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FWUS46 KMFR 140936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 40 15 30 75 85 80 85 85 90 90 90 80 75 40 30 20
TEMPERATURE 28 29 37 38 38 35 32 31 30 30 30 29 28 26 22 20 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 28 31 17
WIND DIR NW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 11 13 13 19 20 20 24 26 28 24 20 20 21 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 20 40 40 90 90 60 60 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.12 0.30 0.06 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.6 0.6 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.4 3.6 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.8 4.8 6.0 6.9 7.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.0 3.6 2.3 2.0 1.6
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 25 10 25 70 90 80 90 90 85 90 90 80 70 40 30 20
TEMPERATURE 25 28 39 41 38 33 31 31 30 31 33 32 29 24 21 18 16
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 29 34 15
WIND DIR N W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW W NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 9 10 10 14 16 16 18 20 21 18 18 14 16 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 20 40 40 80 80 50 50 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.18 0.08 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.7 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.8 4.7 5.9 6.7 7.2 6.7 6.2 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.0 3.6 2.3 2.0 1.6
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 40 20 30 75 85 75 85 85 85 90 90 80 75 35 25 20
TEMPERATURE 27 29 35 37 37 35 33 31 30 30 29 29 28 27 22 20 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 27 31 17
WIND DIR NW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 11 13 13 19 20 20 24 26 28 24 18 20 21 26
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 20 40 40 90 90 60 60 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.32 0.05 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.0 2.6 0.5 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.5 3.6 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.8 4.9 6.0 6.8 7.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.0 3.6 2.3 2.0 1.6
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 35 10 25 70 85 80 90 90 90 90 90 80 70 45 35 25
TEMPERATURE 19 21 28 29 28 24 23 22 22 22 21 21 18 15 11 11 9
MAX/MIN TEMP 30 21 23 9
WIND DIR NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 19 18 18 20 26 28 33 36 37 43 49 54 49 41 34 43 44
WIND GUST (MPH) 43 51 75 79 93 107 115 115 112 54 73 65
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 20 40 40 90 90 60 60 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.09 0.17 0.33 0.08 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.7 3.5 1.0 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.0 5.2 1.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.6 4.6 6.0 6.8 7.2 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.8 4.9 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.6
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC BK FW SC OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 60 15 30 75 80 70 65 75 80 90 90 75 75 50 35 20
TEMPERATURE 28 30 36 39 39 37 34 33 31 32 31 32 30 27 22 19 17
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 30 32 17
WIND DIR NW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 11 13 16 13 17 18 18 24 25 23 21 24 23 20 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 30 50 50 90 90 70 70 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.19 0.06 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.5 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.1 6.1 6.8 7.3 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.0 3.6 2.3 1.9 1.4
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 35 10 20 55 90 75 90 90 85 90 90 75 75 40 30 20
TEMPERATURE 33 36 44 49 49 42 40 40 38 39 39 39 38 34 29 27 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 36 41 25
WIND DIR NW SE S S S SW SW SW S S S S SW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 4 1 6 9 8 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 11 9 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 20 10 10 40 40 90 90 60 60 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.17 0.05 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 5.0 5.9 6.7 7.1 6.6 6.1 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.0 3.7 2.5 2.0 1.6
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 SC SC FW FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 25 10 25 55 85 85 85 85 80 90 90 75 70 50 40 30
TEMPERATURE 29 32 40 44 43 38 36 35 34 34 35 34 32 29 25 23 21
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 32 35 20
WIND DIR N W S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S W NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 8 9 9 9 14 14 14 18 20 20 17 16 14 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 40 40 90 90 50 50 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.19 0.06 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.9 4.7 6.0 6.8 7.2 6.5 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 4.8 3.6 2.5 2.0 1.7
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 OV SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 45 30 40 80 85 70 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 23 25 35 37 34 28 27 26 27 27 28 26 24 19 18 17 16
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 26 28 16
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 14 18 21 23 21 24 26 29 27 24 24 25 20 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 48 44 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 40 70 50 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 60 60 60
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.39 0.53 0.34 0.12 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.6 5.0 3.7 1.5 0.9
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 4.6 8.7 2.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.9 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.2 2.8 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.5
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 OV SC FW SC OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 50 25 45 80 80 70 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 70 70 70
TEMPERATURE 23 24 35 37 34 28 26 26 26 27 29 27 23 19 17 17 16
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 26 29 15
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 14 18 20 23 21 24 26 29 28 24 24 27 23 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 39 43 51 48 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 40 60 50 80 100 100 100 100 80 80 60 60 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.28 0.48 0.33 0.10 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.6 4.4 3.6 1.3 0.7
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 3.2 8.0 2.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.0 3.9 5.0 5.5 5.8 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.8 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.5
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 BK SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 40 15 35 80 70 75 85 95 95 100 100 85 85 60 60 65
TEMPERATURE 28 30 39 44 41 34 33 33 32 32 33 32 29 25 23 22 21
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 31 34 20
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 3 8 11 11 9 6 9 10 12 13 13 12 14 11 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 50 30 60 90 90 100 100 70 70 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.25 0.24 0.36 0.11 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 1.6 2.8 1.2 0.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.8 4.4 1.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.3 4.2 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.8 3.8 3.4 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.5
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 35 25 45 85 80 75 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 26 28 35 36 34 31 30 29 29 30 28 26 23 22 20 21 20
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 27 30 19
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 13 17 20 21 19 23 25 28 26 20 20 23 18 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 50 54 41 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 50 80 60 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.36 0.54 0.27 0.15 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.9 3.1 4.6 2.6 1.9 0.8
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 4.0 7.2 2.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.9 3.9 4.9 5.6 5.6 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 35 30 50 85 85 75 95 100 100 100 100 95 95 85 85 80
TEMPERATURE 25 27 34 36 34 31 29 29 29 29 27 25 24 21 20 21 19
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 27 29 19
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 14 17 21 21 20 24 27 31 25 20 21 24 18 14 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 50 43 41 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 10 50 80 60 90 100 100 100 100 90 90 80 80 70
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.38 0.60 0.20 0.15 0.08
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.5 5.4 2.1 1.9 1.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 4.7 7.5 2.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 3.7 3.8 4.8 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.0 2.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 04/14/26 WEDNESDAY 04/15/26
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 BK SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 30 25 35 85 80 80 95 95 90 100 100 75 70 60 55 60
TEMPERATURE 30 32 37 40 39 35 34 33 32 33 32 30 26 24 24 25 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 32 33 23
WIND DIR SW SW SW W NW NW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 11 10 11 12 14 19 18 19 21 25 31 23 21 28 21 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 40 20 50 80 80 100 100 50 50 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.28 0.11 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.2 1.3 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.3 2.8 1.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.4 4.1 5.5 6.3 6.0 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.0 3.5 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.7
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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