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FWUS46 KMFR 222117
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
216 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC BK BK SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 35 45 50 50 15 10 25 25 45 50 55 35 15 20 30
TEMPERATURE 50 45 42 40 40 40 47 49 49 44 41 39 40 41 46 49 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 50 39 51
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 10 14 14 9 8 12 13 17 21 21 28 35 29 32 31
WIND GUST (MPH) 46 56 48 52 49
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.3 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.8 8.6 9.3 10.1 10.7 10.9 11.0 10.6 9.7 8.9 8.9
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC SC SC BK SC FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 40 45 60 45 20 15 25 30 50 55 60 40 20 25 25
TEMPERATURE 51 43 40 39 37 38 49 52 50 42 39 38 39 42 50 53 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 53 37 54
WIND DIR SW W SW W NW NW S SW SW SW S S S S S SW S
WIND (MPH) 3 3 8 11 11 6 5 9 10 13 16 16 21 26 23 25 23
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.2 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.8 7.5 8.6 9.2 10.1 10.8 11.0 11.1 10.6 9.7 8.8 8.9
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC BK SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 35 45 45 50 15 10 25 25 45 50 50 35 15 20 30
TEMPERATURE 51 46 42 41 41 40 46 49 49 44 42 40 41 42 46 49 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 50 40 51
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 10 14 14 9 9 12 12 17 21 21 28 35 29 32 31
WIND GUST (MPH) 46 56 48 52 49
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.3 8.6 8.1 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.8 8.5 9.3 10.1 10.8 10.9 11.0 10.6 9.7 8.9 8.9
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 FW FW SC SC SC BK BK SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 50 35 50 55 50 20 15 30 35 50 50 55 35 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 40 34 31 31 31 32 38 40 39 34 33 32 33 34 38 41 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 41 31 43
WIND DIR S SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 13 20 29 31 19 18 25 27 33 37 41 50 59 55 58 55
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 41 48 69 75 48 51 59 64 72 73 90 101 115 112 115 112
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.4 8.5 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.1 8.0 8.9 9.3 10.0 10.6 10.9 11.0 10.6 9.7 8.9 9.0
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC FW SC SC SC BK BK SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 55 50 40 65 60 30 10 25 35 50 50 50 40 20 20 25
TEMPERATURE 51 47 43 41 40 40 46 50 49 44 41 40 41 42 47 51 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 51 39 51
WIND DIR SW W SW SW W W S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 5 6 11 10 8 9 12 13 12 17 17 21 27 25 25 25
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.4 8.6 8.3 7.7 7.3 7.0 7.5 8.6 9.2 9.8 10.9 11.2 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.0 9.0
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC SC SC BK SC FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 50 40 45 70 45 20 5 20 35 50 55 55 40 15 15 30
TEMPERATURE 60 55 51 48 47 47 54 59 59 53 49 47 47 49 55 59 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 60 46 60
WIND DIR NW W W W W N SE S S SW SW S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 5 6 4 4 1 5 9 8 3 3 3 3 5 11 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.7 7.5 8.5 9.2 10.8 11.0 11.2 11.0 10.5 9.7 8.8 8.9
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 SC FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 55 45 45 60 45 25 5 20 35 50 55 55 40 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 54 50 46 43 42 43 50 55 54 48 45 43 44 46 51 54 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 56 42 55
WIND DIR NW NW W NW NW NW S SW SW SW S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 6 8 10 10 5 6 9 10 11 13 13 19 23 20 24 21
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE 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) 8.7 8.5 8.0 7.2 6.7 6.5 7.4 8.5 9.1 10.7 11.1 11.4 11.1 10.5 9.6 8.8 8.9
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 OV OV SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 65 60 55 75 80 70 35 35 45 65 65 85 85 75 75 85
TEMPERATURE 50 43 37 35 33 34 45 49 47 40 37 35 36 38 42 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 49 35 47
WIND DIR SE N SE W W W S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 9 10 9 8 6 12 13 16 17 16 18 27 27 26 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 30 30 60 60 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.07
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) 7.1 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.1 6.6 7.1 6.8 6.9 8.4 8.4 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 OV BK SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 65 60 55 80 80 70 30 40 55 60 65 85 80 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 49 42 36 34 33 34 46 50 48 39 36 35 36 37 42 46 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 50 34 47
WIND DIR SE E SE W W W S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 9 10 9 6 6 12 13 16 17 16 18 28 27 26 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 50 50 60 60 70
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05
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) 7.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.6 7.2 6.9 6.9 9.3 9.0 9.8 10.0 9.7 9.0 8.9
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 BK FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 70 55 70 80 55 20 20 30 50 65 80 70 60 60 65
TEMPERATURE 55 46 40 37 35 37 48 55 54 45 41 40 41 43 47 54 54
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 56 39 56
WIND DIR NE N NW W W W SW W W W SW SW S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 4 3 4 5 8 13 13 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R 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) 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.3 5.8 6.3 7.3 7.9 8.5 9.8 10.0 10.4 10.4 9.8 9.0 9.0
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 BK SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 60 65 55 65 75 60 30 30 35 55 65 80 80 75 75 80
TEMPERATURE 49 44 40 38 36 37 46 49 48 42 39 38 38 40 42 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 49 38 47
WIND DIR N NW E W SW W SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 10 10 9 8 5 11 12 16 17 16 18 24 26 24 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 50 44 46
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 70 70 70 70 80
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.09
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) 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.3 5.9 6.4 7.0 7.2 7.5 8.9 9.2 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.0 8.8
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 BK SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 60 65 60 65 80 65 35 30 40 60 65 80 85 80 80 90
TEMPERATURE 49 43 39 38 36 37 45 49 48 42 39 37 38 40 41 44 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 49 37 46
WIND DIR N N E W SW W SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 10 10 9 8 5 11 12 16 17 14 18 23 27 25 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 70 70 70 70 80
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.14
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) 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.0 6.4 6.8 6.9 7.1 8.5 8.9 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.0 8.7
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 03/23/26 TUESDAY 03/24/26
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 BK BK BK OV SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 55 50 65 75 40 30 40 55 65 75 75 70 50 50 60
TEMPERATURE 50 44 42 41 40 41 47 51 51 46 43 42 43 43 46 50 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 52 42 52
WIND DIR N N N NW NW W S SW W NW SW SW SW SW S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 11 8 5 5 10 12 16 18 16 24 25 23 28 25
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R R 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) 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.6 6.4 7.5 8.5 9.4 10.5 10.4 10.8 10.5 9.7 9.1 8.9
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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