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FWUS46 KMFR 010936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK SC SC BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 50 65 55 60 65 60 80 70 60 45 35 55 60 50 45
TEMPERATURE 42 44 51 53 53 48 44 43 43 44 48 50 49 44 42 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 41 51 41
WIND DIR E SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 11 10 11 12 12 11 14 17 16 16 10 8 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 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 8.7 8.8 9.2 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK BK BK OV BK OV OV BK SC SC BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 50 70 55 60 70 65 80 70 60 45 35 55 60 50 45
TEMPERATURE 39 46 55 57 54 46 42 42 42 43 51 52 50 43 41 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 40 54 38
WIND DIR NE E SE S S S S S SE S S S S S SE SE NE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 9 10 8 8 9 10 9 11 12 13 11 10 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 8.8 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.6
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV BK BK SC SC BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 30 50 65 55 65 60 60 75 70 60 45 35 55 60 50 45
TEMPERATURE 42 44 50 52 52 48 44 43 43 44 47 49 48 45 42 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 41 51 41
WIND DIR E SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE E
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 11 10 11 12 13 12 14 17 16 16 10 9 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 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 8.7 8.8 9.2 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.6
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC SC OV BK BK BK BK OV BK BK SC SC BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 50 70 60 60 70 65 75 70 60 45 40 60 65 50 40
TEMPERATURE 30 33 39 41 40 36 34 33 32 34 37 38 37 35 33 33 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 32 39 33
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 13 14 17 23 21 19 23 25 26 24 16 14 18 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 49 44 41 41 47 51 46 35 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE 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 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 8.7 8.9 9.3 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC SC BK BK BK OV BK OV BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 35 40 70 60 60 75 60 80 70 60 45 45 60 70 55 50
TEMPERATURE 41 45 52 55 55 50 46 45 43 45 49 51 50 47 44 43 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 43 52 42
WIND DIR NE E SE S S SW S S S S S S S S S S E
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 12 13 14 14 11 9 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R T
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 8.5 8.6 9.2 9.3 9.0 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK SC BK OV OV OV BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 40 55 60 50 70 75 70 80 65 55 35 35 60 60 50 50
TEMPERATURE 50 53 62 65 64 56 52 51 50 52 58 60 59 52 50 48 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 66 49 62 47
WIND DIR E E SE S S S NW SW E SE S S S SE E NE N
WIND (MPH) 3 2 5 8 8 3 2 2 2 2 8 10 10 5 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 8.9 8.8 8.7 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.5
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK BK SC SC BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 40 55 65 55 65 70 70 75 70 60 45 40 55 60 50 45
TEMPERATURE 44 50 54 58 57 51 47 46 45 48 51 53 52 47 45 44 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 43 54 42
WIND DIR NE E SE S S SW S S SE S S S S S SE SE NE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 9 10 9 6 8 9 8 10 13 14 14 10 8 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 20 20 10 10 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 8.9 8.8 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.5
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK OV OV BK OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 45 60 65 75 80 70 70 80 70 70 70 60 70 60 45 40
TEMPERATURE 39 43 53 57 56 47 43 42 41 44 54 55 53 47 44 42 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 40 57 41
WIND DIR E E S S W W NW N NE E SE S SW NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 8 9 11 9 6 6 5 8 9 9 8 9 6 8 12 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 20 20 20 50 50 40 40 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R T R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.04 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 8.2 8.4 9.2 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.7
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 50 60 65 70 80 80 80 85 70 65 65 60 70 65 45 40
TEMPERATURE 38 42 52 57 56 48 42 41 40 43 53 54 52 46 42 41 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 40 56 39
WIND DIR E E S S W NW NW N NE E SE S SW NE NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 6 8 10 10 6 9 5 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 11 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 50 40 40 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.05 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) 8.0 8.0 8.3 9.1 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.7
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK BK BK OV OV BK OV BK BK BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 45 60 70 65 65 70 75 65 70 65 65 55 55 55 45 45
TEMPERATURE 41 45 57 63 61 52 46 44 42 46 56 60 59 52 46 44 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 42 62 43
WIND DIR E E SE S W W NW N NE NE SE S S S E E E
WIND (MPH) 4 4 6 6 6 6 3 2 3 3 6 8 6 5 4 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 30 20 20 20 10 10 40 40 30 30 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 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) 8.5 8.5 8.6 9.4 9.9 9.5 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.3 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.6
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 FW SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 45 60 65 70 75 75 75 75 70 70 70 60 65 55 45 40
TEMPERATURE 43 46 55 57 55 49 46 45 44 46 53 54 52 49 46 45 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 44 56 44
WIND DIR E E SE SW NW NW NW N E NE SE SW W N E E E
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 9 6 6 11 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 20 20 20 60 60 40 40 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.03 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) 8.4 8.4 8.5 9.4 9.9 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.1 8.8 8.7
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 45 65 60 70 80 75 80 80 65 70 70 65 65 55 40 35
TEMPERATURE 43 46 55 57 55 49 46 45 44 47 54 55 52 49 46 45 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 44 57 44
WIND DIR E SE S SW W NW NW NE E NE E SW W NE E E E
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 10 5 9 5 5 11 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 20 20 20 60 60 40 40 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.04 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) 8.4 8.3 8.5 9.3 9.9 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.1 8.8 8.7
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/01/26 SATURDAY 05/02/26
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 BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 65 70 60 80 80 75 75 75 65 55 35 50 40 35 40
TEMPERATURE 45 48 54 57 53 48 47 45 45 47 51 54 54 50 47 46 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 45 55 44
WIND DIR E SE SE SW NW NW N N NE NE S SE W N N SE E
WIND (MPH) 9 6 8 6 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 11 11 11 9 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 30 20 10 10 10 10 30 30 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R T R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.02 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 8.7 8.8 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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