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
1235 AM MDT SUN SEP 20 2026
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 09/20/26 MONDAY 09/21/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 5 10 10 10 40 20 20 30 25 35 35 35
TEMPERATURE 41 40 47 58 62 59 48 44 41 39 46 58 62 59
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 62 38 62
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW E E SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 5 10 11 9 5 3 2 2 2 9 11 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 17
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
6 HOUR SNOW 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
LOW END SNOW MM MM MM MM
HIGH END SNOW MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.2 11.9 12.0 12.4 12.6 12.3 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.2 11.4 11.8 12.0 12.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DATE TUE 09/22/26 WED 09/23/26 THU 09/24/26 FRI 09/25/26 SAT 09/26/26
TIME (LT) 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 60 80 85 95 90 80 75 85 75 80 70 70 60 70 60 65 55 50 25
TEMPERATURE 45 41 56 53 45 43 49 51 45 41 52 52 44 41 53 53 44 41 55 56
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 58 42 52 39 56 39 57 40 59
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR SE SE SW SW SW SE SW SW W N N E NE NE SW SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 3 9 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 3 3 6 5 4 4 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 17 16 17
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 70 60 60 70 60 40 40 40 70 60 40 30 50 40 40 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R T R R R T
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.6 12.8 13.3 13.8 13.8 13.6 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.3 13.5 13.7 13.4 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.4 13.1 13.3 13.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 09/20/26 MONDAY 09/21/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 5 10 10 10 40 20 20 30 25 40 40 35
TEMPERATURE 39 38 43 51 54 53 43 40 38 37 42 51 54 53
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 54 37 55
WIND CHILL 32 31 37
WIND DIR W W W W W W W NW NE SW SW W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 12 13 12 8 6 5 5 4 11 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
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
6 HOUR SNOW 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
LOW END SNOW MM MM MM MM
HIGH END SNOW MM MM MM MM
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.3 12.0 12.0 12.4 12.7 12.3 11.8 11.6 11.4 11.1 11.3 11.7 12.0 12.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DATE TUE 09/22/26 WED 09/23/26 THU 09/24/26 FRI 09/25/26 SAT 09/26/26
TIME (LT) 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 60 85 85 95 90 80 75 85 80 80 70 70 60 70 65 65 55 50 20
TEMPERATURE 41 39 50 46 42 41 42 44 41 38 45 45 40 38 46 47 40 39 48 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 51 39 45 37 48 37 49 38 51
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR SE SE SW SW SW S SW SW NW N N E NE NE SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 6 10 6 6 6 4 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 8 6 6 6 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 18
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 70 70 60 70 60 40 40 40 70 50 40 30 50 50 50 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R T R R R T
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.7 12.8 13.3 13.8 13.8 13.6 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.2 13.3 13.6 13.4 13.1 13.3 13.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN