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FWUS46 KMFR 102221
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
321 PM PDT TUE MAR 10 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW CL SC FW SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 35 40 10 5 35 25 30 40 20 30 35 25 35 20 15 5
TEMPERATURE 35 29 28 29 29 31 39 42 42 37 34 35 34 35 45 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 43 33 48
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 16 11 8 8 8 6 4 8 11 6 6 8 9 8 5 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.7 6.6 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.6 7.8
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW CL SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 35 40 15 5 40 30 35 40 25 35 35 25 35 20 20 5
TEMPERATURE 37 30 27 26 26 28 41 45 45 38 33 32 30 32 48 50 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 47 29 52
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 8 5 5 5 3 2 4 8 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 6
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) 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.5 6.4 7.3 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.4 7.6 7.8
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW CL SC FW SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 35 40 10 5 35 25 25 40 20 30 30 25 35 20 20 5
TEMPERATURE 36 30 28 28 29 31 39 43 43 38 35 36 34 36 45 49 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 44 34 49
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 16 10 9 8 8 6 4 9 11 8 8 8 9 8 5 9 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.5 6.4 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.6 7.8
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 35 45 10 5 40 30 35 40 25 35 35 25 35 20 15 5
TEMPERATURE 25 21 20 20 20 22 30 33 34 28 26 26 25 27 36 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 34 25 41
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 23 14 11 10 10 9 6 12 16 11 11 11 12 11 9 13 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.8 6.7 7.4 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.4 7.6 7.8
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 30 40 15 10 40 25 35 45 30 40 40 35 35 20 20 5
TEMPERATURE 35 30 27 27 27 29 39 44 45 39 34 35 34 35 46 50 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 45 33 50
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W W W SW SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 12 10 9 9 6 5 10 13 10 10 10 11 9 9 11 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.8 6.2 7.2 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.6 7.4 7.6 7.8
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW CL SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 30 10 5 40 30 35 40 30 35 35 25 35 20 15 0
TEMPERATURE 45 39 35 35 34 36 46 52 53 47 44 42 40 41 52 57 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 53 40 58
WIND DIR N NW NW NW NW NW N W SW W W NW NW NW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 11 8 6 6 6 5 2 4 8 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6
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) 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.9 6.1 7.4 7.7 7.0 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.6 7.8
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 40 20 5 45 35 45 35 30 35 35 25 35 20 15 5
TEMPERATURE 38 32 30 31 31 34 43 48 48 43 40 39 37 40 49 53 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 49 37 54
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 14 11 9 8 8 6 5 9 11 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 11
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) 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.0 6.3 7.4 7.5 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.6 7.7
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 65 55 60 70 70 70 60 55 60 60 65 75 80 70 65 60
TEMPERATURE 27 23 22 23 23 25 31 35 35 32 31 30 29 30 34 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 36 29 39
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 18 13 11 11 10 12 17 19 20 19 18 19 19 18 18 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 37 37 36 36 35 35 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 10 20 20 30 40 40 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 5.0 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.5 6.8
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 BK BK SC BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 55 60 60 65 60 55 45 55 60 65 75 80 65 65 50
TEMPERATURE 27 23 21 22 23 24 32 35 36 32 30 30 29 30 34 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 36 29 39
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 18 13 11 11 11 13 18 19 20 18 18 19 19 18 18 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 5 10 10 20 30 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 5.1 6.0 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.6 6.9
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC BK BK SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 20 30 30 35 35 40 35 25 35 40 45 60 60 35 30 15
TEMPERATURE 33 30 27 26 27 29 37 43 44 38 34 33 31 33 40 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 45 31 48
WIND DIR W W W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 6 4 4 4 4 6 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 6 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 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) 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.0 5.2 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.6 6.2 6.9 7.2
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 55 45 50 55 60 65 55 55 55 55 65 70 70 65 65 50
TEMPERATURE 27 24 24 25 25 28 32 35 36 34 33 33 32 33 35 38 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 36 32 39
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 18 12 10 10 10 11 16 17 19 17 16 17 17 16 16 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 39 40 37 37 40 40 37 37 35 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 20 30 20 50 50 40 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.9 5.9 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.6 6.9
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 55 60 70 65 70 65 70 65 65 70 75 80 80 80 70
TEMPERATURE 27 24 23 25 25 28 31 34 35 34 33 33 32 33 34 37 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 35 32 38
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 19 13 12 11 11 13 18 20 21 20 20 21 21 20 19 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 39 40 37 37 40 40 37 37 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 20 30 20 50 50 40 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.7 5.7 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.7 6.0 6.5 6.7
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE WEDNESDAY 03/11/26 THURSDAY 03/12/26
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 FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 25 30 20 25 50 35 40 40 30 40 45 40 50 35 30 15
TEMPERATURE 31 29 28 28 28 30 37 42 43 38 36 35 34 34 42 46 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 43 33 46
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 20 13 6 8 8 9 9 11 16 11 9 9 9 8 5 10 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.4 5.5 6.6 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.4
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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