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FWUS46 KMFR 162136
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 OV BK BK OV OV OV OV SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 70 70 80 85 75 40 10 30 35 20 20 30 20 15 35
TEMPERATURE 64 57 55 57 57 56 58 63 65 58 55 55 55 56 62 66 67
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 65 54 67
WIND DIR S S SE E S NE S S S NW N N N NW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 2 3 3 3 3 6 9 8 3 4 4 4 3 3 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10.4 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.9 10.4 11.0 11.4 11.3 10.8 10.7 10.5 10.9 12.2 12.5
..MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 70 75 75 85 65 40 10 25 30 20 20 30 20 15 30
TEMPERATURE 68 59 52 51 51 54 64 68 69 59 52 50 50 55 68 71 71
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 70 49 72
WIND DIR S SE SE SE E E S S S NE N N N N W SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 3 3 3 2 4 5 9 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10.4 10.5 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.8 9.9 10.3 11.1 11.4 11.3 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.8 12.2 12.5
..MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 OV BK BK BK OV OV OV SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 70 65 75 85 75 35 10 30 35 20 20 30 20 15 35
TEMPERATURE 64 57 55 57 57 55 57 62 65 58 55 55 55 55 61 65 67
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 65 54 67
WIND DIR S SW S NE NW N S S S NW N N N NW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 2 3 3 3 3 6 9 8 3 4 4 4 3 2 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10.4 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.9 10.4 11.0 11.4 11.3 10.8 10.7 10.5 10.8 12.1 12.5
..MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK BK OV OV OV OV OV SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 70 75 80 80 80 40 5 30 35 20 20 30 20 20 35
TEMPERATURE 52 46 44 46 45 47 49 51 52 47 44 45 44 47 52 55 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 52 44 56
WIND DIR S SE SE S S S S S SW NW N N N NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 3 3 3 4 6 10 12 10 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10.7 10.7 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.5 11.2 11.5 11.3 10.8 10.7 10.5 11.0 12.3 12.6
..ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK BK BK OV OV OV BK SC FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 70 70 75 75 65 50 15 20 35 15 20 35 20 20 35
TEMPERATURE 67 60 55 56 55 56 60 65 67 61 55 54 54 56 64 69 70
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 67 54 71
WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S S S W NW NW NW NW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 4 3 3 3 4 6 10 10 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.9 10.3 11.0 11.5 11.3 10.9 10.8 10.5 10.8 12.3 12.6
..CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK BK OV OV BK OV BK SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 70 85 65 85 55 35 15 30 45 20 15 25 20 15 25
TEMPERATURE 75 67 61 61 60 63 69 74 76 68 61 60 59 63 73 78 79
MIN/MAX TEMP 59 76 59 80
WIND DIR S S NW W SW S S S S W NW NW NW N SE S S
WIND (MPH) 5 2 2 2 1 1 3 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 10.3 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.8 10.2 11.2 11.6 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.6 12.0 12.6
..MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK OV BK OV OV OV OV SC FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 70 60 85 80 85 85 30 10 25 50 20 15 30 20 20 35
TEMPERATURE 70 61 57 57 59 62 63 69 71 62 58 57 56 61 67 72 74
MIN/MAX TEMP 56 71 55 74
WIND DIR SE S W S S S SE S S W NW NW NW NW NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 11.0 10.8 10.1 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.9 10.7 11.6 11.8 11.5 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.8 12.2 12.6
..WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK OV OV BK OV OV OV OV BK SC FW SC BK FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 85 85 70 85 85 80 75 60 50 25 50 65 25 15 10 20
TEMPERATURE 67 61 55 52 51 55 65 67 68 61 54 51 49 54 66 69 70
MIN/MAX TEMP 50 68 48 70
WIND DIR NW NW NE E E E S W NW NW N N N W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 4 3 3 4 5 3 6 9 4 3 2 2 3 5 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 12.1 11.6 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.1 11.0 12.1 12.2 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.2 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.3
..GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW SC BK FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 80 85 75 85 85 85 70 55 45 20 50 60 20 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 66 61 55 52 50 53 64 67 67 61 54 50 48 54 66 69 69
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 68 47 70
WIND DIR NW NW N NE E SE S W W NW NW NW NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 8 6 4 3 3 3 5 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 12.2 11.7 11.8 11.6 11.3 10.9 10.7 11.9 12.1 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.3 11.4 12.1 12.4
..BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 SC OV BK OV BK OV OV OV FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 90 65 70 60 90 75 80 20 15 10 35 25 10 10 15 25
TEMPERATURE 72 67 60 56 53 53 66 71 73 67 59 55 51 53 68 72 74
MIN/MAX TEMP 51 73 49 74
WIND DIR NW NW NW NE E E S W W NW NW N NE NW W W NW
WIND (MPH) 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.1 10.8 10.5 10.3 11.0 11.6 11.5 11.7 11.6 11.4 11.1 11.1 12.2 12.4
..MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK OV OV BK BK OV OV OV BK SC FW SC BK FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 90 90 65 60 80 80 75 60 50 20 35 65 20 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 64 59 56 55 54 56 64 65 65 60 55 54 53 55 64 67 67
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 66 53 67
WIND DIR NW NW NE E SE SE SW W NW NW E SE S W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 5 4 5 5 5 2 6 8 4 3 3 3 3 5 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 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) 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.2 11.0 11.0 11.8 11.9 11.4 11.2 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 12.2
..MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 BK OV OV BK BK OV OV BK OV BK FW SC OV FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 90 95 70 65 75 85 70 80 65 20 30 75 25 15 10 20
TEMPERATURE 64 59 56 56 54 56 64 65 65 59 55 55 53 56 64 67 66
MIN/MAX TEMP 54 66 53 67
WIND DIR NW NW NE SE SE SE W W NW NW E SE S W W W NW
WIND (MPH) 8 4 4 4 5 6 2 8 8 3 3 3 3 2 6 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 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) 12.0 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.2 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.0 11.2 10.8 10.9 11.0 11.9 12.2
..MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)
DATE MONDAY 08/17/26 TUESDAY 08/18/26
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 SC OV BK BK OV BK BK BK SC FW CL SC FW FW FW FW SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 90 65 65 70 65 55 70 40 10 5 40 15 15 10 20 30
TEMPERATURE 66 61 58 58 58 59 62 67 66 61 57 57 56 59 65 69 68
MIN/MAX TEMP 57 67 56 69
WIND DIR N N NW SE E S S NW NW NW NW W SW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 9 6 4 4 3 2 2 10 8 4 4 4 2 2 4 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 11.6 11.7 11.2 10.8 10.5 10.2 10.2 11.1 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.9 11.5 12.1
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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