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FWUS46 KMFR 260936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT MON OCT 26 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 BK FW SC FW FW FW FW SC BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 20 30 20 5 10 5 25 55 10 25 20 15 10 10 5 10
TEMPERATURE 32 30 34 36 35 30 29 28 27 27 33 35 33 29 28 28 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 27 36 25
WIND DIR SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 18 14 14 13 11 12 13 12 10 12 8 5 9 11 12 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.4 3.9
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 FW CL FW CL SC BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 15 30 25 5 10 5 25 55 10 20 20 15 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 30 30 34 36 35 29 27 26 26 27 33 34 32 26 25 24 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 26 37 24
WIND DIR S W W W NW N N N N N N N N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 16 12 11 11 10 9 9 10 9 8 9 5 5 6 8 10 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.4 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 BK FW SC FW FW FW CL SC BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 20 30 20 5 15 5 30 55 10 20 20 15 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 32 30 32 35 35 30 29 28 27 26 32 34 33 29 28 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 26 37 25
WIND DIR SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 17 14 14 13 11 12 13 12 11 11 8 5 9 11 12 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.0 4.4 3.9
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 BK SC SC FW FW FW FW SC BK FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 30 35 25 5 10 5 30 55 15 25 25 20 15 10 5 10
TEMPERATURE 26 25 27 28 27 22 21 21 21 22 27 26 23 19 19 19 19
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 21 28 19
WIND DIR W W W W NW W W W W W W NW N NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 40 31 29 32 28 25 26 27 27 25 31 25 18 18 19 24 28
WIND GUST (MPH) 88 72 71 79 72 65 64 65 71 69 86 75 57 47 40 48 51
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.4 6.2 6.3 6.1 5.2 4.8 4.4 3.8
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 BK SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC BK FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 45 40 35 15 10 15 30 50 10 50 50 15 10 10 5 5
TEMPERATURE 33 32 32 36 36 31 29 28 28 28 32 35 34 30 27 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 27 37 25
WIND DIR SW SW SW W NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 13 12 6 8 8 6 5 8 9 8 8 4 5 6 6 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.8 4.2 3.6
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 SC FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 15 30 30 15 10 0 15 35 10 30 30 5 5 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 36 34 38 41 41 36 33 31 32 30 35 40 39 35 33 32 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 30 44 28
WIND DIR W W W NW N NW NW NW NW NW N NW N NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 5 6 4 6 8 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 8 5 4 3
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) 6.3 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.4
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC BK FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 15 30 25 15 15 5 30 50 15 30 30 35 15 15 10 10
TEMPERATURE 35 35 37 39 39 33 30 30 30 30 35 36 35 32 29 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 29 38 27
WIND DIR W SW W NW NW N NW NW N N NW N NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 13 12 9 6 6 5 4 8 9 8 9 5 4 4 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 6.3 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.2
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 85 85 95 95 95 95 95 90 85 75 80 75 65 45 40
TEMPERATURE 30 29 30 31 33 32 31 30 30 29 31 32 32 29 28 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 29 32 25
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W SW SW W SW SW W W W W W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 17 17 14 18 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 6 4 3 5 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 60 70 70 60 30 30 30 60 50 50 5 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.22 0.09 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 2.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 3.4 0.6 0.6 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.9 3.5
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 80 75 90 95 95 90 80 75 75 65 70 65 55 40 40
TEMPERATURE 29 28 29 31 32 31 30 29 29 28 30 31 31 29 27 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 32 28 31 24
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W SW SW W SW SW SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 17 17 18 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 6 5 3 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 50 70 60 50 30 30 30 60 50 50 5 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.0 4.7 3.8 3.4
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 90 85 80 80 85 90 75 70 75 70 60 45 50 40 35
TEMPERATURE 33 32 31 34 35 34 32 32 31 31 30 33 34 31 29 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 30 35 27
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW W W NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 11 10 10 8 5 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 50 50 40 20 10 5 5 10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.2 3.7
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 85 85 85 90 90 90 90 80 80 75 75 70 65 50 40
TEMPERATURE 32 32 29 31 32 32 32 32 31 31 29 31 31 30 30 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 29 33 27
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SW W W W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 17 17 14 17 12 10 9 11 12 11 12 6 3 3 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 80 80 80 80 50 50 50 80 60 60 5 10 10 0 0 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.14 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.7 0.3 0.6 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.1 3.7
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 85 90 90 95 95 95 95 90 85 80 85 80 75 55 45
TEMPERATURE 32 32 29 31 32 33 33 33 32 32 30 31 32 30 31 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 29 33 27
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 14 17 14 18 12 11 10 11 12 11 13 6 3 3 8 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 100 80 80 80 80 50 50 50 80 60 60 10 10 10 0 0 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.7 0.4 0.9 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.0 3.6
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 10/26/26 TUESDAY 10/27/26
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 BK OV OV OV BK SC SC BK SC BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 75 70 75 70 35 35 60 35 70 70 65 45 30 25 25 25
TEMPERATURE 32 34 30 32 33 31 30 30 30 31 29 31 31 30 29 29 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 35 29 33 27
WIND DIR S SW SW W W NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 19 16 12 11 9 8 6 9 10 10 10 4 3 2 3 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 20 20 20 5 0 0 5 10 10 10 20 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 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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