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FWUS46 KMFR 090936
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 AM PDT FRI OCT 9 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC SC SC FW OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 10 0 5 0 40 30 25 25 25 75 75 80 80 65
TEMPERATURE 57 55 61 63 60 51 47 44 43 38 37 39 37 35 35 35 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 63 38 41 30
WIND DIR NW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W NE NE N NE
WIND (MPH) 8 9 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 11 6 6 9 9 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 60 60 70 70 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.13
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.6 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.8 9.8 9.3 9.6 8.9 8.1 8.2 8.2 7.8 6.9 6.3 5.1 4.8
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC SC FW FW OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 10 0 5 5 35 35 30 25 15 70 70 80 80 65
TEMPERATURE 50 50 65 65 61 48 43 40 37 36 40 42 38 31 29 29 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 66 35 43 26
WIND DIR NE S SW SW W NW NW N N N NW NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 5 6 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 60 60 70 70 10
PRECIP TYPE R S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.12
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.6 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.8 9.7 9.4 9.6 8.9 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.6 6.9 6.2 5.1 4.8
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC FW FW SC OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 10 0 5 0 40 30 25 25 25 75 75 80 80 65
TEMPERATURE 59 56 60 63 61 52 48 45 44 39 37 39 38 36 35 36 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 64 37 41 29
WIND DIR NW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NE NE N NE
WIND (MPH) 8 9 12 10 12 12 12 13 12 11 11 6 6 9 9 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60 60 70 70 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.12
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.6 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.8 9.8 9.2 9.6 9.0 8.2 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.0 6.3 5.2 4.8
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC SC SC FW OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 35 35 30 30 25 70 70 80 80 65
TEMPERATURE 45 45 50 51 48 40 36 35 34 31 27 29 26 24 23 24 22
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 28 32 20
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S NE NE N E
WIND (MPH) 14 18 20 17 19 24 25 26 21 19 20 16 14 16 14 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 40 41 39 54 55 64 51 44 44 47 43 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 60 60 70 70 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.13
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.3
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.6 11.3 11.1 11.1 10.8 9.7 9.3 9.7 8.9 8.0 8.2 8.1 7.6 6.8 6.2 5.1 4.7
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC SC BK BK OV BK OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 35 45 30 55 65 70 65 80 80 70
TEMPERATURE 56 54 61 65 62 53 47 44 43 39 38 42 41 39 36 35 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 65 38 42 29
WIND DIR W SW SW SW W NW NW N N N W NW NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 11 14 11 9 5 5 13 18 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 50 50 70 70 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.10
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.5 11.3 11.2 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.1 9.4 9.0 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.4 6.7 5.4 5.0 4.7
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW BK BK OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 10 0 5 5 20 25 15 15 10 65 65 75 75 60
TEMPERATURE 64 64 72 75 70 59 53 49 47 46 46 50 47 43 41 40 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 75 45 52 37
WIND DIR NW W NW W NW N NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 5 4 3 8 9 10 9 10 10 9 6 8 10 11 11 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 60 60 10
PRECIP TYPE R S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.09
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 11.3 11.0 11.0 10.6 9.7 9.4 9.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.6 6.8 5.7 5.2 4.8
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW BK SC FW FW BK BK OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 25 60 40 20 10 55 55 70 70 60
TEMPERATURE 57 59 65 67 64 52 47 44 42 43 38 42 41 37 35 36 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 67 37 43 30
WIND DIR N SW SW SW W N N N N N N N N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 4 5 8 8 9 10 11 10 11 9 8 8 9 10 10 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 40 40 60 60 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.0 10.5 9.3 9.9 9.5 8.5 7.7 7.7 7.6 6.6 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.6
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL SC SC OV OV OV FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 35 35 85 90 85 15 10 0 10 25 25 20 20 35
TEMPERATURE 45 43 55 56 51 42 40 36 30 26 35 39 37 30 28 25 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 26 39 23
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 14 14 17 16 18 18 16 10 8 6 6 9 8 9 18 17 18
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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) 10.1 9.4 8.6 8.4 9.0 9.3 7.9 6.2 4.7 4.1 4.9 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.3 4.0 3.7
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL SC SC BK OV OV FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 5 30 30 60 85 85 20 10 0 15 30 25 20 25 35
TEMPERATURE 44 43 55 56 51 42 40 36 30 27 35 39 37 30 27 24 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 27 39 22
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 14 16 17 16 18 18 16 10 8 5 5 6 8 11 18 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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) 10.3 9.8 8.9 8.4 8.9 9.7 8.1 6.4 4.9 4.1 5.0 5.4 5.5 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.7
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL FW FW FW OV OV OV SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 10 25 80 85 80 30 0 5 0 20 20 25 25
TEMPERATURE 47 45 57 61 57 47 43 40 37 32 34 41 41 36 31 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 61 31 42 25
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE NE NE
WIND (MPH) 3 4 8 10 10 9 9 9 5 5 4 6 6 5 11 11 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE 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) 11.1 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 9.7 9.2 7.2 6.0 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.3 4.1 3.8
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL FW FW SC SC OV OV OV SC FW CL SC SC FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 10 5 25 40 70 85 85 45 25 5 30 30 25 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 50 47 53 55 49 43 42 39 35 31 32 36 35 32 31 29 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 30 37 28
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE E E
WIND (MPH) 14 14 16 17 17 17 14 10 9 6 6 8 8 6 11 13 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 10.0 9.5 8.9 8.4 8.8 9.2 7.7 6.2 4.9 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.3 3.9 3.6
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV SC FW CL SC SC SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 10 35 55 95 85 85 25 15 5 40 40 25 20 20 30
TEMPERATURE 49 47 52 54 48 43 42 38 34 30 31 36 34 31 31 29 29
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 30 36 28
WIND DIR S SW W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW N E E E
WIND (MPH) 16 14 16 16 17 17 14 9 9 6 6 9 8 6 11 13 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE 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) 9.4 8.9 8.3 8.2 9.1 8.9 7.0 5.8 4.4 4.1 4.8 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.5
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE FRIDAY 10/09/26 SATURDAY 10/10/26
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 CL CL CL CL CL SC OV OV OV SC FW CL FW SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 5 5 45 75 75 80 30 15 5 5 30 35 35 20
TEMPERATURE 54 52 56 58 53 45 45 44 40 37 35 37 36 33 34 34 31
MAX/MIN TEMP 58 36 38 31
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW N N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 10 13 13 14 16 14 14 14 12 10 11 12 11 9 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 10 30 20 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 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) 11.2 11.0 10.5 9.4 8.6 10.0 8.9 7.0 5.7 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.4
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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