


Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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664 FWUS45 KABQ 152029 AVGABQ AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 229 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025 ...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT... DATE THURSDAY 10/16/25 FRIDAY 10/17/25 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 SC OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 80 75 55 20 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TEMPERATURE 51 47 45 43 40 40 47 48 43 35 32 29 28 34 45 47 42 MIN/MAX TEMP 37 50 27 48 WIND CHILL 38 36 32 32 37 WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W W W W WIND (MPH) 13 17 17 14 13 13 13 13 10 5 4 3 4 5 9 10 9 WIND GUST (MPH) 31 35 35 35 28 PRECIP PROB (%) 20 60 70 50 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PRECIP TYPE T R R R 6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.46 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) 13.6 13.3 13.3 12.9 11.4 10.6 10.3 10.3 9.9 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.6 9.2 9.6 9.6 SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 DATE SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25 WED 10/22/25 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 FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 15 15 10 10 15 20 10 20 20 25 15 20 30 TEMPERATURE 29 26 47 46 32 30 52 49 38 34 52 49 36 30 47 45 34 30 46 43 MIN/MAX TEMP 25 51 29 55 34 55 29 50 29 49 WIND CHILL 23 19 32 26 29 22 28 24 WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W SW SW W W SW SW SW W WIND (MPH) 5 6 8 5 4 5 8 6 9 11 14 13 10 8 10 9 6 6 10 8 WIND GUST (MPH) 17 24 23 32 23 23 20 PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 PRECIP TYPE 12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.0 8.6 9.5 10.0 9.5 9.3 10.1 10.8 10.3 9.9 10.2 10.6 9.6 8.6 9.1 9.7 9.1 8.9 9.6 10.0 SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 1 MM MM 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 THURSDAY 10/16/25 FRIDAY 10/17/25 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 SC OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 85 85 65 25 10 10 10 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 TEMPERATURE 44 43 41 40 37 35 39 41 36 31 29 28 27 30 37 40 35 MIN/MAX TEMP 34 42 26 40 WIND CHILL 37 33 32 31 27 25 31 33 28 23 22 21 19 21 30 32 27 WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W WIND (MPH) 16 20 21 21 20 18 16 16 11 9 6 6 8 9 11 12 11 WIND GUST (MPH) 33 36 36 36 31 PRECIP PROB (%) 20 60 70 50 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PRECIP TYPE T R R R 6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.54 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) 13.7 13.3 13.4 12.9 11.5 10.7 10.4 10.3 10.0 9.3 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.6 9.2 9.6 9.6 SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 DATE SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25 WED 10/22/25 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 FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 5 10 5 10 15 20 10 10 15 25 10 20 25 25 15 20 30 TEMPERATURE 26 24 40 38 30 28 44 42 35 33 44 42 33 28 40 38 31 28 40 37 MIN/MAX TEMP 24 44 28 47 32 47 27 43 27 42 WIND CHILL 17 13 33 22 19 36 26 21 37 34 23 17 33 30 23 18 33 29 WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW W W WIND (MPH) 9 11 10 6 8 9 9 9 12 17 17 16 13 13 12 10 10 12 11 10 WIND GUST (MPH) 24 32 28 PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 PRECIP TYPE 12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.0 8.6 9.6 10.0 9.6 9.4 10.0 10.8 10.3 9.9 10.2 10.6 9.6 8.6 9.1 9.7 9.2 8.9 9.6 10.0 SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 4 2 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM $$ --- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- CODE TYPE T THUNDERSTORMS R RAIN S SNOW I SLEET Z FREEZING RAIN