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FWUS46 KMFR 280936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT THU MAY 28 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 55 80 85 95 100 95 85 80 85 70 60 60 65 75 70
TEMPERATURE 38 40 43 43 41 39 41 43 43 39 39 41 42 40 38 39 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 38 43 37
WIND DIR E N N N NW NW W SW W NW NW NW W W N N N
WIND (MPH) 13 13 19 14 14 11 10 11 11 12 17 16 6 5 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 70 80 90 100 90 60 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 10
PRECIP TYPE S R R S S S S S S R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.22 0.32 0.23 0.05 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) 7.4 7.8 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.2 8.0 7.3
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 55 80 90 95 95 95 85 80 80 70 60 60 65 75 70
TEMPERATURE 34 39 47 47 44 39 40 39 37 38 41 44 45 41 37 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 35 46 33
WIND DIR E NW NW NW SW SW S SE SW W NW NW W W N N N
WIND (MPH) 11 10 13 11 11 8 8 8 8 10 13 12 5 4 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 70 80 90 100 90 60 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.24 0.33 0.22 0.05 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) 7.4 7.7 8.7 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.7 9.0 8.7 8.2 8.0 7.3
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 55 75 85 95 100 95 80 80 80 70 60 60 65 75 75
TEMPERATURE 38 39 41 42 41 40 41 42 43 38 38 41 42 40 39 40 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 37 43 37
WIND DIR E N N N NW W W SW W NW NW NW W W N N N
WIND (MPH) 13 13 19 14 14 11 10 11 10 12 17 16 6 5 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 70 80 90 100 90 60 20 40 40 40 40 50 50 10
PRECIP TYPE S R R S S S S S S R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.21 0.31 0.23 0.05 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) 7.4 7.8 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.2 8.0 7.3
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 55 80 85 95 100 95 85 80 80 75 60 60 65 75 70
TEMPERATURE 26 29 32 33 32 33 32 31 30 29 31 33 33 33 29 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 29 33 26
WIND DIR E NE N NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW W N N NE
WIND (MPH) 26 25 31 26 25 24 20 21 21 27 29 28 10 8 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 54 54 59 50 50 57 49 55 54 65 55 56
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 70 80 90 100 90 60 20 30 30 40 40 40 40 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.21 0.33 0.23 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.9 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 2.6 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.4 7.9 8.7 9.1 9.2 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.3
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 60 80 85 95 100 95 90 80 80 65 45 50 55 65 75
TEMPERATURE 38 40 44 46 44 43 43 44 43 39 39 43 45 44 41 40 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 39 46 38
WIND DIR NE N N NW W SW SW S SW W W W W W NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 11 10 13 12 12 11 8 8 8 8 11 11 9 6 4 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 50 70 60 80 100 90 60 20 30 30 20 20 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.05 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) 7.4 7.7 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.2 7.8 7.3
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 20 50 70 90 95 95 90 85 80 75 80 70 70 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 43 47 54 55 51 46 48 48 48 48 48 52 54 50 48 46 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 46 55 44
WIND DIR E NE NW SW SW S S S SW W W NW S W N N N
WIND (MPH) 4 2 4 5 8 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 60 90 80 90 80 50 10 60 60 50 50 40 40 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.16 0.27 0.11 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01
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 7.5 8.4 8.8 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.7 8.9 9.2 8.9 8.5 7.9 7.3
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 20 45 80 95 90 95 85 90 90 85 70 70 65 75 75 70
TEMPERATURE 39 45 47 48 45 42 43 44 45 45 42 45 47 44 42 41 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 40 47 38
WIND DIR E NW NW NW SW W S SE SW NW NW NW N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 10 9 12 10 9 6 8 8 8 11 12 10 4 4 3 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 30 70 90 80 90 80 50 20 60 60 50 50 30 30 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.16 0.36 0.12 0.03 0.01 0.01 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 7.6 8.4 9.0 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.1 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.2
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 35 70 90 90 95 95 90 95 95 90 80 75 70 65 65 65
TEMPERATURE 38 45 53 50 49 45 42 39 37 36 37 40 42 40 35 33 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 35 42 31
WIND DIR E NE N NW W NE W NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 10 11 11 16 10 10 9 8 9 11 13 6 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 60 90 80 90 80 70 60 20 30 30 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.37 0.61 0.18 0.04 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) 8.2 8.9 9.8 10.3 10.1 9.6 9.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.6 6.3 5.8
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 45 70 90 85 95 95 90 95 95 85 75 70 60 55 65 60
TEMPERATURE 38 44 52 49 49 45 41 38 36 36 37 40 42 39 34 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 34 42 29
WIND DIR NE NE N NW W NE W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 10 12 11 16 10 11 10 9 9 13 13 8 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 60 80 80 90 80 80 60 20 30 30 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.34 0.56 0.16 0.03 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) 8.1 8.7 9.6 10.3 10.0 9.6 9.2 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.8
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 25 65 85 85 95 95 95 90 85 90 75 70 55 50 70 70
TEMPERATURE 40 43 53 52 51 48 46 43 40 38 39 45 48 46 39 37 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 38 48 35
WIND DIR NE NE N NW NW W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 8 5 5 9 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 50 80 80 90 90 70 60 30 20 20 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.23 0.45 0.27 0.03 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) 7.8 8.2 9.0 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.0 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.3 7.9 7.4 7.0 6.5 6.3
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 25 65 90 90 95 95 95 95 90 90 80 75 70 65 70 70
TEMPERATURE 43 46 51 48 47 45 45 43 41 37 36 39 41 39 38 37 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 36 41 35
WIND DIR E E N NW W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 11 10 12 10 12 11 13 10 10 9 8 9 12 13 8 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 60 90 90 90 80 70 70 20 40 40 30 30 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.40 0.59 0.23 0.04 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) 8.4 8.8 9.6 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.3 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.9
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 25 65 95 90 95 90 95 95 95 85 80 75 75 70 70 70
TEMPERATURE 43 47 53 49 48 46 45 43 40 38 36 39 41 39 38 37 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 36 41 35
WIND DIR E E N NW NW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 9 12 11 12 9 10 8 6 8 12 14 8 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 60 90 90 90 80 70 70 20 40 40 30 30 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.48 0.62 0.18 0.05 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) 8.6 9.1 9.8 10.3 10.3 9.8 9.2 8.3 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 05/28/26 FRIDAY 05/29/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC BK OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 30 45 80 100 95 95 95 90 90 80 70 50 70 70 75 80
TEMPERATURE 43 46 49 48 45 45 45 45 44 40 37 41 43 42 40 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 37 44 38
WIND DIR E SE NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 13 11 13 12 11 10 13 14 11 13 12 9 14 18 14 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 30 70 100 80 80 40 50 40 10 10 20 20 20 20 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.13 0.36 0.16 0.05 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) 7.8 7.8 8.9 9.4 9.7 9.4 9.2 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.0 6.6 6.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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