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FWUS46 KMFR 290936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT FRI MAY 29 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC SC BK SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 75 55 30 40 55 40 65 55 30 35 10 10 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 42 39 38 42 43 41 38 39 40 40 42 45 45 42 37 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 37 47 33
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 16 17 14 12 10 6 6 9 10 9 6 9 13 14 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 40 20 20 10 10 30 20 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S S R 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 0.0 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) 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.6 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.5
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC SC BK SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 75 50 25 35 55 40 60 55 30 35 5 10 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 37 37 41 44 46 41 36 35 35 39 45 49 48 40 35 32 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 33 51 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NW NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 17 12 12 11 9 8 4 5 6 8 6 5 6 10 10 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 40 20 20 10 20 40 20 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 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) 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 8.5 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.5
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC SC BK SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 75 60 30 45 55 45 65 60 25 35 10 10 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 41 38 38 41 43 42 38 39 40 39 40 43 44 43 37 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 37 46 33
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 21 16 17 14 12 10 6 6 9 10 9 6 8 12 14 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 40 20 20 10 10 40 20 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R S S R 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 0.0 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) 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.6 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.6
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC SC BK SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 75 55 35 40 55 30 65 60 30 30 10 10 5 0 0
TEMPERATURE 30 29 30 35 36 34 29 27 26 28 31 33 33 32 26 24 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 26 34 23
WIND DIR N N N NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 37 31 29 25 20 16 12 11 14 16 16 13 16 19 18 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 77 66 61 48 40 34 33 36 40 36 33 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 40 20 20 10 10 30 20 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S 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) 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.9 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.6 8.0 7.3 6.9 6.5
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC SC SC SC OV OV BK SC FW FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 80 80 60 45 40 35 35 75 75 60 45 15 10 5 0 5
TEMPERATURE 41 39 39 43 45 45 39 39 38 40 42 47 48 47 38 36 35
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 38 49 35
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N NW NW NW NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 12 9 13 12 10 8 5 5 6 6 6 5 8 11 12 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 40 20 10 5 5 10 10 20 10 5 20 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.01 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) 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.7 8.5 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.4
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK BK BK BK SC BK FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 60 60 55 60 60 60 60 50 40 50 25 10 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 47 47 47 51 53 49 46 47 47 48 53 58 58 51 45 42 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 45 60 40
WIND DIR NW N N N SE NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 8 9 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 30 20 40 40 40 40 20 5 5 0 30 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 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) 8.4 8.7 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.1 7.6 7.5 8.1 8.6 9.0 8.3 7.5 6.9 6.6
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK BK BK SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 75 60 55 60 50 40 65 65 45 40 20 10 5 0 5
TEMPERATURE 44 44 41 46 48 45 41 40 41 45 44 48 49 45 39 35 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 48 38 50 33
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 16 13 11 9 8 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 9 9 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 40 30 40 30 30 30 10 5 0 0 20 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 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) 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.7 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.9 8.4 8.8 8.1 7.2 6.7 6.2
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK OV FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 85 75 75 80 70 70 70 25 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 36 35 37 39 41 39 34 32 31 35 43 47 47 41 32 30 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 30 48 28
WIND DIR W NW NW W NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW N E E
WIND (MPH) 10 10 10 10 9 9 6 6 6 5 8 12 13 13 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 70 50 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.01 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) 8.5 8.0 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.0 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.1 5.5 4.7
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 85 75 70 75 60 55 60 25 15 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 35 35 37 40 41 39 33 31 30 34 43 47 47 41 32 30 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 29 48 28
WIND DIR W NW W W W NW N NW W W NW NW NW NW N NE NE
WIND (MPH) 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 5 6 12 13 13 6 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 70 50 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.01 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) 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.1 6.5 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.5 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.5 4.6
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK BK BK BK BK BK SC FW CL CL CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 85 70 70 55 60 60 65 50 25 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 37 38 43 46 44 38 37 36 37 45 50 51 47 37 34 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 34 52 32
WIND DIR W W NW W NW NW W W W NW W NW NW NW NW N NE
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 9 10 8 5 4 4 4 6 8 8 6 3 3 2
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 70 30 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.01 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) 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.5
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 85 80 75 75 70 75 75 50 20 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 40 37 36 39 41 40 37 36 35 37 40 44 44 42 34 33 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 35 45 31
WIND DIR W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW N NE NE
WIND (MPH) 10 11 12 10 10 9 8 6 6 5 8 11 12 13 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 80 50 30 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R S R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.01 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) 8.5 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.0 6.5 6.1 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.0 5.6 4.9
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 90 80 75 85 80 85 85 45 20 5 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 39 37 36 39 41 40 37 36 34 36 41 45 45 42 34 32 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 34 45 31
WIND DIR W W W W NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW N E E
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 8 12 13 13 4 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 80 50 30 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.01 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) 8.5 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.5 5.8 5.4 4.6
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 05/29/26 SATURDAY 05/30/26
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 BK BK OV BK OV OV BK SC CL FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 80 70 60 55 70 60 70 70 50 40 5 5 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 43 40 37 42 44 42 39 39 38 39 39 43 44 42 36 33 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 45 38 44 32
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NW NW N N N NE
WIND (MPH) 16 14 11 10 11 10 8 8 8 6 8 10 16 18 13 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 60 10 5 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.01 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) 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.1 5.9 5.8
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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