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FWUS46 KMFR 082136  
AVGMFR  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
236 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2026  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC BK FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 15 10 5 5 35 40 50 25 20 30  
TEMPERATURE 67 59 60 60 57 55 61 62 59 51 47 44 40 37 38 40 39  
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 63 37 42  
WIND DIR SW NW NW W W NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 10 12 17 19 14 5 6 9  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.1 10.6 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.2 8.5 8.0  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC BK FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 10 10 5 10 40 40 55 25 20 30  
TEMPERATURE 68 55 53 51 50 50 64 65 59 47 42 39 36 34 40 42 39  
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 65 34 44  
WIND DIR SW N NE SE W NW W W NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 9 11 14 17 13 6 8 10  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.1 10.5 9.7 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.4 7.9  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 0 10 15 10 5 5 30 35 50 25 15 35  
TEMPERATURE 68 60 60 61 59 56 60 62 60 51 47 44 40 37 36 40 39  
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 63 36 42  
WIND DIR SW NW NW W W W W SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW  
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 10 12 17 19 14 5 6 9  
WIND GUST (MPH) 34  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.1 10.6 9.9 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.5 8.1  
 
   
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC BK SC FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 5 0 5 10 10 5 5 45 45 55 25 20 30  
TEMPERATURE 55 47 47 47 45 45 50 50 47 39 36 34 31 27 27 29 27  
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 50 27 32  
WIND DIR SW W SW SW SW W SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW  
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 6 5 5 8 10 9 12 14 21 24 19 9 9 11  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.1 10.6 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.4 7.9  
 
   
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC BK SC SC SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 0 5 5 0 5 15 10 5 10 25 50 55 30 30 40  
TEMPERATURE 69 61 58 58 56 54 61 64 61 52 46 43 41 38 38 42 42  
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 64 38 44  
WIND DIR SW NW NW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW N N N NW W NW  
WIND (MPH) 4 5 8 5 4 5 6 11 9 11 13 18 19 16 6 6 9  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 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) 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.2 10.8 10.1 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.8 8.3  
 
   
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 5 5 15 15 5 5 20 35 45 20 20 20  
TEMPERATURE 77 67 67 66 64 63 72 75 70 58 53 49 48 46 47 51 48  
MIN/MAX TEMP 61 75 46 53  
WIND DIR S NW NW NW W W SW W NW NW NW NW N N N NW N  
WIND (MPH) 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 5 6 9 9 10 9 9 4 4 6  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
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) 11.9 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.2 10.9 11.1 10.5 9.6 9.4 9.4 8.9 8.4 8.1 8.4 8.1  
 
   
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW BK BK BK SC FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 15 10 5 10 60 55 60 30 20 25  
TEMPERATURE 72 63 61 60 58 59 64 66 64 53 47 45 42 41 39 43 42  
MIN/MAX TEMP 55 66 37 43  
WIND DIR E NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW N N N N NW N  
WIND (MPH) 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 6 5 8 10 12 13 11 6 5 6  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
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) 12.0 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.3 10.9 10.9 10.4 9.2 9.6 9.3 8.7 8.1 8.0 8.1 7.8  
 
   
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW BK OV OV OV BK SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 55 85 85 75 65 30 5 5 25  
TEMPERATURE 69 55 51 48 45 44 55 56 51 42 40 37 31 28 35 39 37  
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 56 28 39  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 6 1 2 3 3 4 12 14 10 11 14 10 9 9 9 10 10  
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 32 27  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 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) 10.9 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.3 9.7 8.6 8.4 9.2 9.0 7.9 6.7 5.5 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.5  
 
   
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 45 75 85 85 65 30 5 5 20  
TEMPERATURE 68 54 50 47 44 43 55 56 51 42 40 36 31 27 35 39 37  
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 56 27 39  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 6 2 3 5 6 8 12 16 10 11 13 11 10 9 8 9 10  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 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) 10.9 10.7 10.5 10.7 10.4 9.9 8.8 8.5 9.3 9.1 8.1 6.9 5.6 4.5 4.8 5.5 5.6  
 
   
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL BK OV OV OV BK FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 65 80 95 85 50 20 10 10  
TEMPERATURE 73 61 54 49 47 45 57 61 57 47 43 41 37 33 35 42 41  
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 61 33 43  
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 3 2 3 6 8 6 8 13 11 9 8 5 6 6  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 0 0  
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) 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 10.8 9.9 8.9 9.6 9.8 9.2 7.7 6.5 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9  
 
   
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW BK OV OV OV OV SC FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 5 0 5 5 10 55 80 85 85 75 45 15 10 25  
TEMPERATURE 67 57 55 53 50 47 53 54 49 43 42 39 35 31 33 36 35  
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 54 31 37  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 5 2 3 4 3 3 10 11 9 12 16 11 9 6 8 9 8  
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 36 28  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE R 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) 11.0 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.4 9.5 8.8 8.3 9.6 9.0 7.9 6.7 5.7 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.4  
 
   
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW SC  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 5 5 5 10 15 75 90 85 85 65 40 15 5 30  
TEMPERATURE 67 57 55 52 49 47 52 53 48 43 42 39 34 31 32 36 34  
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 53 31 36  
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 5 1 3 3 3 3 11 12 9 12 14 10 8 5 9 9 8  
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 36 28  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0  
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) 10.8 10.2 10.0 10.2 10.0 9.0 8.3 8.2 9.5 8.7 7.4 6.3 5.3 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.2  
 
   
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
 
 
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26  
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW BK OV OV BK SC FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 70 80 85 65 50 20 5 10  
TEMPERATURE 69 60 59 57 54 52 56 57 53 46 45 44 39 35 35 37 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 52 57 34 39  
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 5 5 6 4 9 11 13 21 20 20 19 13 10 12  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 30 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE R R  
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 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) 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.3 10.8 9.9 9.1 9.8 9.9 8.9 7.6 6.2 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.5  
 

 
 
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CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
 
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