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FWUS46 KMFR 020936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 65 50 50 60 70 65 65 65 70 70 80 80 65 55 65
TEMPERATURE 42 43 47 49 49 45 43 43 42 46 52 54 48 43 42 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 41 56 38
WIND DIR SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE E SE S N S SE
WIND (MPH) 17 21 21 23 24 24 19 17 19 14 18 10 6 10 9 11 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 0 5 5 60 60 70 70 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.19 0.04
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) 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.6 9.1 9.3 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.1
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK SC BK OV BK OV BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 90 65 50 50 55 70 65 70 65 65 70 75 75 65 55 65
TEMPERATURE 41 44 51 53 51 45 42 42 41 46 56 57 51 41 40 38 37
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 40 60 36
WIND DIR SE SE S S S SE SE SE E E SE E S SW NW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 13 16 18 19 18 18 16 17 20 11 13 6 5 6 6 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 10 10 5 5 0 5 5 50 50 60 60 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.14 0.04
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) 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.1
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 90 65 50 50 55 70 70 65 65 70 70 80 80 65 60 65
TEMPERATURE 42 43 46 48 49 45 43 43 42 47 51 53 48 44 42 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 41 56 38
WIND DIR SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE E SE S N S SE
WIND (MPH) 17 21 21 23 24 24 19 17 19 14 18 10 8 10 9 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 0 5 5 60 60 70 70 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.17 0.04
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) 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.6 9.1 9.3 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.1
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK BK OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 85 70 55 60 65 70 65 70 65 70 75 80 80 70 60 65
TEMPERATURE 31 33 35 37 37 34 33 34 33 36 41 43 39 34 32 32 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 33 45 30
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S SE E NE NE E NE E NE
WIND (MPH) 28 32 29 31 34 34 33 31 32 28 29 18 14 21 17 23 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 55 54 54 55 61 58 62 62 59 66 57 42 40 54 39 59 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 0 5 5 50 50 70 70 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.20 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.6 9.1 9.3 9.2
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK OV BK BK OV BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 90 70 60 60 70 65 65 75 70 75 75 80 80 70 55 65
TEMPERATURE 43 45 49 51 51 48 44 44 43 48 54 56 51 45 43 42 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 43 57 40
WIND DIR S S S S S S SE SE SE E SE E S SW SW W SW
WIND (MPH) 11 14 17 18 16 14 11 11 11 12 13 10 10 12 12 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 20 10 5 0 5 5 60 60 70 70 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.12 0.04
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) 8.8 8.7 8.7 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.3 9.7 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.3 9.4 9.2
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK SC SC BK BK BK OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 60 40 45 60 65 70 85 65 70 70 80 80 65 60 75
TEMPERATURE 49 52 59 60 60 54 50 49 48 55 62 65 58 50 49 47 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 48 67 45
WIND DIR SE S S S S S S SE SE NE SE S S W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 6 12 13 11 6 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 5 10 10 5 0 0 5 5 50 50 70 70 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.13 0.04
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) 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.2 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.0
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 SC SC BK OV BK OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 70 50 50 65 75 70 70 60 65 70 75 75 65 60 65
TEMPERATURE 44 48 50 53 53 47 46 44 43 50 56 58 54 46 45 43 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 43 59 41
WIND DIR SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S NW S SW NW SW S
WIND (MPH) 13 14 17 18 18 17 16 14 17 12 13 9 8 9 9 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 50 50 60 60 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.11 0.04
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) 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.8 9.1 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.1 9.2 9.1
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK BK SC BK BK SC BK BK OV OV SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 65 65 65 50 55 60 45 65 65 70 70 45 40 45
TEMPERATURE 42 45 55 57 57 51 45 44 42 47 59 61 60 51 47 45 43
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 42 63 43
WIND DIR E E SE S SW E SE E E E E E N N NE N N
WIND (MPH) 11 10 11 12 10 8 9 11 11 10 12 12 11 14 14 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 30 50 40 20 5 5 0 0 50 50 60 60 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.03
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) 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.3 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.1 8.7 8.7 9.2 9.8 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.5 9.3
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK SC BK BK SC BK BK OV OV SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 60 60 65 45 60 70 50 60 60 70 70 50 40 40
TEMPERATURE 41 43 53 57 56 50 44 42 41 46 58 61 59 51 46 44 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 57 41 62 42
WIND DIR E E SE S S SE SE E E E E E NE N NE N N
WIND (MPH) 11 11 11 14 11 8 9 11 10 10 12 11 11 13 16 14 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 5 30 40 40 20 5 5 0 0 40 40 50 50 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.03
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) 9.0 9.0 8.9 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.3 8.8 8.8 9.3 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.5 9.3
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 70 65 70 50 55 35 50 65 50 70 70 80 80 65 55 55
TEMPERATURE 44 46 57 61 62 56 48 46 44 49 62 66 63 54 49 46 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 63 44 67 44
WIND DIR E E SE S S SE SE E NE E E E NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 6 10 12 9 4 5 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 30 30 30 10 5 0 0 0 50 50 70 70 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.10 0.04
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) 9.1 8.9 8.9 9.5 9.4 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.5 8.9 9.2 9.8 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.6 9.3
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 65 65 60 60 45 50 50 35 65 65 70 70 45 45 50
TEMPERATURE 45 47 55 57 56 52 48 47 46 50 59 61 59 52 48 47 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 46 62 45
WIND DIR E E S SW W NE E E E E E E N N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 10 10 10 9 8 9 12 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 30 50 40 20 5 5 0 0 40 40 50 50 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.10 0.03
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) 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.4 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.8 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.5 9.3
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC BK BK BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 75 70 65 60 60 55 45 40 30 65 65 70 70 40 40 50
TEMPERATURE 45 47 55 58 57 52 48 46 45 50 60 61 59 53 49 48 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 45 63 46
WIND DIR E E SE SW W NE E E E E E SE N N NE N N
WIND (MPH) 10 10 9 8 9 8 8 11 11 10 12 12 12 13 13 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 30 50 40 20 5 5 0 0 40 40 50 50 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.03
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) 9.0 8.9 9.2 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.3 9.0 8.6 8.8 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.1 9.9 9.5 9.3
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE SATURDAY 05/02/26 SUNDAY 05/03/26
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 BK SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 75 65 40 35 40 30 35 70 60 65 65 80 85 70 55 65
TEMPERATURE 45 47 52 55 56 50 47 46 46 50 57 59 55 49 47 47 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 46 60 45
WIND DIR E SE SE S S S S SE SE SE E N N W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 13 13 16 13 14 16 12 14 13 11 10 12 16 12 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 50 50 70 70 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R T R R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.21 0.04
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) 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.9 8.6 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.6 9.3 9.9 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.6 9.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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