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FWUS46 KMFR 222136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT WED APR 22 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 55 45 40 25 10 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 20
TEMPERATURE 32 30 28 28 27 31 39 44 44 38 35 33 32 37 45 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 46 31 49
WIND DIR W W NW NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 13 16 18 16 11 18 14 10 3 4 6 6 9 10 10 11 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
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) 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.5 6.1 7.1 7.6 7.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 5.6 6.5 6.8 7.3
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 70 50 40 35 20 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 15
TEMPERATURE 33 29 26 25 24 28 42 46 45 35 31 30 28 35 48 51 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 48 28 52
WIND DIR W W W NW N N NW N NW NW N N N N NW W W
WIND (MPH) 10 12 13 13 8 13 11 6 5 6 8 5 6 6 6 9 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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) 6.1 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.5 6.0 7.0 7.6 7.2 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.7 6.5 6.8 7.3
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 55 40 40 30 15 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 20
TEMPERATURE 32 30 28 28 27 30 38 43 44 38 35 34 32 37 44 47 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 45 32 49
WIND DIR W W NW NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 13 16 18 16 10 18 14 10 3 4 6 6 9 11 10 12 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
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) 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.5 6.1 7.1 7.5 7.1 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.6 6.5 6.8 7.3
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 70 55 50 40 20 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 20
TEMPERATURE 22 20 19 19 19 22 30 33 34 29 25 23 22 27 35 38 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 34 22 39
WIND DIR NW NW NW N N N N N NE N N NW NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 26 31 29 24 23 27 21 14 11 9 11 13 18 18 14 17 21
WIND GUST (MPH) 64 73 56 50 51 46 32 42 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.2 4.3 6.0 7.0 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.5 6.6 6.8 7.2
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 BK SC SC FW CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 60 65 40 45 20 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 10 25
TEMPERATURE 34 32 29 28 26 30 39 44 46 41 35 33 31 36 45 48 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 47 31 50
WIND DIR W SW W W NW N N N NW NW NW NW N N NW W W
WIND (MPH) 13 14 16 14 8 13 11 9 5 8 6 5 8 11 10 12 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.2 4.2 5.7 6.6 7.4 7.2 6.7 6.2 5.7 5.6 6.4 6.8 7.2
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV BK BK SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 50 30 40 35 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 25
TEMPERATURE 41 38 36 33 33 36 47 55 56 48 42 41 39 44 54 58 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 57 39 60
WIND DIR S W NW NW NW NE N N NW NW NW E E N S S SW
WIND (MPH) 5 3 8 6 5 4 10 10 8 8 5 4 4 5 5 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.7 4.3 4.3 5.2 6.1 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.7 6.4 6.9 7.4
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 60 60 50 45 25 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20
TEMPERATURE 36 33 31 29 29 32 41 46 48 42 36 35 33 39 49 52 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 48 33 53
WIND DIR W NW NW NW N N NW NW NW N N N NE N NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 13 13 10 13 12 11 10 13 11 10 9 9 9 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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) 6.2 6.0 5.4 4.7 4.2 4.1 5.2 6.1 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.6 6.4 6.8 7.3
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV OV OV BK SC FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 70 50 45 20 0 0 10 5 5 10 10 15 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 31 28 26 24 22 26 39 44 45 37 30 28 26 31 44 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 46 26 49
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W NW NW NW N N E E N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 20 20 17 13 13 10 8 8 8 6 6 8 9 10 14 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.4 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.5 5.6 6.8 7.2 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.8 6.2 6.5
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV OV BK SC SC FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 65 40 50 20 5 0 10 5 5 10 10 15 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 30 28 26 24 22 25 40 45 45 36 30 27 25 30 44 48 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 47 25 49
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NE E NE NW NW
WIND (MPH) 24 21 20 18 12 13 10 10 10 8 8 6 8 9 10 14 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.7 5.7 6.9 7.3 6.9 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.9 6.3 6.6
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV OV OV BK SC FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 80 60 45 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5
TEMPERATURE 37 34 31 30 27 29 41 49 50 43 35 32 30 35 48 53 52
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 51 30 55
WIND DIR W W W W W W NW W NW W E E E E W W NW
WIND (MPH) 14 13 11 9 5 4 4 8 9 5 2 5 6 4 5 8 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.7 5.5 6.6 7.3 7.2 6.8 6.1 5.5 5.2 6.0 6.4 6.6
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 75 65 55 20 5 0 10 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 30 30 29 27 25 29 38 43 44 39 33 31 29 34 45 47 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 45 29 48
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W NW NW NW N E E E N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 20 20 19 17 13 13 11 8 9 8 6 6 8 10 10 14 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.6 5.4 6.5 7.0 6.8 6.3 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.8 6.2 6.4
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV OV OV BK BK FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 75 70 55 20 5 0 10 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 30 29 28 27 24 29 38 43 44 38 33 30 28 33 45 47 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 45 28 49
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W NW NW NW N E E E N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 21 19 18 13 13 11 8 9 8 8 6 8 10 10 16 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.4 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.5 5.4 6.5 6.9 6.6 6.0 5.4 4.8 4.9 5.7 6.1 6.4
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 OV BK SC SC CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 65 45 30 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 34 32 31 30 30 33 40 44 44 40 36 35 34 38 47 49 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 46 34 50
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 14 17 17 14 13 14 11 8 11 8 6 8 8 10 9 16 23
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.3 3.9 3.9 5.4 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 6.0 6.2 6.6
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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