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
229 AM MDT WED OCT 15 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/15/25 THURSDAY 10/16/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 75 80 85 75 80 90 90 80 80 15 15 10 10 10 10 5
TEMPERATURE 44 47 56 58 53 49 46 44 41 43 51 54 46 35 30 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 59 38 54 24
WIND CHILL 38 37 33 36 24 20 17
WIND DIR S S S SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 10 12 13 17 16 19 17 13 14 13 14 14 12 6 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 32 31 27 28 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 30 40 40 40 70 70 60 20 20 5 5 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R T T R R R S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.18 0.16 0.16 0.38 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) 14.0 13.9 14.0 13.9 13.4 13.2 12.9 12.5 11.7 10.9 10.6 10.9 10.4 10.0 9.6 9.5 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
DATE FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25
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 CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 15 10 10 5 15 15 10 10
TEMPERATURE 48 44 28 25 49 46 29 27 55 47 34 30 54 50 35 29 50 46
MAX/MIN TEMP 53 24 54 26 59 30 58 29 54
WIND CHILL 22 19 27 20 28 21
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 5 5 8 5 4 4 8 8 9 11 14 13 10 10 11 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 17 20 20 32 23 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.1 9.7 9.3 8.4 9.3 10.1 9.7 9.5 10.2 10.9 10.4 10.0 10.2 10.5 9.4 8.5 8.9 9.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 3 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 WEDNESDAY 10/15/25 THURSDAY 10/16/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 85 90 80 80 95 95 85 85 15 15 10 10 15 15 5
TEMPERATURE 44 42 48 50 45 44 43 42 38 36 42 45 37 31 27 25 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 51 35 45 23
WIND CHILL 37 34 38 36 34 33 28 26 34 38 29 23 19 16 15
WIND DIR S S SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 13 16 17 19 18 21 21 19 19 16 16 14 13 9 8 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 33 31 32 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 50 30 40 40 40 70 70 60 20 20 5 5 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R R R T T R R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.21 0.19 0.14 0.52 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) 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.0 13.5 13.2 12.9 12.6 11.8 11.0 10.7 11.0 10.5 10.0 9.7 9.5 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
DATE FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25
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 CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 10 5 5 5 10 5 10 10 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
TEMPERATURE 39 35 26 24 41 38 28 27 47 39 32 30 45 41 32 27 41 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 44 24 46 27 50 30 49 27 45
WIND CHILL 32 28 16 13 35 32 20 18 33 23 18 38 33 22 15 33 31
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 11 9 10 10 8 8 9 9 9 12 17 17 17 14 14 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.1 9.7 9.3 8.4 9.3 10.1 9.7 9.5 10.1 10.8 10.4 10.0 10.2 10.5 9.4 8.5 8.9 9.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 5 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