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
1035 PM MST SUN NOV 23 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE MONDAY 11/24/25 TUESDAY 11/25/25
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 OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 70 40 10 10 10 15 20 15 10 15 15 5 5 15
TEMPERATURE 27 27 24 25 34 36 30 25 23 22 20 22 34 36 29
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 37 18 37
WIND CHILL 17 17 16 17 27 30 24 19 17 16 14 16
WIND DIR W W NW NW NW W W W NW NW W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 13 10 8 6 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 39 32 31 19 19 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.2 7.8 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.6 6.6 7.4 7.4 7.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 10 10 10
DATE WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25 SAT 11/29/25 SUN 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 30 15 20 20 15 30 45 45 35 25 25 25 35 55 70 75 75 70
TEMPERATURE 20 17 33 30 24 22 40 34 27 24 39 34 25 22 33 29 23 20 26 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 16 37 21 43 23 41 21 35 19 27
WIND CHILL 8 26 24 21 16 28 18 14 26 22 14 10 16 15
WIND DIR SW SW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 4 6 8 5 4 4 4 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 8 9 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 16 19 20 19 20 20 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 30 40 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 5.5 6.6 7.3 7.2 7.7 8.5 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.7 8.0 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.2 5.6 5.8 5.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 11 10 7 6 5 3 2 2 4 5 4 6 9 10 9 11 12 13 12 13
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE MONDAY 11/24/25 TUESDAY 11/25/25
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 OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 75 40 10 10 10 15 20 15 15 20 15 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 24 24 22 21 27 29 23 21 20 19 18 19 27 28 22
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 30 17 29
WIND CHILL 10 10 8 10 18 20 14 12 10 8 6 9 20 20 14
WIND DIR W NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 20 17 16 10 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 8 6 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 33 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.15 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 2.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.3 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.0 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.7 7.5 7.4 7.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 13 13 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 12
DATE WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25 SAT 11/29/25 SUN 11/30/25
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 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 30 20 25 20 20 35 45 45 40 25 25 25 40 55 75 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 17 15 26 22 21 21 33 27 24 22 32 26 22 20 27 22 20 18 19 17
MAX/MIN TEMP 15 29 20 35 21 33 19 27 16 20
WIND CHILL 6 1 16 13 11 10 27 20 14 10 24 17 11 7 17 11 7 4 7 5
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW S S SW S
WIND (MPH) 8 13 10 9 8 10 5 5 9 12 8 9 11 13 10 10 13 16 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 30 40 40 40 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 5.5 6.5 7.3 7.2 7.7 8.5 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.7 8.0 7.3 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.3 5.7 5.8 5.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 9 7 6 5 4 4 6 7 7 9 11 12 11 12 13 14 13 14
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN