Avalanche Weather Guidance
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PST SAT NOV 9 2024


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   80   65   50   50   45   25   55   75   90   80   85  100  100  100  100   70
TEMPERATURE        38   36   35   36   35   34   36   38   37   35   33   33   33   32   29   30   26
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  39                  28                  33
WIND DIR           SW    S    W    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   12    4   14   14   16   13   17   18   23   29   37   41   31   21   20   20
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                      49   62   67   51
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   40   40  100  100  100  100   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.06      0.58      0.30
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.4       4.7       3.3
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.4                 8.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.7  6.4  6.3  6.4  6.5  6.5  6.6  6.9  6.8  6.3  6.6  6.3  6.5  6.2  5.7  5.5  5.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   70   55   60   40   25   55   70   85   75   85  100  100   95   95   65
TEMPERATURE        36   31   32   32   31   31   39   38   38   33   32   31   31   31   30   30   26
MIN/MAX TEMP                           29                  40                  29                  31
WIND DIR            S    S   SE   SE   SE   SE    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    9    4   11   11   12   10   13   14   17   23   28   31   23   16   14   14
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                48
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   40   40  100  100   90   90   50
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.05      0.53      0.27
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.2       3.3       2.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.2                 5.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.5  6.3  6.2  6.2  6.4  6.3  6.5  6.8  6.7  6.3  6.7  6.2  6.5  6.2  5.7  5.5  5.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   FW   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    75   80   65   50   45   40   25   60   75   90   80   85  100  100  100  100   70
TEMPERATURE        37   35   35   36   35   34   36   37   37   35   34   34   33   33   29   30   26
MIN/MAX TEMP                           33                  39                  28                  34
WIND DIR           SW    S    W    S    S    S   SW   SW   SW    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         13   12    5   14   14   16   13   17   18   23   29   37   41   31   21   20   20
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                      49   62   67   51
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   40   40  100  100  100  100   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.06      0.56      0.29
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.3       4.4       3.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.3                 7.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.6  6.3  6.2  6.3  6.4  6.3  6.5  6.8  6.6  6.2  6.4  6.2  6.4  6.2  5.7  5.5  5.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   75   60   45   50   45   30   65   75   85   80   80  100  100  100  100   70
TEMPERATURE        30   27   27   26   26   26   29   29   29   26   25   24   24   24   21   20   16
MIN/MAX TEMP                           26                  30                  20                  24
WIND DIR           SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         24   21    6   27   27   27   21   27   28   34   43   56   64   42   33   33   34
WIND GUST (MPH)    54   47        58   58   57   40   49   49   58   77   97  112   80   61   62   69
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   40   40  100  100  100  100   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.05      0.70      0.35
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.3       7.2       4.3
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.3                11.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.9  6.7  6.6  6.6  6.8  6.8  7.0  7.3  7.2  6.8  6.9  6.5  6.6  6.3  5.7  5.5  5.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   80   70   55   40   30   25   45   70   75   75   80  100  100  100  100   70
TEMPERATURE        35   34   33   34   33   32   35   37   36   34   33   32   32   32   29   29   26
MIN/MAX TEMP                           31                  38                  28                  32
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         12    9    6   13   12   13   12   14   16   23   29   32   33   35   18   16   16
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                      48   54   51   55
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5    5    5   40   40  100  100  100  100   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.34      0.31
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       1.9       2.8
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 4.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.5  6.0  5.7  5.6  5.7  5.6  6.1  6.5  6.2  5.5  5.9  5.8  6.2  6.3  5.8  5.5  5.3


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   SC   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   70   50   35   30   25   65   75   75   75   85  100  100  100  100   75
TEMPERATURE        42   39   40   40   38   39   43   44   44   40   39   38   38   39   37   36   33
MIN/MAX TEMP                           37                  46                  36                  39
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W
WIND (MPH)         10    5    5    8    5    6    8   10    9   10   14   16   18   14   10    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   50   50  100  100  100  100   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  R    S    R    R    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.04      0.41      0.18
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.3  5.9  5.8  5.7  5.8  5.7  6.1  6.5  6.7  6.4  6.5  6.0  6.5  6.2  5.6  5.5  5.2


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   SC   SC   FW   SC   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   70   50   35   30   20   45   60   80   65   80  100  100   95   95   70
TEMPERATURE        41   39   38   38   37   38   40   42   41   38   36   36   36   37   32   33   30
MIN/MAX TEMP                           36                  42                  32                  37
WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         11    9    9   11   12   12   11   13   14   19   25   29   31   23   14   16   14
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                48
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   20   20   10    5    5    5   10   10   50   50  100  100   90   90   60
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S                                  S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.36      0.15
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.1       0.7       1.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.1                 1.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.7  6.4  6.3  6.2  6.3  6.2  6.6  6.9  6.9  6.7  6.3  6.2  6.6  6.2  5.5  5.4  5.1


