Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT FRI APR 4 2025


...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   15   15   20   35   35   35   45   20   25   20   20   30   30
TEMPERATURE        22   25   35   39   40   34   30   31   29   32   40   45   47   40   37   34   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  28                  48                  31
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    N    N    N   SW    W   SW   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         11   12   11    8    6    4    4    3    4    3    3    3    5    4    5    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.6  4.1  5.3  6.3  6.4  6.0  5.6  5.4  5.2  5.2  6.5  7.1  7.6  7.7  7.4  7.0  6.8


...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   15   15   20   35   35   35   40   20   25   20   20   30   30
TEMPERATURE        21   24   35   39   41   35   31   29   29   32   43   47   48   41   36   34   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           41                  28                  49                  32
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE    E   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E    S   SW    S    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)          9    9    8    5    4    2    3    3    3    2    3    4    3    3    4    6    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.6  4.2  5.4  6.3  6.5  6.1  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.2  6.4  7.1  7.5  7.7  7.4  7.0  6.9


...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   15   15   20   35   35   35   45   20   25   20   20   30   30
TEMPERATURE        22   25   34   39   39   32   30   30   29   32   40   45   46   40   36   33   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           40                  28                  47                  31
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    N    N    N   SW    W   SW   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         12   12   11    8    6    4    5    5    4    4    2    3    5    4    5    9    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.6  4.1  5.3  6.3  6.4  6.0  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.2  6.4  7.1  7.6  7.7  7.4  6.9  6.8


...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   20   15   25   35   35   35   45   25   30   20   20   30   30
TEMPERATURE        16   18   27   29   30   25   22   23   22   25   33   36   36   32   27   26   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           30                  21                  37                  23
WIND DIR            N   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE   NE    E    W    W    W    W    W    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)         25   26   23   16   13    8    6    4    4    6    6    8    9    9   11   16   14
WIND GUST (MPH)    65   65   52   41   34                                                     33
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.6  4.2  5.3  6.3  6.4  5.9  5.6  5.4  5.2  5.3  6.7  7.2  7.6  7.7  7.4  7.0  6.8


...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   15   15   15   20   30   40   35   35   30   25   25   25   30   35
TEMPERATURE        19   21   31   35   37   33   28   27   26   30   38   43   45   39   34   32   30
MAX/MIN TEMP                           37                  26                  46                  30
WIND DIR           NE    N   NE   NE   NE    N   NE    E    E    E   SE    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         11   10    9    6    5    4    5    5    6    5    3    4    4    4    5    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)  3.7  4.1  5.2  6.1  6.4  5.9  5.4  5.1  4.9  5.0  6.2  7.0  7.6  7.6  7.2  6.7  6.5


...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   FW   FW   FW   SC   FW
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   15   20   30   40   35   30   40   20   25   20   25   30   25
TEMPERATURE        28   31   41   47   49   43   37   36   34   37   48   54   55   48   43   39   38
MAX/MIN TEMP                           50                  34                  56                  37
WIND DIR           NW   NE    E    E   SE   SW   SE   SE   SW    S   SE   SE    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          4    4    5    6    3    4    5    5    4    3    4    5    4    3    3    4    3
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.8  4.0  5.0  5.8  6.3  6.1  5.8  5.4  5.3  5.2  6.0  7.0  7.5  7.6  7.5  7.1  6.9


...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   FW   FW   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   10   20   20   25   40   35   35   40   20   25   20   20   30   30
TEMPERATURE        23   28   36   41   42   38   33   31   31   35   44   49   50   45   38   36   35
MAX/MIN TEMP                           42                  30                  51                  33
WIND DIR           NE   NE   NE    E   NE   NE   NE    E   NE   NE   SE    S   SW    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          9    9    8    5    3    5    9    9    6    4    3    5    5    5    6    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.7  4.0  5.1  6.0  6.4  6.2  5.9  5.5  5.4  5.3  6.3  7.1  7.7  7.7  7.6  7.2  7.0


...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   15   20   20   20   30   40   45   45   30   30   30   35   40   40
TEMPERATURE        20   22   30   37   39   33   29   28   27   30   38   45   48   41   36   34   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           39                  27                  48                  32
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE    S    W   SE    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)         20   20   18   13   10   11   12   11    8    6    5    3    6    6    8   10    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10
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)  3.8  3.9  5.0  6.0  6.2  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.0  5.0  6.1  7.0  7.5  7.6  7.5  7.2  6.9


...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   15   20   20   20   35   40   40   45   35   35   30   35   40   35
TEMPERATURE        19   21   30   36   39   33   29   27   26   29   37   45   47   41   35   33   32
MAX/MIN TEMP                           39                  26                  48                  31
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE    S    W    W    S   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         14   12   12   10    8    9   11   11    8    5    5    3    6    6    6    9    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.7  3.9  4.9  5.9  6.2  5.7  5.3  5.0  4.9  4.8  6.0  7.0  7.5  7.6  7.4  7.1  6.7


...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   BK   BK   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   20   20   15   20   40   40   50   50   25   30   25   30   40   40
TEMPERATURE        23   25   36   44   46   38   33   30   29   31   42   51   54   45   39   36   34
MAX/MIN TEMP                           46                  29                  55                  33
WIND DIR           NE   NE    E    E   NE    E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SW    W   SE   SE   SE
WIND (MPH)         12   12   11    9    6    8   10    9    8    6    5    3    2    2    3    5    4
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    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)  3.5  3.9  5.0  6.0  6.3  5.8  5.3  5.0  4.8  4.9  6.1  7.0  7.5  7.7  7.5  7.1  6.8


...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   15   20   20   20   30   40   50   50   30   30   30   30   40   35
TEMPERATURE        22   24   33   39   41   36   31   30   29   32   42   47   49   42   38   36   35
MAX/MIN TEMP                           41                  29                  49                  34
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    W   SE    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)         16   17   13   11    8   11   11   10    9    5    5    3    6    6    8   10    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10
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)  3.6  3.9  4.9  5.8  6.0  5.6  5.3  5.0  5.0  5.1  6.3  7.0  7.5  7.7  7.5  7.3  7.0


...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    0   15   20   20   20   30   40   45   50   30   30   30   35   40   35
TEMPERATURE        22   24   33   39   41   36   31   30   29   32   42   47   49   42   37   36   35
MAX/MIN TEMP                           41                  29                  49                  34
WIND DIR            E    E    E    E    E    E   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S   SW   SE    S    S   SE
WIND (MPH)         17   17   13   10    8   12   12   11    9    5    5    3    6    6    8   10    8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10
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)  3.6  3.9  5.0  5.8  5.9  5.5  5.2  5.0  5.0  5.1  6.4  7.0  7.5  7.7  7.5  7.3  7.0


...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...

DATE                    FRIDAY 04/04/25                         SATURDAY 04/05/25
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   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC   FW   SC   SC   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)     0    0    5   15   20   20   30   45   40   40   45   20   30   30   30   35   40
TEMPERATURE        25   27   35   41   42   38   34   33   32   36   44   50   51   45   40   39   37
MAX/MIN TEMP                           42                  32                  52                  36
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    W   NE    S   SW    S
WIND (MPH)         17   18   16   11    8   10    8    9    8    5    4    4    5    5    8   10    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   10
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)  3.8  4.0  5.0  5.8  6.1  5.9  5.7  5.5  5.4  5.4  6.2  7.0  7.6  7.9  7.9  7.6  7.4

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN