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FWUS46 KMFR 140936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT THU MAY 14 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL SC CL SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 0 30 5 25 60 30 20
TEMPERATURE 38 44 53 55 56 51 44 38 36 41 48 50 51 47 42 39 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 36 52 35
WIND DIR NW NW W W NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 5 4 10 19 26 23 18 16 13 12 16 19 24 25 25 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 44 42
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) 6.7 6.8 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.4 7.6 6.9 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.7 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.2
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL SC CL SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 5 25 5 25 60 30 20
TEMPERATURE 33 42 56 59 58 48 40 34 31 38 50 53 53 44 38 34 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 31 55 31
WIND DIR N NW W NW NW N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 3 3 8 14 20 17 12 12 10 10 12 14 18 19 19 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 35
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) 6.6 6.7 7.6 8.3 8.7 8.4 7.5 6.9 6.3 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.5 7.2 6.6 6.0 5.2
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL SC CL SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 25 5 25 60 30 15
TEMPERATURE 38 44 51 53 55 51 45 39 36 41 46 48 51 47 43 39 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 36 51 34
WIND DIR NW NW SW W NW NW N N N NW W W NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 12 5 4 10 18 26 23 18 17 12 11 14 19 24 25 24 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 44 42
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) 6.6 6.7 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.5 7.6 7.0 6.4 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.7 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.2
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL SC FW SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 0 30 10 30 60 30 20
TEMPERATURE 26 32 42 42 42 38 32 26 23 29 37 38 38 35 30 26 22
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 23 39 22
WIND DIR NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 8 8 16 26 33 26 19 17 16 18 21 26 31 29 27 28
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) 6.7 6.9 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.4 7.5 6.8 6.2 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.7 7.2 6.6 6.0 5.2
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL SC FW SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 5 40 10 35 60 30 20
TEMPERATURE 35 43 52 56 56 51 42 37 33 39 47 51 51 48 41 37 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 33 52 32
WIND DIR NW N W W W NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 8 3 11 18 23 19 14 13 11 10 14 18 21 21 21 21
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) 6.2 6.3 7.7 8.6 8.7 8.3 7.6 6.9 6.3 6.6 6.9 7.2 7.6 7.3 6.6 6.0 5.1
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW CL FW BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 25 55 30 25
TEMPERATURE 44 52 65 69 69 61 52 46 42 48 59 63 64 57 50 45 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 71 42 65 41
WIND DIR N N N N N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 8 4 2 5 11 14 13 11 11 8 8 9 12 13 13 12 13
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) 6.5 6.5 7.4 8.7 9.0 8.4 7.5 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.9 7.5 7.9 7.3 6.6 6.1 5.3
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW CL FW FW SC BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 0 5 10 5 10 10 5 20 5 25 60 30 20
TEMPERATURE 37 47 55 59 59 53 44 39 36 43 49 53 54 49 43 39 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 35 55 35
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 5 8 13 19 17 13 12 12 11 11 14 18 18 18 19
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) 6.4 6.5 7.7 8.6 8.9 8.4 7.4 6.8 6.4 6.5 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.2 6.5 5.9 5.1
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL FW SC BK SC CL SC SC SC BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 0 10 30 55 35 5 30 30 40 60 60 55 70
TEMPERATURE 30 38 50 52 51 43 34 30 28 34 45 48 48 41 32 30 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 28 49 28
WIND DIR NW W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 2 0 11 20 23 19 8 4 3 5 16 20 21 20 13 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 4.4 4.9 6.5 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.4 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.6 4.8 4.1
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL FW FW BK SC FW SC SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 0 15 15 55 35 5 30 35 40 65 55 55 65
TEMPERATURE 29 37 50 52 51 43 33 29 27 33 45 48 47 40 31 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 27 48 27
WIND DIR NW W W W W NW NW W NW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 1 10 20 23 20 10 6 5 5 14 20 21 20 16 16 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 4.5 5.1 6.7 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.2 5.6 4.8 4.1
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW CL SC SC SC BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 20 5 25 45 30 60 45 40 50
TEMPERATURE 33 40 54 57 58 50 39 33 31 37 49 53 54 48 38 34 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 31 55 31
WIND DIR W E W W W NW W W W W W W W NW W NW NW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 5 10 11 12 5 3 2 3 9 10 11 11 10 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.4 5.5 6.8 7.2 7.6 7.3 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.8 6.3 6.5 7.0 6.6 5.8 5.0 4.3
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 0 5 15 25 50 45 5 30 40 45 60 55 60 70
TEMPERATURE 33 40 49 50 50 44 37 34 32 37 44 46 46 42 35 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 32 47 32
WIND DIR NW W W W W NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 1 10 18 20 18 8 4 2 5 14 19 20 18 13 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 37 32 39 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
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) 4.8 5.1 6.7 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.6 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.5 4.8 4.2
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL FW SC BK BK FW SC SC SC BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 5 0 5 20 35 65 50 10 30 40 50 60 65 70 75
TEMPERATURE 32 39 48 50 49 43 36 34 32 36 44 46 46 41 34 32 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 32 47 31
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 1 11 20 23 19 8 5 2 5 16 21 21 19 14 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 37 39 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30
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) 4.5 5.0 6.6 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.6 5.6 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.5 4.7 4.2
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/14/26 FRIDAY 05/15/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 0 0 20 10 5 15 15 25 30 30 55 40 35 50
TEMPERATURE 35 43 51 52 52 48 41 36 34 40 46 48 48 45 39 36 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 34 48 34
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 5 3 6 17 21 26 16 10 6 8 14 19 23 25 25 20 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.6 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.9 6.2 6.6 7.0 6.8 5.7 4.8 4.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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