Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 AM MDT FRI OCT 3 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE FRIDAY 10/03/25 SATURDAY 10/04/25
TIME (LT) 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A
CLOUD COVER FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC SC FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 10 15 10 15 20 20 25 30 50 50 35 35 10 10 5
TEMPERATURE 43 50 60 61 57 49 46 44 42 47 55 56 49 42 38 33 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 62 41 57 30
WIND CHILL 38 35 36 32 27 24
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 8 11 13 11 11 10 11 12 17 20 23 18 11 6 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 17 24 27 31 32 32 35 19 19 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 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) 12.3 12.4 12.7 13.0 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.6 11.7 10.7 10.0 9.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DATE SUN 10/05/25 MON 10/06/25 TUE 10/07/25 WED 10/08/25 THU 10/09/25
TIME (LT) 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 10 5 30 50 50 40 65 60 65 55 65 45 50 40 40 35
TEMPERATURE 52 52 39 36 56 53 41 38 54 50 42 39 51 49 41 39 53 52
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 35 58 38 56 38 53 38 56
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR SW SW SE SE SW SW SE S SW SW SE S SW SW SW W W SW
WIND (MPH) 12 13 8 6 13 10 8 5 9 6 6 5 10 6 4 5 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 30 20 20 50 40 40 40 50 20 10 10 20 20
PRECIP TYPE T R T R T T R R T T R S R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.3 10.9 11.2 10.8 11.6 12.0 12.2 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.6 12.8 12.6 12.5 12.6 12.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE FRIDAY 10/03/25 SATURDAY 10/04/25
TIME (LT) 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A
CLOUD COVER FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 10 15 10 15 20 20 30 30 50 50 40 40 10 10 5
TEMPERATURE 41 46 53 54 50 45 42 41 39 42 48 49 42 37 34 30 28
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 38 50 27
WIND CHILL 35 38 35 33 30 33 33 29 26 21 17
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 13 16 13 13 14 16 17 19 23 25 21 13 11 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 32 35 36 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 30 30 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R T
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 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) 12.4 12.4 12.8 13.0 13.0 12.9 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.5 12.6 12.6 12.6 11.8 10.7 10.0 9.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
DATE SUN 10/05/25 MON 10/06/25 TUE 10/07/25 WED 10/08/25 THU 10/09/25
TIME (LT) 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW SC BK BK SC BK BK BK BK BK SC BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 10 10 30 50 50 40 65 65 70 55 65 45 55 45 40 35
TEMPERATURE 44 45 37 35 49 46 39 37 47 43 38 37 44 42 38 37 46 45
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 34 51 36 48 36 46 37 49
WIND CHILL 37 39 29 26 31 29 32 30 38 31
WIND DIR SW SW SE SE SW SW SE S SW SW SE S SW SW SW W W SW
WIND (MPH) 13 14 11 12 14 12 11 10 10 8 10 9 11 8 6 9 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 20 30 20 20 50 40 40 40 50 20 10 10 20 20
PRECIP TYPE T S R S T T S R T T S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.3 10.9 11.2 10.8 11.6 12.0 12.2 12.0 12.2 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.6 12.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN