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FWUS46 KMFR 312136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT MON AUG 31 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL BK BK SC CL CL BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 55 60 30 0 5 70 90 80 70 65 80 85 85 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 58 50 49 46 44 43 42 42 43 39 41 41 39 36 35 38 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 45 35 42
WIND DIR S SE SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 9 11 14 16 20 20 19 14 9 12 11 14 17 18 19 19
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 40 70 80 80 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE S R R S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05
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) 9.7 9.4 9.5 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.7 9.6
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL BK BK SC CL CL OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 55 55 35 0 5 75 90 75 70 65 75 85 85 85 90 95
TEMPERATURE 60 50 48 44 41 42 47 48 45 38 39 38 37 37 39 39 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 50 36 41
WIND DIR S SE E E E S S S S S SW S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 12 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 11 9 10 10 11 13 13 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 60 70 70 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.05
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) 9.6 9.4 9.5 8.5 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.9 8.3 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.8 9.6
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL BK BK SC CL CL BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 55 65 30 0 0 65 85 80 70 65 80 85 85 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 58 51 48 46 44 42 41 42 42 40 41 41 39 36 35 38 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 44 35 42
WIND DIR S SW SW W W S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 8 12 14 16 20 20 19 14 10 12 11 14 16 18 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 40 70 80 80 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE S R R S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.05
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) 9.6 9.4 9.4 8.3 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.8 8.1 8.7 9.5
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL SC BK SC CL CL BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 50 60 35 0 0 65 90 75 70 65 80 85 85 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 46 40 38 36 33 34 33 32 31 29 30 30 29 27 26 30 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 34 26 33
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S SW S S SW SW W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 14 13 19 24 25 31 31 28 23 16 17 17 23 28 29 31 32
WIND GUST (MPH) 37 44 50 55 55 48 41 37 34 40 58 54 58 67
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 70 80 80 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.8 9.5 9.5 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.8 9.6
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL SC BK SC FW CL BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 35 65 35 10 0 55 85 85 60 60 80 80 80 85 85 90
TEMPERATURE 61 54 51 49 45 45 45 46 46 42 42 43 40 38 36 39 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 48 36 43
WIND DIR S S S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 18 13 14 16 16 16 17 18 16 13 13 12 14 16 16 18 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 30 50 70 70 70 70 90
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.05 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) 9.5 9.3 9.3 8.5 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.3 7.8 8.2 8.8 9.6
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL BK BK SC CL CL BK OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 50 60 30 0 5 65 85 70 70 75 75 85 85 85 90 95
TEMPERATURE 69 59 56 53 49 50 52 53 53 48 48 47 46 46 44 46 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 55 44 49
WIND DIR S S S S SW S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 11 8 10 5 5 6 11 11 9 6 8 5 8 10 11 12 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 40 30 70 70 80 80 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.06
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) 9.3 9.7 9.5 8.5 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.8 8.2 8.7 9.5
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL SC SC SC CL FW BK OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 50 50 40 0 5 60 90 70 70 65 70 75 75 85 85 95
TEMPERATURE 64 55 52 50 48 50 47 49 49 42 44 45 44 46 39 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 46 51 39 47
WIND DIR S SW S S S S S S S S SW S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 13 11 13 16 16 14 14 13 11 8 9 9 11 13 14 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 50 20 60 60 70 70 90
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.01 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) 9.6 9.9 9.6 8.7 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.4 9.0 9.6
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK BK SC FW FW OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 40 65 60 30 15 15 75 85 90 95 90 80 80 95 95 100
TEMPERATURE 67 56 50 46 43 45 51 53 51 44 43 40 38 38 40 41 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 55 36 43
WIND DIR W NW SW SE SE S SW W W W W W SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 8 8 5 6 10 11 13 12 11 13 11 13 14 18 20 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 70 70 30 40 50 50 90 90 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.23
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) 10.7 10.6 10.3 10.0 9.6 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.9 8.5 9.1 9.2
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK BK SC FW FW OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 40 70 65 25 10 15 70 85 85 85 85 75 75 95 95 100
TEMPERATURE 66 56 50 45 43 44 51 53 51 44 42 39 38 37 39 41 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 56 36 43
WIND DIR SW NW W S S S SW SW W W W W SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 5 8 10 11 13 13 12 13 12 13 13 18 20 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 70 70 40 30 50 50 90 90 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.20
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) 10.7 10.5 10.2 9.9 9.5 8.8 9.0 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.9 7.9 8.4 9.0 9.3
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER CL BK BK SC FW CL SC OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 60 65 35 15 0 45 90 95 85 70 65 65 75 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 72 63 55 50 47 47 53 56 54 49 47 45 42 39 42 45 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 59 39 48
WIND DIR SW W W S SE S SW SW W W W W S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 9 5 4 5 6 10 10 10 10 9 6 8 10 13 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 70 70 0 50 40 40 80 80 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.08
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) 10.4 10.4 10.0 9.6 9.0 8.3 8.2 9.0 9.3 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.0 8.0 8.5 9.2 9.5
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK BK SC FW SC OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 45 65 50 30 15 30 85 90 90 85 75 70 75 95 95 100
TEMPERATURE 65 55 51 49 47 47 50 51 48 43 44 44 42 40 39 42 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 53 39 45
WIND DIR W NW W S S SW SW W W W W W SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 9 6 6 8 10 11 12 11 10 10 11 12 13 17 18 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 70 70 30 40 50 50 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.22
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) 10.7 10.6 10.3 9.9 9.6 8.9 8.8 9.1 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.6 9.2 9.3
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC BK BK SC FW FW OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 35 65 60 35 25 25 80 90 90 90 80 75 80 95 95 100
TEMPERATURE 65 55 51 49 47 47 50 52 49 44 45 44 42 41 39 42 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 54 39 44
WIND DIR NW NW S S S SW W W W W W W SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 8 6 5 6 8 10 12 11 10 10 11 12 14 18 19 21
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 70 70 30 40 50 50 100 100 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.28
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) 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.1 9.9 9.2 9.0 9.1 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.3 7.8 7.9 8.6 9.2 9.2
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE TUESDAY 09/01/26 WEDNESDAY 09/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW SC FW FW BK OV OV OV BK SC SC OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 40 25 30 10 5 65 85 85 95 55 40 40 75 90 90 95
TEMPERATURE 66 55 53 51 49 49 50 51 47 42 45 47 45 45 41 43 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 52 41 46
WIND DIR N NW SW S S S SW NW NW NW NW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 8 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 10 8 9 11 10 14 16 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 70 70 20 0 20 20 60 60 100
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.33 0.02 0.00 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) 10.9 10.7 10.3 9.9 9.3 8.6 8.5 9.2 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.9 8.8 9.4 9.7
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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