Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 270536
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1036 PM MST WED NOV 26 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE THURSDAY 11/27/25 FRIDAY 11/28/25
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 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 15 5 10 15 20 30 30 25 30 35 25 25 10
TEMPERATURE 25 24 23 28 42 44 34 29 28 27 26 28 39 41 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 45 25 41
WIND CHILL 19 21 32 32 26
WIND DIR NW NW W NW W W W SW SW W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 11 14 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 16 19 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.6 8.7 9.1 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.8 8.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7
DATE SAT 11/29/25 SUN 11/30/25 MON 12/01/25 TUE 12/02/25 WED 12/03/25
TIME (LT) 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW SC BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 15 40 55 55 55 65 70 55 35 30 25 25 20 15 20 25 40 50
TEMPERATURE 28 23 32 29 20 17 28 26 22 18 24 21 14 14 30 26 21 19 31 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 21 35 16 31 15 27 12 33 18 33
WIND CHILL 17 12 24 18 11 8 19 17 12 8 16 15 8 5 23 18 12 10 24 21
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W SW W W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 12 10 9 12 6 8 10 8 9 8 8 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 32 19 23 23 23 20 20 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 10 5 10 30 30 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.8 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.0 4.8 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.3 6.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 11 10 11 13 13 11 12 13 14 13 13 14 12 10 9 10 11 10 11
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE THURSDAY 11/27/25 FRIDAY 11/28/25
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 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 15 15 5 10 15 20 25 25 20 30 35 25 25 10
TEMPERATURE 23 22 22 25 36 36 28 25 25 25 24 25 32 32 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 38 23 33
WIND CHILL 13 13 12 17 30 22 17 16 15 13 14 23 21 15
WIND DIR NW NW W NW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 6 5 6 5 8 9 10 11 11 12 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 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
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.8 8.8 9.1 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.8 8.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 8 7 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 10 9 9 10
DATE SAT 11/29/25 SUN 11/30/25 MON 12/01/25 TUE 12/02/25 WED 12/03/25
TIME (LT) 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW SC BK BK BK BK OV BK SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 25 20 45 60 60 55 65 70 60 40 30 25 30 20 15 20 30 45 55
TEMPERATURE 24 21 26 22 17 16 22 19 19 16 18 14 11 11 23 19 17 17 24 21
MAX/MIN TEMP 19 28 15 23 13 20 10 25 16 25
WIND CHILL 10 6 15 9 4 1 10 7 5 1 6 4 -1 -3 12 8 4 3 14 11
WIND DIR W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 18 18 12 13 12 13 12 10 13 13 10 6 9 11 9 9 12 13 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 33 25 25 25 23 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 0 5 10 5 10 40 30 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.8 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.1 5.0 5.7 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.6 6.3 6.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 11 12 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 11 11 12 12 11 12
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN