Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
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FWUS46 KMFR 222301
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PST WED JAN 22 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 5 15 20 30 45 70 75 70 55 20 5 10
TEMPERATURE 44 40 39 40 39 40 45 47 44 40 38 37 33 31 35 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 48 30 39
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 9 8 4 5 6 8 12 16 17 14 14 13 14 18
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) 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.8 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.2 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.3
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 5 5 5 5 15 20 35 50 65 75 70 50 20 5 15
TEMPERATURE 39 32 30 28 28 29 44 48 44 37 34 33 30 27 36 38 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 51 26 40
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE SW W NW NW NW NW N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 5 3 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 13
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) 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 0 0 5 5 15 20 25 45 70 75 70 55 20 5 10
TEMPERATURE 44 39 38 39 39 40 44 48 45 40 38 37 34 31 35 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 48 30 39
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 12 12 12 10 10 6 5 6 8 10 14 17 14 14 13 14 18
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) 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.6 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.3 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.3
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 15 20 35 45 65 80 75 55 20 5 10
TEMPERATURE 35 32 31 31 30 30 36 37 35 29 27 27 25 23 27 30 27
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 38 22 31
WIND DIR N N N NE N N NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 24 23 20 16 13 11 10 13 16 18 21 26 27 26 25 28 31
WIND GUST (MPH) 57 54 48 35 37 41 41 42 55 61 57 55 61 62
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) 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.3 7.0 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.3
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC BK OV OV BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 5 5 5 5 5 20 20 40 45 65 75 80 55 20 5 15
TEMPERATURE 40 34 31 32 31 32 39 45 43 37 35 34 31 28 32 36 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 46 28 37
WIND DIR E E E E E E SE SE SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 11 10 9 8 6 5 5 6 8 10 12 12 12 11 12 18
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) 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.6 4.0 5.2 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.3
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC BK BK BK SC FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 20 40 35 60 70 65 50 25 5 10
TEMPERATURE 45 39 38 39 38 38 43 50 49 43 42 41 37 36 40 44 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 51 35 46
WIND DIR NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE W W SW NW N N NW NW
WIND (MPH) 2 5 10 10 8 8 4 4 2 4 3 5 4 6 6 6 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) 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.6 6.0 6.7 7.2 7.2 6.6 6.0 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.5
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC BK OV BK BK FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 5 15 20 35 40 65 70 65 50 25 5 15
TEMPERATURE 44 39 38 39 39 41 46 50 47 42 39 38 35 33 37 40 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 51 31 41
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE SW SW W NW NW NW N N NW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 11 11 10 8 6 5 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 14
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) 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 5.0 5.5 6.6 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.4
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC OV OV OV OV BK FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 5 15 25 45 80 85 85 75 55 20 20 5 15
TEMPERATURE 41 32 31 31 30 30 38 43 41 35 33 32 28 25 30 33 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 44 24 33
WIND DIR E E E SE SE SE SE S W W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 12 12 11 11 10 9 8 8 9 10 12 14 17 17 16 14 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.6 5.2 6.1 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.7 3.8 3.0 3.1 3.6 3.4
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC OV OV OV OV BK FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 5 20 30 50 75 85 85 75 60 20 15 5 15
TEMPERATURE 41 32 30 31 30 30 38 44 42 34 33 31 28 25 29 33 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 45 24 34
WIND DIR E E E SE SE SE SE S W NW W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 11 12 11 10 11 9 10 8 9 10 12 14 16 16 14 14 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 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) 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.7 6.4 6.0 5.6 5.3 4.8 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.5
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV BK SC CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 0 5 5 15 20 35 60 75 75 80 60 35 5 5 15
TEMPERATURE 40 32 29 26 25 25 34 45 45 38 35 33 30 26 31 36 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 48 26 36
WIND DIR E E E E E E E SE S W W W NW NW NW NW NW
WIND (MPH) 11 12 11 10 9 9 9 8 4 6 8 8 5 4 5 6 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) 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.8 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.8
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 15 30 45 70 80 80 70 50 25 15 5 15
TEMPERATURE 40 35 34 34 34 34 40 46 43 37 34 32 29 25 30 33 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 46 25 33
WIND DIR E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 11 12 11 10 10 8 5 8 9 10 13 16 17 17 16 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 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) 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.4 5.1 6.2 6.6 6.1 5.5 5.1 4.5 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.4
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER CL CL FW CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 20 30 55 75 85 80 70 45 20 20 10 15
TEMPERATURE 40 34 34 34 34 34 41 46 43 37 34 32 28 24 29 33 29
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 47 24 33
WIND DIR E SE SE SE SE SE SE S W W W NW NW NW NW NW N
WIND (MPH) 11 12 12 10 11 9 5 8 9 10 13 16 18 17 16 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 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) 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.6 5.3 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.4 4.9 4.4 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.2
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE THURSDAY 01/23/25 FRIDAY 01/24/25
TIME (LT) 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P 7P 10P 1A 4A 7A 10A 1P 4P
CLOUD COVER FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV BK SC FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 0 5 5 5 15 25 40 60 70 80 80 55 40 5 5 15
TEMPERATURE 42 38 37 40 39 39 45 49 45 39 37 37 32 29 33 35 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 49 29 37
WIND DIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S W NW NW NW N N N N N
WIND (MPH) 11 13 11 9 12 10 9 6 6 8 10 12 12 13 13 16 19
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) 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.4 5.1 6.1 7.0 7.2 6.8 6.2 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.5
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN