Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 161736
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1036 AM MST SUN NOV 16 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 11/16/25 MONDAY 11/17/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER CL FW OV OV BK SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 75 85 55 45 50 35 20 10 20 30 45 45 50
TEMPERATURE 48 49 42 37 32 28 26 26 33 37 32 27 26 25 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 24 38 23
WIND CHILL 36 27 20 15 12 12 23 29 24 18 18 19
WIND DIR W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W SW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 18 19 20 19 19 16 13 10 9 6 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 39 47 48 48 47 33 25 23 25 23 19 17
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 60 50 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.7 11.0 10.8 10.5 8.7 7.5 7.2 7.4 8.1 8.5 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 5 5 12 12 11 11 7 7 6 6 7 7 6
DATE TUE 11/18/25 WED 11/19/25 THU 11/20/25 FRI 11/21/25 SAT 11/22/25
TIME (LT) 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK SC FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 55 50 45 60 65 75 75 75 70 70 60 55 45 50 40 25 15
TEMPERATURE 41 37 29 27 39 34 29 26 34 29 26 21 31 29 23 20 33 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 43 26 40 24 35 19 33 19 36
WIND CHILL 31 22 19 32 28 20 28 20 20 14 24 23 16 13 27
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 6 8 8 11 8 5 6 6 9 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 23 19 17 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 10 10 10 30 30 30 50 40 30 20 10 10 10 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.4 7.0 7.5 8.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 6 7 8 6 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 11/16/25 MONDAY 11/17/25
TIME (LT) 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A
CLOUD COVER CL FW OV OV OV BK BK SC FW FW FW SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 75 90 70 60 65 45 25 15 20 30 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 41 41 35 33 28 25 23 22 26 29 25 23 23 23 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 21 30 22
WIND CHILL 35 34 26 20 13 8 5 5 12 17 14 10 12 13 13
WIND DIR W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 12 14 23 27 28 27 26 19 17 12 13 11 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 47 48 48 47 39 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 70 60 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.7 11.1 10.8 10.6 8.7 7.6 7.3 7.5 8.1 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.9 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 5 8 8 14 14 13 13 10 10 8 8 9 9 9
DATE TUE 11/18/25 WED 11/19/25 THU 11/20/25 FRI 11/21/25 SAT 11/22/25
TIME (LT) 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER OV BK BK SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC BK SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 60 55 50 60 65 80 80 75 75 75 65 55 45 55 45 25 15
TEMPERATURE 34 29 26 25 32 27 26 24 27 22 23 20 24 22 20 19 27 24
MIN/MAX TEMP 36 24 33 22 28 18 27 17 29
WIND CHILL 28 20 15 13 22 17 16 13 19 10 12 7 16 14 10 6 19 16
WIND DIR SW SW SW W SW SW SW W SW SW SW W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 9 11 13 13 10 10 11 8 12 10 11 8 6 10 11 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 10 10 10 30 30 30 50 40 30 20 10 10 10 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.9 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.5 8.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 8 10 10 9 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