Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
512
FWUS46 KMFR 261101
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 90 90 95 90 70 55 40 25 15 5 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 30 31 32 33 33 32 33 32 32 32 36 39 39 34 30 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 30 41 26
WIND DIR NW N N N N NW N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 13 12 19 20 23 21 16 12 12 13 18 20 21 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 70 70 70 70 80 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.15 0.30 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.9 2.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.1 4.8
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 90 90 95 90 75 50 35 25 20 5 10 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 31 32 33 34 33 32 32 32 32 32 38 40 40 35 31 29 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 30 42 27
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N
WIND (MPH) 5 8 8 10 11 14 14 17 16 12 9 10 10 13 14 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 70 70 70 70 70 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.15 0.33 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.6 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.1 4.8
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 90 90 95 90 65 55 40 20 15 10 10 5 10 10
TEMPERATURE 30 31 32 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 36 39 39 33 30 28 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 30 41 26
WIND DIR NW N N N N NW N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 10 9 12 12 20 20 23 23 16 12 12 13 18 20 21 20
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 70 70 70 80 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.14 0.27 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.6 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.6 2.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.1 4.8
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 70 60 40 25 20 5 10 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 22 24 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 24 27 28 28 23 21 20 18
MAX/MIN TEMP 26 22 29 18
WIND DIR NW N NE NE NE N N N N N N N NW N N N N
WIND (MPH) 12 19 19 19 25 29 32 32 32 27 21 19 21 28 32 34 34
WIND GUST (MPH) 44 40 51 56 55 57 55 54 43 36 40 48 55 65 65
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 70 70 80 70 30 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.19 0.43 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 1.2 2.0 4.1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 3.2 6.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.3 6.4 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.1 4.7
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 90 90 90 95 95 90 60 45 25 25 10 5 10 5 10 15
TEMPERATURE 31 32 31 33 33 33 32 32 31 32 36 39 39 34 29 27 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 30 40 25
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 6 6 6 8 11 18 17 17 18 12 11 13 14 13 14 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 80 70 80 80 80 30 5 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.08 0.15 0.39 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.6 5.9 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.7
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 85 90 95 95 65 30 30 20 15 10 15 15 10 10
TEMPERATURE 36 38 38 40 40 38 39 38 36 38 43 48 48 41 37 35 33
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 35 50 33
WIND DIR S SE NE N NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 2 2 1 1 4 4 13 12 10 9 6 5 8 6 6 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 70 70 70 70 70 30 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.05 0.09 0.18 0.04 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) 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.4 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.2 4.9
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 85 90 95 90 75 50 35 25 15 5 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 33 36 34 35 35 35 34 34 32 35 38 42 43 36 32 30 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 37 31 43 28
WIND DIR NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 5 8 8 12 11 10 16 17 16 13 10 9 10 14 17 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 70 70 70 70 60 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.14 0.28 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.6 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.6 6.4 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.0 4.7
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV BK OV OV OV OV SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 65 70 70 80 70 30 25 40 20 10 10 20 30 30 30
TEMPERATURE 32 33 35 38 38 34 33 31 29 29 34 37 37 32 28 27 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 40 27 39 25
WIND DIR NW N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 8 11 16 12 14 13 13 12 11 10 10 12 12 16 17 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 60 50 50 40 20 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.5 7.1 6.6 5.8 5.0 4.5 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.5
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV BK OV OV OV BK FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 70 75 70 75 65 20 15 35 20 10 10 15 25 25 30
TEMPERATURE 32 33 36 39 39 34 33 31 29 30 35 38 37 32 28 27 26
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 28 39 26
WIND DIR NW N N N N NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 10 12 16 14 18 17 14 13 12 12 12 14 14 16 17 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 60 50 50 40 20 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.11 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.0 5.2 4.6 5.3 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.5
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 95 85 80 85 85 80 70 50 55 40 25 20 15 30 40 45
TEMPERATURE 35 35 37 39 39 38 36 34 32 31 36 41 42 36 32 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 41 31 43 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W NW W W NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 6 5 6 10 11 11 8 8 6 6 9 11 11 9 5 4 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 70 70 50 30 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.15 0.09 0.04 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) 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.3 6.6 5.8 5.0 4.6 5.1 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.4
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 80 80 85 85 80 60 50 50 30 20 15 25 40 40 45
TEMPERATURE 34 34 36 38 37 36 35 33 31 31 34 37 37 33 30 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 38 29 38 28
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 8 10 14 13 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 13 13 17 17 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 50 40 50 30 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.7 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.4
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 85 80 75 80 90 85 65 50 50 25 15 15 30 45 45 45
TEMPERATURE 34 34 37 39 37 36 35 32 30 30 34 37 37 33 30 29 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 39 29 38 28
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 8 12 13 13 14 12 11 11 10 10 10 12 13 17 17 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 50 40 50 30 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.01 0.03 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) 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.4 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE SATURDAY 04/26/25 SUNDAY 04/27/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC BK SC FW CL FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 90 90 90 85 85 75 45 60 35 10 5 10 20 30 35
TEMPERATURE 34 33 34 35 35 35 34 33 31 31 35 37 37 33 31 31 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 30 39 30
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 17 18 19 16 13 13 11 12 17 19 18 16 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 80 80 60 40 40 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.15 0.10 0.07 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.2 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.6 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.3
$$
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN