Avalanche Weather Guidance
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FWUS46 KMFR 061101
AVGMFR

AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
401 AM PDT SUN APR 6 2025


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   40   65   70   85   95  100   90   80   95   95   85   80   75   50   60   60
TEMPERATURE        36   37   42   42   39   36   35   35   33   32   32   33   33   31   30   29   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           43                  31                  34                  27
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6   12   19   24   29   35   29   32   26   23   24   29   28   24   23   20   19
WIND GUST (MPH)                        48   57   48   51   43             48   47
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   30   80  100   90   60   60   40   40   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.37      0.43      0.10      0.24      0.05      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       1.4       1.0       2.5       0.5       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 1.4                 3.5                 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.9  7.6  7.7  8.0  8.8  8.8  8.2  7.7  7.0  6.5  7.0  6.8  6.9  6.4  6.3  6.0  5.7


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   SC   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   40   70   70   80   95  100   85   75   95  100   85   75   75   50   60   55
TEMPERATURE        38   39   44   44   41   38   36   35   34   34   34   34   34   32   30   30   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           44                  33                  35                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    S
WIND (MPH)          5   10   14   18   23   27   21   24   20   17   17   23   21   18   17   16   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   30   80  100   90   50   50   40   40   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.32      0.32      0.08      0.19      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)  7.8  7.6  7.7  8.0  8.8  8.7  8.2  7.7  7.0  6.5  6.9  6.8  6.9  6.4  6.2  5.9  5.6


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   40   65   70   85   95  100   90   80   95   95   85   80   80   55   65   60
TEMPERATURE        35   38   41   41   39   35   35   34   33   32   32   32   33   31   29   28   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           43                  31                  34                  26
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6   12   19   24   29   35   29   33   27   23   24   29   29   24   23   20   19
WIND GUST (MPH)                        48   57   48   51                  48   47
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   30   80  100   90   60   60   40   40   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.35      0.45      0.09      0.24      0.07      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       1.4       0.9       2.2       0.6       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 1.4                 3.1                 0.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.8  7.6  7.7  8.0  8.7  8.8  8.2  7.7  7.0  6.5  7.0  6.8  6.9  6.4  6.3  6.0  5.7


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   50   65   75   85   95  100   85   80   95  100   85   80   75   50   60   55
TEMPERATURE        28   29   34   33   31   29   27   27   24   23   22   23   23   22   21   20   19
MAX/MIN TEMP                           34                  23                  23                  19
WIND DIR            S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W
WIND (MPH)         12   20   29   37   47   58   50   57   46   43   47   51   46   46   44   41   42
WIND GUST (MPH)              48   67   81  109  100  115   95  100  110  100   79  102  102   98  105
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   30   80  100   90   60   60   40   40   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.50      0.49      0.10      0.19      0.06      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       2.3       4.0       1.2       2.2       0.7       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 6.3                 3.4                 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.9  7.7  7.8  8.1  8.8  8.8  8.3  7.8  7.1  6.6  7.0  6.9  7.0  6.5  6.3  6.0  5.8


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    30   50   60   80   85   90   95   85   90   85   80   80   80   80   65   65   65
TEMPERATURE        35   37   42   41   40   37   35   34   33   32   32   32   33   32   28   28   27
MAX/MIN TEMP                           42                  31                  33                  27
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6   10   16   19   21   26   25   24   21   21   21   23   23   20   18   14   14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   20   50  100   90   70   70   50   50   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.22      0.33      0.06      0.11      0.05      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       0.7       0.3       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 1.1                 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.6  7.4  7.5  7.8  8.5  8.6  8.0  7.6  7.0  6.5  7.0  6.8  6.9  6.4  6.2  5.9  5.6


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   SC   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   BK   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    40   45   60   60   80   95  100   95   75   95  100   85   70   65   55   55   50
TEMPERATURE        41   42   50   52   50   45   44   41   39   39   40   42   43   39   37   35   33
MAX/MIN TEMP                           53                  38                  44                  33
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    S    S
WIND (MPH)          5    5   10   11   12   14   12   12   10   10   10   11   12    8    6    4    5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   40   90  100   90   70   70   50   50   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    R    R    S    R    R    R    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.39      0.26      0.05      0.10      0.02      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)  7.8  7.6  7.5  7.8  8.8  8.7  8.2  7.6  6.8  6.3  6.8  6.6  6.8  6.3  6.1  5.8  5.4


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    35   55   65   65   85   95  100   85   65   95   95   70   65   60   40   45   45
TEMPERATURE        37   40   44   45   44   40   37   36   34   34   35   36   37   35   32   31   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           46                  32                  37                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
WIND (MPH)          9   12   14   19   24   27   20   23   18   17   17   24   20   18   18   16   16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     0    0    5    5   40   90  100   90   50   50   40   40   20   20    5    5    5
PRECIP TYPE                             R    S    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.32      0.23      0.04      0.05      0.01      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2       0.3       0.1       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.5                 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.8  7.6  7.6  7.9  8.8  8.7  8.2  7.5  6.8  6.3  6.8  6.7  6.8  6.2  6.1  5.7  5.4


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        BK   SC   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   50   70   65   95  100  100  100   95   95   95   95   80   80   65   60   60
TEMPERATURE        37   38   45   45   44   38   34   32   32   30   31   31   30   26   25   25   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           47                  30                  33                  23
WIND DIR           SE    S    S   SW    S    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          9   12   17   20   18   14   19   25   20   19   23   24   24   24   20   19   16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   10   10  100  100  100   90  100  100  100  100   60   60   20   20   40
PRECIP TYPE                             R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.49      0.48      0.23      0.26      0.21      0.02
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       2.2       2.4       2.1       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 4.6                 2.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.6  7.8  8.0  8.5  9.0  8.5  7.8  6.6  6.2  6.1  6.7  6.4  6.2  5.4  5.1  4.8  4.9


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        BK   SC   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   45   75   60   90  100   95   95   90   90   90   90   80   75   60   60   55
TEMPERATURE        36   37   44   46   44   37   35   32   32   31   32   32   31   27   26   24   24
MAX/MIN TEMP                           47                  31                  34                  24
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          6   11   17   19   17   16   18   25   20   18   23   24   25   23   19   19   16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   10   10  100   90  100   90  100  100  100  100   50   50   10   10   30
PRECIP TYPE                             R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S              S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.39      0.41      0.21      0.20      0.15      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       2.1       0.9       1.5       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 3.0                 1.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.7  7.9  8.0  8.5  9.0  8.6  7.9  6.8  6.3  6.3  6.8  6.5  6.4  5.5  5.2  5.0  5.0


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        SC   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    50   50   60   60   95  100   95   95   75   85   85   70   85   65   50   45   45
TEMPERATURE        33   36   47   52   50   43   41   37   35   34   36   40   38   35   33   30   29
MAX/MIN TEMP                           55                  33                  42                  29
WIND DIR           SE   SE   SE    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W   SW    S
WIND (MPH)          6    9   10   13   13   12   12   11   13   14   16   16   12   12   12   10    9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5   10   10  100   80  100   90   90   90   90   90   40   40   10   10   20
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    R    S    S    R    S    S    S              S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.25      0.33      0.09      0.14      0.10      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)  7.7  7.7  7.9  8.3  8.9  8.7  8.0  7.0  6.4  6.2  6.8  6.6  6.5  5.7  5.4  5.2  5.1


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        BK   BK   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    55   60   70   65   90  100  100  100   90   85   85   90   80   70   60   60   55
TEMPERATURE        37   39   47   48   45   39   36   33   32   32   32   33   32   30   28   27   26
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  31                  35                  26
WIND DIR           SE   SE    S   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          8   12   17   21   21   16   21   24   20   18   23   24   24   25   19   19   16
WIND GUST (MPH)                        40                            40        43
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   10   10  100  100  100   90  100  100  100  100   80   80   20   20   50
PRECIP TYPE                             R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.49      0.44      0.20      0.25      0.17      0.01
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       1.5       1.9       1.3       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.4                 3.4                 1.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.6  7.7  8.0  8.4  8.9  8.4  7.7  6.6  6.2  6.0  6.6  6.3  6.2  5.4  5.1  4.8  4.8


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   60   70   70   90  100  100  100   95   85   85   90   80   70   65   65   65
TEMPERATURE        38   39   48   48   45   39   36   33   32   32   32   33   32   29   27   26   25
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  31                  35                  25
WIND DIR           SE    S    S   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W   SW   SW   SW
WIND (MPH)          8   12   17   21   21   14   21   24   20   19   23   25   23   26   18   18   16
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   10   10   10  100  100  100   90  100  100  100  100   80   80   20   20   50
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.58      0.46      0.24      0.28      0.19      0.02
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       2.1       2.4       1.7       0.2
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 4.5                 1.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.5  7.7  8.1  8.4  8.9  8.2  7.6  6.4  6.1  6.0  6.5  6.2  6.1  5.3  5.0  4.7  4.7


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

DATE                    SUNDAY 04/06/25                         MONDAY 04/07/25
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        BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC
CLOUD COVER (%)    60   50   85   80  100  100   95   80   70   95  100   75   65   55   40   35   35
TEMPERATURE        39   41   45   48   44   39   37   36   34   34   33   34   34   32   30   29   28
MAX/MIN TEMP                           48                  33                  36                  28
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW   SW    S    S   SW   SW    W   SW   SW    S
WIND (MPH)          8   11   16   21   24   18   14   21   18   16   21   21   16   18   16   16   13
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5    5   10   10   90  100  100   90   70   70   60   60   10   10    5    5   10
PRECIP TYPE                             R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S                        S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.42      0.20      0.10      0.10      0.00      0.00
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.9       0.8       0.0       0.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 1.7                 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.7  7.8  7.8  8.7  9.0  8.6  7.8  6.9  6.2  6.0  6.7  6.4  6.3  5.7  5.4  5.1  5.0

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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