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   95   85   80   75   75   85   90   85   85   90  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        40   36   36   36   35   34   35   38   39   38   38   37   34   32   30   29   27
MIN/MAX TEMP                           34                  39                  29                  33
WIND DIR            W    W   SW   SW    S    S   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)         11   12    6   16   14   13   10   12   12   16   23   26   31   31   19   18   19
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                48   48
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   20   60   60   40   40   30   30   30   30   60   60  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.06      0.04      0.00      0.00      0.02      0.51      0.22
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       3.8       2.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.0                 0.0                 6.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.0  6.8  6.7  7.0  7.0  7.2  7.6  7.8  7.7  7.5  7.2  6.9  6.4  5.5  5.2  5.1  4.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   90   80   75   70   75   90   90   85   90   85  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        40   35   34   34   34   32   35   37   39   37   36   35   33   30   29   29   27
MIN/MAX TEMP                           32                  39                  29                  31
WIND DIR            W    W    W   SW    S   SW   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)         11   12    6   14   16   13   10   11   13   16   23   25   31   32   20   19   19
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                48   49
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   20   60   60   40   40   30   30   20   20   60   60  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.04      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.45      0.20
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       3.3       2.3
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.1                 0.0                 0.0                 5.6
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.0  6.9  6.7  7.0  7.0  7.2  7.6  7.6  7.6  7.5  7.2  6.8  6.4  5.6  5.3  5.1  4.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   BK   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    70   85   85   80   65   75   60   65   80   80   70   80  100  100  100  100   90
TEMPERATURE        44   39   37   37   36   35   39   43   44   42   39   39   36   34   33   32   31
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  45                  32                  35
WIND DIR           SW    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)          4    4    4    6    6    8    8    8    8   11   18   20   18   17    9    8    6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   20   30   50   30   20   20   20   20   20   60   60  100  100  100  100   90
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    R    S    R    R    R    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.01      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.42      0.19
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       1.0       1.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 2.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.0  6.8  6.8  6.8  6.8  7.3  7.1  7.6  7.6  7.3  7.1  6.5  6.3  5.6  5.2  5.1  4.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   80   90   80   70   70   65   80   85   85   80   85  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        40   36   36   36   36   36   37   38   39   38   38   37   34   33   30   29   27
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  40                  29                  33
WIND DIR            W    W   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)         11   12    5   16   14   14   10   12   12   16   23   26   31   29   20   19   20
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                           46   51   55
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   30   70   60   30   50   50   50   30   30   70   70  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.04      0.01      0.01      0.00      0.03      0.52      0.21
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       3.4       2.1
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 5.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.0  6.8  6.6  7.0  7.1  7.5  7.5  7.8  7.8  7.5  7.2  6.8  6.4  5.4  5.1  5.0  4.9


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    85   80   90   80   75   70   65   85   85   90   85   85  100  100  100  100   95
TEMPERATURE        40   36   35   35   35   35   37   38   39   38   38   37   34   32   30   30   28
MIN/MAX TEMP                           35                  40                  29                  33
WIND DIR            W    W    S    S    S    S   SW    S    S    S    S    S   SW   SW    W    W   SW
WIND (MPH)         11   12    6   16   14   14   10   11   12   16   23   26   31   28   19   18   20
WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                48
PRECIP PROB (%)    10   30   70   60   30   50   50   50   30   30   70   70  100  100  100  100  100
PRECIP TYPE              S    S    S    S    S    R    R    R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.05      0.02      0.02      0.00      0.04      0.54      0.20
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       3.8       2.0
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 5.8
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.9  6.8  6.6  7.0  7.2  7.6  7.8  7.9  7.9  7.5  7.3  6.9  6.4  5.4  5.1  5.0  4.8


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

DATE                                        SUNDAY 11/10/24                         MONDAY 11/11/24
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        OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV
CLOUD COVER (%)    80   85   70   70   65   60   50   70   80   80   75   70  100  100  100  100   85
TEMPERATURE        41   38   38   39   39   38   41   42   42   39   39   38   36   35   32   31   29
MIN/MAX TEMP                           38                  43                  31                  35
WIND DIR            W    W   SW    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W    W
WIND (MPH)         12   11    5   12   13   13   10   11   13   16   27   28   29   24   13   11   17
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%)     5   10   30   40   20   10   10   10   20   20   60   60  100  100  100  100   80
PRECIP TYPE                   S    S    S                   R    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
6 HOUR QPF                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.01      0.49      0.15
6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       2.7       1.4
12 HOUR SNOW                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0                 4.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  7.1  7.0  6.9  7.0  7.4  7.5  7.8  7.7  7.8  7.6  7.4  6.8  6.6  5.7  5.1  5.1  4.9

$$

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---

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