Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 102030
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SATURDAY 10/11/25 SUNDAY 10/12/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 85 85 85 85 85 90 85 70 80 80 75 65 45 45 40
TEMPERATURE 54 48 46 45 44 46 52 51 48 45 44 44 43 45 52 55 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 54 42 56
WIND CHILL 39 38 36 35 37
WIND DIR SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 5 5 6 9 12 14 14 11 12 12 14 16 18 14 14 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 35 39 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 20 20 30 50 60 40 40 30 30 20 20 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.34 0.06 0.07 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 13.8 13.6 13.6 13.5 14.0 14.1 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.4 13.1 13.0 12.6 12.3 12.3 12.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
DATE MON 10/13/25 TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25
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 SC BK BK BK BK OV BK SC SC SC BK BK SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 55 65 65 65 70 60 35 45 45 60 55 45 30 40 20 30 15 25 25
TEMPERATURE 40 36 48 47 40 40 49 49 42 40 54 52 44 40 53 50 41 36 50 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 50 37 52 39 57 40 56 36 53
WIND CHILL 29
WIND DIR NE E SE S S S SW SW S SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 8 9 9 6 5 9 5 5 5 11 9 8 9 13 10 6 6 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 19 24 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 40 30 50 50 30 20 10 20 30 30 20 10 20 10 5 5 10 20
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R R T R T R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.7 11.4 11.8 12.1 12.6 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.1 12.9 13.2 13.3 13.0 12.3 12.0 12.0 11.6 11.0 10.9 11.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 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 SATURDAY 10/11/25 SUNDAY 10/12/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 90 90 90 90 90 90 95 90 75 85 85 85 70 50 50 45
TEMPERATURE 46 44 42 42 41 41 44 43 41 41 41 41 40 39 43 46 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 46 39 47
WIND CHILL 34 33 36 36 34 33 33 32 30 29 35 36
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 10 12 14 16 16 13 14 17 20 23 21 17 16 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 35 40 39 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 10 10 20 20 30 50 60 40 40 30 30 20 20 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.50 0.10 0.13 0.01 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 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.6 14.0 14.1 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.5 13.2 13.0 12.7 12.3 12.3 12.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
DATE MON 10/13/25 TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25
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 BK BK BK BK BK OV BK SC SC SC BK BK SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 55 65 65 65 75 60 35 45 50 65 55 45 30 50 25 30 15 25 25
TEMPERATURE 37 34 40 40 37 38 42 42 39 38 47 45 41 38 46 44 38 35 43 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 43 35 45 37 49 38 48 34 46
WIND CHILL 31 25 34 33 29 31 36 31 34 30 38 31 26 36 34
WIND DIR NE E SE S SE S SW SW S SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 12 11 10 10 10 10 6 8 10 12 10 12 13 16 11 10 11 14 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 10 20 40 30 50 50 30 20 10 20 30 30 20 10 20 10 5 5 10 20
PRECIP TYPE S R S R R R R R R R T S T R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.8 11.4 11.9 12.1 12.6 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.2 12.9 13.2 13.3 13.0 12.3 12.0 12.0 11.6 11.0 10.9 11.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 MM MM 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