Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
921
FWUS46 KMFR 072301
AVGMFR
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2025
...MT. SHASTA SKI BOWL (7,850 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW BK OV BK BK OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 10 55 70 60 65 75 65 60 70 75
TEMPERATURE 55 47 46 45 44 42 50 51 49 43 42 40 38 38 36 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 52 35 40
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 4 9 11 16 20 25 19 17 19 21 24 25 24 25 25 27
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.09 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.2 8.5 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6
...MT. SHASTA BUNNY FLAT (6,930 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC BK BK BK OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 10 45 70 55 60 70 55 55 70 80
TEMPERATURE 55 44 42 41 39 40 53 54 51 42 41 38 36 36 39 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 56 35 42
WIND DIR SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 2 3 5 8 12 14 18 13 12 13 16 17 18 18 19 16 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.06 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) 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 8.5 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.3 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6
...MT. SHASTA GRAY BUTTE (7,790 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC OV BK BK OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 10 50 70 60 70 75 65 60 70 75
TEMPERATURE 55 47 45 45 44 43 48 50 49 44 42 41 38 38 35 38 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 52 35 40
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 4 8 10 16 20 25 19 17 19 21 24 25 25 25 21 23
WIND GUST (MPH) 39 43
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.10 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.7 9.7 9.3 9.2 8.5 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.4 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6
...MT. SHASTA HELEN LAKE (10,450 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW BK BK BK BK OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 15 55 65 60 65 70 60 55 75 80
TEMPERATURE 43 35 35 34 33 34 38 40 37 35 33 31 29 29 28 29 29
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 40 27 30
WIND DIR SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 9 14 18 24 29 35 32 29 32 34 37 41 42 44 32 36
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 41 50 62 64 64 64 65 67 78 86 93 55 61
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.12 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.5 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.4 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.6
...ASH CREEK BUTTE (7,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC SC SC BK OV BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 35 45 50 65 75 65 60 65 75
TEMPERATURE 57 49 46 44 43 42 49 53 51 45 43 42 39 38 37 40 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 53 36 41
WIND DIR SW SW SW S S S S SW S S S S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 3 6 8 11 16 19 16 14 16 18 19 19 19 20 17 17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 30 30 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.08 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) 9.9 9.6 9.3 9.2 8.7 8.3 8.7 9.2 9.5 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.3 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.6
...CASTLE LAKE (5,440 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC BK BK BK OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 10 35 50 55 55 70 55 55 70 75
TEMPERATURE 65 54 53 52 50 51 59 62 59 51 49 47 44 45 45 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 49 63 42 49
WIND DIR SW W W SW SW S S S S S S S S SE SE S SE
WIND (MPH) 2 4 4 4 5 3 10 11 8 5 6 8 10 10 10 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.07 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) 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.2 8.4 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.6
...MT. EDDY BOWL (6,500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 15 35 50 50 50 65 55 50 70 75
TEMPERATURE 59 49 48 47 46 48 53 57 55 47 45 43 40 43 40 43 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 44 57 38 44
WIND DIR NW SW SW S S S S SW S S S S S S S S SE
WIND (MPH) 3 4 6 9 11 13 17 12 10 13 13 16 17 17 18 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 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) 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.0 8.3 8.2 8.7 9.2 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.6
...WATCHMAN PEAK (7300 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 40 40 55 60 70 55 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 58 48 45 43 42 41 49 50 49 41 38 37 36 35 41 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 52 34 46
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 6 11 14 14 16 17 19 24 25 20 19 18 14 16 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.03 0.04
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) 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.7
...GARFIELD PEAK (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 5 0 0 35 35 45 60 65 55 60 75 80
TEMPERATURE 56 47 43 41 40 39 47 50 49 41 37 37 35 34 39 43 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 52 33 45
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 6 11 14 14 14 17 19 24 24 20 19 18 16 17 16 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.03 0.03
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) 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.7
...BROWN MOUNTAIN (6000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 35 50 55 60 60 55 60 70 75
TEMPERATURE 61 51 47 44 41 40 52 56 54 46 41 39 37 35 42 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 58 35 50
WIND DIR W W SW S SE S SW SW W SW SW S S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 2 2 4 5 8 12 14 11 4 4 3 4 6 10 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 20
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01
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) 8.9 9.0 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 8.5 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.6
...MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN (7500 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 45 50 55 65 65 55 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 56 48 45 44 42 41 48 49 47 41 39 37 36 36 40 44 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 51 35 45
WIND DIR W W SW SW S S SW SW W SW W W SW W SW SW S
WIND (MPH) 5 8 11 14 14 16 18 19 24 25 20 19 18 16 14 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.03 0.02
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) 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.4 8.0 7.7 7.6 8.0 8.2 7.8 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.6
...MOUNT BAILEY (6800 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL SC SC BK BK BK BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 50 50 55 65 65 55 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 57 49 45 43 42 41 48 49 47 40 38 37 36 35 41 44 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 51 35 46
WIND DIR W W SW SW S S SW SW W SW SW W W W W SW S
WIND (MPH) 5 8 11 16 16 16 17 19 24 27 21 20 18 14 13 10 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE R R S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.03 0.03
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) 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.6
...MOUNT ASHLAND/SISKIYOU PEAK (7000 FT)...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/08/25 THURSDAY 10/09/25
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 CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC BK SC SC SC BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 20 45 50 50 50 50 60 70 80
TEMPERATURE 57 49 48 48 46 45 50 53 51 42 39 38 37 38 40 43 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 54 37 44
WIND DIR NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW N NE S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 6 11 13 12 13 18 23 24 21 20 19 19 17 14 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 30
PRECIP TYPE S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.04 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 9.2 8.9 8.5 8.0 7.6 7.7 8.4 8.5 8.2 7.5 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.3
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN