WIND GUST (MPH) 57 39 33 46 54 64 63 61 58 57 70 78 85 86 80  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.1 7.8 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.4  
 
   
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 5 10 20 0 5 10 15 15 30 25 25 10 10 45  
TEMPERATURE 49 44 40 39 37 38 49 52 50 41 36 34 33 32 39 43 42  
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 53 31 44  
WIND DIR N N NW N N NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 13 10 6 5 6 8 11 12 11 11 10 12 18 19 17 17 16  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.2 7.9 7.4 6.4 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.5  
 
   
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 25 0 0 0 10 15 25 30 35 10 10 45  
TEMPERATURE 56 51 48 47 45 45 55 60 58 50 44 42 40 38 45 50 50  
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 60 38 52  
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 9 8 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 9 10  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.9 9.0 8.3 7.8 7.5 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7  
 
   
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW SC CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 5 10 30 5 5 5 15 15 30 35 40 20 15 45  
TEMPERATURE 50 46 45 44 42 43 53 55 53 43 40 38 37 36 41 45 44  
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 56 35 46  
WIND DIR N N N N E SE NW NW NW N N NW NW NW N NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 13 10 6 6 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 11 16 17 14 16 14  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.3 9.0 8.8 8.2 7.8 7.4 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5  
 
   
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 15 5 5 10 10 5 15 45 60 70 70 75 70 60 60 55  
TEMPERATURE 48 38 35 35 34 34 43 46 44 35 33 32 28 25 29 33 31  
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 46 25 33  
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 13 11 9 11 16 17 18 18 18 19 23 26 25 24 20 19 19  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 20 20 40 40 40 40 20 20 20  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.4 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.5 5.9 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.4  
 
   
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK BK OV BK BK BK BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 5 10 10 10 10 25 30 50 65 70 70 65 60 60 50  
TEMPERATURE 49 39 36 34 33 33 43 46 43 35 32 31 28 25 30 33 31  
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 46 25 34  
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 13 11 9 11 14 17 18 18 18 19 23 26 26 24 20 20 19  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 10 10 30 30 30 30 20 20 20  
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.4 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.5 5.9 4.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.5  
 
   
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC FW SC BK OV OV SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 5 10 15 5 0 15 30 20 50 65 80 70 50 40 45  
TEMPERATURE 52 44 39 38 36 37 48 51 49 40 37 37 34 32 34 37 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 52 32 39  
WIND DIR W NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 5 3 3 3 3 3 6 9 8 5 5 8 9 8 9 10 13  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 5 5 5  
PRECIP TYPE R S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 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) 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.2 7.5 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.3 5.5 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.9  
 
   
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 5 10 10 10 5 20 50 60 75 80 80 75 55 55 60  
TEMPERATURE 47 41 39 39 37 37 44 46 43 37 35 34 30 28 29 32 30  
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 46 28 32  
WIND DIR NW NW W S SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 13 12 9 12 14 17 17 18 18 19 23 25 25 24 21 20 19  
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 41  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 30 30 50 50 50 50 30 30 30  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.3 7.3 6.9 6.5 5.9 4.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3  
 
   
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 25 5 10 10 10 10 20 60 80 85 85 80 80 60 60 70  
TEMPERATURE 47 40 38 37 36 36 43 46 43 37 35 33 29 27 28 31 30  
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 46 27 32  
WIND DIR NW W SW S S SW W W W W W W W W W W W  
WIND (MPH) 13 12 10 13 17 18 18 19 18 21 24 26 25 24 21 19 19  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 0 5 10 30 30 50 50 50 50 30 30 30  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.3 7.9 7.5 7.1 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.3 5.7 4.6 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.1  
 
   
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)  
 
DATE SUNDAY 03/08/26 MONDAY 03/09/26  
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P  
 
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK OV OV BK SC BK  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 10 25 15 10 15 30 25 40 65 75 80 65 45 50  
TEMPERATURE 48 44 43 43 43 43 48 49 46 41 38 37 35 33 34 35 34  
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 49 33 36  
WIND DIR N N N N NW W NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 13 10 6 6 10 13 14 14 16 14 16 19 20 21 19 19 23  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 5 5 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 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 7.6 7.3 7.6 7.2 6.4 5.5 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9  
 
 
 
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CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
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