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FWUS46 KMFR 270936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 40 45 10 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20
TEMPERATURE 30 30 35 35 32 29 29 30 30 29 38 41 38 30 31 32 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 26 41 26
WIND DIR W W W NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW
WIND (MPH) 13 10 9 8 6 6 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 13 14 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.4 5.2 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.3 4.8 4.2 3.6
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC SC CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 35 40 0 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20
TEMPERATURE 27 27 36 34 30 25 23 24 24 24 38 40 35 26 26 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 22 40 25
WIND DIR W W NW NW NW N N N N N N NW NW N NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 10 8 9 12 4 5 6 8 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.9 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.3 3.6
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 25 40 50 10 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 20
TEMPERATURE 30 30 34 34 32 29 30 31 30 29 38 40 38 30 31 32 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 27 41 26
WIND DIR W W W NW NW N N NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 13 11 9 8 6 6 9 11 13 13 14 14 14 13 14 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.4 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.3 4.8 4.3 3.6
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 30 40 50 10 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 23 24 27 26 24 21 21 22 23 24 31 32 29 22 22 23 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 29 21 32 20
WIND DIR W W W NW N NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 28 24 23 18 18 17 18 20 25 27 28 29 28 26 28 33 32
WIND GUST (MPH) 69 64 63 49 52 50 43 44 49 57 62 66 63 62 66 72 72
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.5
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 55 50 45 10 10 10 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 30 30 33 34 32 29 27 27 27 26 36 41 38 29 27 27 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 26 41 26
WIND DIR NW W W NW NW NW NW N N N N W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 4 11 10 9 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 6 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.2 4.8 4.5 3.8 4.7 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.3
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC SC CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 25 30 0 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 15
TEMPERATURE 35 35 40 40 36 34 34 33 32 30 41 46 43 34 32 31 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 30 46 29
WIND DIR NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 6 12 11 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 1
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.6 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.7 6.0 6.4 6.4 5.7 5.1 4.6 3.9
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 BK SC SC FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 35 50 30 30 10 0 10 5 0 5 0 5 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 31 32 37 37 34 32 30 30 29 30 39 42 40 32 28 29 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 27 42 26
WIND DIR NW NW W NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 8 11 10 9 6 6 8 8 9 8 8 6 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 5 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
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) 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.9 6.0 6.3 6.2 5.6 4.8 4.3 3.6
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 BK SC BK BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 85 85 90 90 65 50 65 65 60 50 50 65 60 55 55
TEMPERATURE 28 28 29 30 30 27 25 23 22 23 30 31 31 27 25 25 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 21 32 22
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW W W S W W W SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 14 14 13 13 14 16 3 3 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 60 70 10 20 10 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.12 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.2 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 3.9 3.3
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 BK SC BK BK SC SC SC BK BK SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 85 75 80 85 55 45 60 55 50 40 35 60 50 50 55
TEMPERATURE 26 26 30 30 29 26 24 23 22 22 31 32 30 26 24 24 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 31 21 32 21
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 10 12 12 10 12 12 14 14 13 13 14 16 2 3 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 50 70 10 10 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.5 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.3 3.8 3.2
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 BK OV OV BK SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 90 70 80 80 60 50 40 40 15 15 25 25 30 45 50
TEMPERATURE 28 28 28 30 32 29 28 26 24 24 30 35 35 29 27 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 22 36 24
WIND DIR W SW W W NW NW NW NW NW N W W W W W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 3 3 5 8 6 4 3 4 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 20 80 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 4.5 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.2 3.6
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 90 80 85 90 70 45 65 65 55 55 50 65 60 60 60
TEMPERATURE 32 32 29 30 30 29 29 27 26 27 30 31 30 28 29 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 25 31 26
WIND DIR SW SW SW W NW W W W SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 6 9 9 8 10 11 12 14 14 14 13 14 16 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 80 60 20 30 10 0 0 20 10 10 20 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S 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 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.6
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 SC OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 85 90 90 75 45 75 75 70 70 65 85 75 65 65
TEMPERATURE 33 33 29 31 30 29 29 27 27 27 28 31 30 29 30 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 25 31 26
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW S SW W W S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 9 8 8 11 12 12 16 16 14 13 16 17 5 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 80 60 20 30 10 5 0 20 10 10 20 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.18 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.5
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 10/27/26 WEDNESDAY 10/28/26
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 OV OV BK BK SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 65 90 80 65 60 30 10 30 25 5 10 15 25 30 35 50
TEMPERATURE 32 33 31 31 30 29 28 29 27 28 33 35 33 29 29 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 33 26 35 26
WIND DIR SW SW W NW NW NW NE NW NW N W W NW NW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 6 5 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 12 12 12 12 11 3 4 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 10 80 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.6 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.6
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T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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