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FWUS46 KMFR 200936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT THU AUG 20 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 20 20 45 85 90 90 90 90 85 90 85 70 30 10 0 0
TEMPERATURE 60 60 63 66 67 61 63 63 63 61 62 63 64 59 58 57 54
MAX/MIN TEMP 68 60 65 53
WIND DIR S SW S S S S S S SE SE S S S S S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 6 9 11 11 4 4 4 5 10 13 17 17 9 6 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 36 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 10 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) 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.6 12.7 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.5 11.2 10.2
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 20 45 80 90 90 95 90 85 90 85 70 25 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 54 58 70 72 71 63 58 57 57 59 68 69 68 59 54 51 49
MAX/MIN TEMP 73 55 70 49
WIND DIR SE SE S S S SE SE E E SE S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 5 8 11 11 5 5 5 5 8 12 14 14 8 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 10 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) 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.1 12.4 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.6 12.8 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.4 11.1 10.1
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 20 20 45 85 90 90 95 90 85 90 85 70 30 10 5 0
TEMPERATURE 59 59 62 66 67 61 62 63 62 60 61 63 64 60 58 57 54
MAX/MIN TEMP 68 59 65 53
WIND DIR SW SW S S S W W SW W S S S S S S SW W
WIND (MPH) 4 6 9 11 11 4 3 4 5 9 13 16 16 9 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 36 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 10 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) 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.6 12.7 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.5 11.2 10.2
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 15 20 50 85 90 90 90 90 85 90 90 75 30 10 0 0
TEMPERATURE 48 50 54 56 55 51 51 51 50 51 53 53 53 48 47 46 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 49 53 43
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SW SW W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 10 13 14 14 8 6 9 10 16 20 23 21 12 10 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 10 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) 11.7 11.5 11.5 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.7 12.7 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.4 11.2 10.2
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 15 35 80 85 90 95 95 90 85 85 75 35 10 5 0
TEMPERATURE 57 59 65 69 70 64 63 62 60 61 64 67 67 62 59 57 54
MAX/MIN TEMP 70 59 67 54
WIND DIR S S S S S SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 9 12 12 9 6 6 6 9 14 17 17 11 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 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) 11.7 11.6 11.6 12.0 12.2 12.7 12.9 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.9 13.1 13.0 12.8 12.6 11.6 10.4
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 20 45 85 80 95 95 90 80 85 90 75 25 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 63 66 74 78 78 72 67 67 66 67 72 75 75 69 63 61 58
MAX/MIN TEMP 79 64 76 58
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S SE S S S S SE SE N
WIND (MPH) 1 2 4 8 6 4 2 1 1 2 8 10 10 5 2 1 0
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T
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) 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.8 12.1 12.4 12.8 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.9 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.2 10.9 10.1
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 15 40 80 85 90 90 100 75 85 90 70 25 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 62 65 69 73 73 65 65 66 65 67 66 70 70 63 60 59 56
MAX/MIN TEMP 74 63 70 55
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 5 9 11 9 6 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T
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) 11.6 11.4 11.5 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.1 10.8 10.0
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 CL FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 10 0 20 60 85 80 95 100 90 90 95 95 50 35 20 15
TEMPERATURE 54 58 71 75 75 67 61 57 56 59 69 71 71 63 57 52 49
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 55 72 49
WIND DIR SE S SW SW W NW SE SE SE SE S SW W W NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 3 5 6 9 8 3 2 2 4 8 8 9 8 3 3 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 10 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T
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) 12.3 11.9 11.7 12.1 12.5 13.0 12.8 12.5 12.9 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.4 11.7 11.0
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 CL SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 20 0 25 60 85 85 95 100 85 95 95 95 55 35 15 20
TEMPERATURE 53 57 70 74 74 67 60 56 55 57 67 71 70 63 56 51 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 53 71 48
WIND DIR SE S S SW W NW SE SE SE SE S SW SW W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 3 4 6 8 6 3 3 2 3 6 6 9 9 3 3 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T
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) 12.3 11.9 11.7 12.4 12.7 13.0 12.8 12.5 13.0 13.0 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.4 11.7 11.0
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 FW BK OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV SC FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 5 60 80 80 55 95 100 90 95 95 90 50 15 5 5
TEMPERATURE 55 57 73 78 80 74 65 60 57 57 70 75 75 69 61 55 52
MAX/MIN TEMP 80 55 76 50
WIND DIR SE SE S SW W W W SE SE SE S SW SW W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 2 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 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) 12.1 11.6 11.3 11.9 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.7 13.0 13.0 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.2 11.3 10.5
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 CL FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 10 5 25 65 85 75 85 100 95 90 95 90 50 30 15 15
TEMPERATURE 58 60 70 73 73 67 62 61 60 61 68 70 69 62 58 55 53
MAX/MIN TEMP 74 59 70 53
WIND DIR S S SW SW W NW SW SE SE SE SW SW W NW W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 4 8 8 4 4 4 6 5 4 8 8 4 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 10 30 30 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R 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) 12.3 11.8 11.5 12.0 12.4 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.8 12.9 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.7 12.2 11.6 10.9
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 CL FW BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 5 0 10 60 85 80 85 100 100 90 95 90 55 40 25 15
TEMPERATURE 58 61 70 73 73 66 62 61 60 61 68 70 69 62 58 56 53
MAX/MIN TEMP 73 59 70 53
WIND DIR S S SW SW W NW SW S SE SE SW SW W NW W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 9 8 3 3 4 6 5 4 8 8 3 4 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 10 30 30 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE R 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) 12.4 11.9 11.6 12.0 12.3 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.8 12.9 12.8 13.0 13.0 12.7 12.2 11.8 11.1
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE THURSDAY 08/20/26 FRIDAY 08/21/26
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 CL SC SC OV SC OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 5 5 35 50 70 50 90 95 100 100 100 65 25 10 5 5
TEMPERATURE 62 63 70 74 74 67 63 63 63 64 66 69 68 62 58 57 55
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 62 69 55
WIND DIR S S S SW NW NW SW S S S S W NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 8 3 3 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 6 8 4 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 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) 11.7 11.2 11.1 11.9 12.8 12.7 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.5 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.0 11.9 11.2 10.4
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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