Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 221735
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 AM MST SAT NOV 22 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SATURDAY 11/22/25 SUNDAY 11/23/25
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 FW CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 20 20 30 55 95 85 75 65 75 80 85 85 55
TEMPERATURE 40 43 37 30 29 29 28 29 31 31 28 27 27 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 43 26 34 24
WIND CHILL 21 21 19 22 25 23 19 16 15 15 15
WIND DIR W SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SW SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 3 4 2 5 9 10 10 6 6 10 9 13 14 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 25 25 31 40 39 36
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 30 90 80 30 30 30 30 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.08 0.07 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 9.3 9.0 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.8 7.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 3 3 5 5 7 7 10 10 11 11 11 11 12
DATE MON 11/24/25 TUE 11/25/25 WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25
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 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 25 25 25 20 15 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 25 30 35 40
TEMPERATURE 33 30 22 17 33 28 20 17 32 28 22 21 38 33 25 22 38 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 16 35 16 35 20 41 21 40
WIND CHILL 26 24 15 11 27 22 14 8 26 15 14 19 16
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW W SW SW W W W NW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 19 20 19 20 17
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.8 8.1 7.3 6.6 6.8 7.5 6.5 6.0 6.8 7.5 7.2 7.1 8.1 8.5 7.9 7.5 8.0 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 9 8 8 10 9 9 11 10 7 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SATURDAY 11/22/25 SUNDAY 11/23/25
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 FW CL FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 20 20 25 55 95 85 75 75 80 85 85 85 60
TEMPERATURE 33 36 30 27 27 27 26 25 25 24 22 24 24 24 23
MAX/MIN TEMP 36 24 28 22
WIND CHILL 17 14 14 12 14 16 13 10 9 8 9 8
WIND DIR W SW S SE S S S S SW SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 5 4 10 16 18 18 11 8 11 12 19 23 20 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 31 32 40 39 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 30 90 80 30 30 30 30 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 0.13 0.13 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 1.4 1.5 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.7 9.2 9.0 8.6 8.7 8.5 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 8 5 5 7 7 9 9 11 11 12 12 12 12 13
DATE MON 11/24/25 TUE 11/25/25 WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25
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 FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 20 30 25 25 20 20 35 30 30 30 30 35 20 25 30 40 40
TEMPERATURE 26 23 18 15 26 21 17 16 25 21 19 19 31 26 22 20 31 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 15 27 15 27 18 33 20 33
WIND CHILL 15 14 7 3 18 12 6 2 16 13 8 7 24 19 12 9 24 18
WIND DIR W W W W W SW SW SW W SW W W W W NW W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 8 9 10 6 6 9 12 9 6 10 11 6 5 9 10 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.8 8.1 7.4 6.6 6.8 7.5 6.5 6.0 6.8 7.4 7.2 7.1 8.1 8.5 8.0 7.6 8.0 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 11 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 9 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN