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FWUS46 KMFR 251101
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT THU APR 25 2024
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 90 90 70 55 60 75 85 85 80 80 60 55 40 50 50
TEMPERATURE 31 33 36 35 35 33 32 33 31 30 33 34 33 31 29 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 30 35 25
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 9 11 14 19 20 17 17 21 20 16 17 14 13 13 18 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 60 70 50 30 40 60 70 70 70 70 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.23 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.16 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.8 2.5 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.9 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.3
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 75 90 90 75 55 60 80 80 80 70 70 65 55 45 50 50
TEMPERATURE 29 33 37 36 35 32 31 31 30 30 34 34 34 29 27 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 29 36 24
WIND DIR NW W SW SW W W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 5 6 10 12 13 11 11 14 13 10 12 13 16 16 12 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 50 60 50 30 40 60 70 70 60 60 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.12 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.3
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 90 95 65 50 60 70 85 85 80 80 60 50 40 50 50
TEMPERATURE 31 33 35 35 35 33 32 33 31 31 33 34 33 31 28 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 30 35 25
WIND DIR NW W SW SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 9 11 14 19 20 17 17 21 20 16 17 14 12 12 18 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 60 70 50 30 40 60 70 70 70 70 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.25 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.17 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.7 0.7 2.6 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.3
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 90 95 80 70 70 80 85 85 80 80 65 55 50 55 55
TEMPERATURE 21 23 26 26 25 24 24 23 22 22 22 23 22 21 20 19 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 27 21 24 16
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 16 18 23 31 29 27 28 29 28 23 24 20 20 21 26 26 27
WIND GUST (MPH) 34 37 42 61 50 51 52 49 48 39 46 43 48 55
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 60 60 50 30 50 60 80 80 70 70 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.29 0.08 0.11 0.09 0.17 0.03 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 2.4 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.0 0.4 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 2.4 1.8 3.1 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 7.0 7.4 7.5 7.2 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.3
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 95 95 75 70 65 75 90 90 90 90 65 55 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 29 33 35 34 34 33 31 30 30 30 32 32 31 29 28 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 29 33 24
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW W SW W W W W W NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 8 10 11 16 18 16 13 16 18 13 14 12 16 19 18 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 70 70 50 40 30 50 80 80 80 80 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S R S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.14 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.6 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.3
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 75 90 90 65 55 60 70 80 80 85 85 60 35 30 35 40
TEMPERATURE 37 40 44 45 45 41 39 39 37 38 41 43 43 38 34 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 36 45 31
WIND DIR SW S S SW SW W W W NW W NW NW N NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 4 5 9 9 8 5 4 4 4 3 5 8 12 17 17 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 60 50 50 30 40 60 70 70 70 70 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.07 0.01 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) 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.3
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 75 95 85 60 55 65 70 80 80 75 75 70 50 50 45 50
TEMPERATURE 33 39 40 39 38 35 34 34 32 34 35 36 36 32 29 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 31 37 27
WIND DIR W SW SW SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 6 8 11 16 16 13 14 17 14 12 13 11 13 17 16 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 50 50 40 20 30 60 70 70 60 60 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.3
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 90 100 100 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 90 85 70 70
TEMPERATURE 29 31 35 35 34 32 31 29 29 28 31 32 31 29 28 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 28 33 26
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 11 13 21 17 17 18 21 21 21 18 20 18 17 13 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 60 100 100 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 70 70 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.36 0.53 0.75 0.40 0.16 0.07 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 1.1 2.8 6.2 4.6 1.7 0.7 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 1.3 9.0 6.3 0.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.1
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 85 100 100 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 85 80 65 70
TEMPERATURE 28 30 35 35 34 31 30 30 29 29 32 33 32 29 27 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 28 34 25
WIND DIR W W SW SW W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 12 20 16 16 18 21 21 21 18 20 18 17 13 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 60 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 60 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.24 0.44 0.58 0.33 0.13 0.06 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.7 2.6 4.9 3.8 1.4 0.6 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.8 7.5 5.2 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.1
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 80 95 95 90 95 100 95 100 100 100 100 85 80 80 75 65
TEMPERATURE 33 35 39 38 38 37 36 35 34 33 33 34 34 33 31 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 32 36 30
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 8 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 12 10 11 10 13 11 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 50 100 90 60 90 100 90 100 100 100 100 50 50 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.22 0.27 0.58 0.33 0.14 0.06 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.4 1.1 0.4 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 2.1 3.5 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.9 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.1
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 90 100 100 95 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 85 85 75 70
TEMPERATURE 30 33 34 33 33 32 31 31 31 30 30 31 30 29 28 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 29 31 27
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 10 13 20 17 16 14 19 19 18 17 18 17 16 13 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 34 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 60 100 100 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 80 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.31 0.35 0.54 0.33 0.16 0.08 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 1.2 1.7 3.7 3.4 1.6 0.8 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 1.3 5.4 5.0 0.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 90 100 100 95 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90 90 85 75 70
TEMPERATURE 30 33 34 33 32 32 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 29 28 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 29 31 27
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 11 13 20 16 14 13 18 18 19 17 18 17 14 12 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 60 100 100 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 80 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.32 0.37 0.49 0.29 0.15 0.08 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 1.4 2.1 3.5 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 1.6 5.6 4.7 0.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/25/24 FRIDAY 04/26/24
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 85 95 85 70 85 90 95 95 95 85 90 80 80 80 75 65
TEMPERATURE 33 36 37 36 35 35 34 34 33 33 32 33 32 32 31 31 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 32 34 29
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 5 8 12 18 17 14 14 14 14 11 12 12 12 17 14 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 60 90 60 30 70 80 90 90 90 80 80 20 20 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.10 0.02 0.08 0.17 0.12 0.07 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 2.8 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.0
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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