Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 082030
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 SC BK BK OV BK SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 55 60 70 65 45 30 60 70 75 85 85 80 70 60 60 55
TEMPERATURE 53 46 43 42 41 46 57 59 54 47 44 43 42 46 55 58 55
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 60 41 59
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW W W SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 5 10 5 0 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE T T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 13.0 13.0 13.6 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.4 13.7 13.6 13.8 14.1 14.3 14.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DATE SAT 10/11/25 SUN 10/12/25 MON 10/13/25 TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25
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 OV OV BK BK OV BK SC SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 65 65 70 65 50 45 50 45 45 55 60 60 60 50 40 30 30 10
TEMPERATURE 46 43 54 50 46 44 49 49 41 38 51 50 42 40 52 51 43 40 52 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 56 42 52 37 54 39 55 39 56
WIND CHILL 36 34
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 9 13 11 12 14 14 10 4 5 9 8 6 6 11 9 8 9 11 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 27 36 19 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 40 40 40 20 10 0 5 10 20 30 40 40 40 30 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R T R R R R R S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.08
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.8 13.6 14.0 14.2 13.7 13.0 12.4 12.0 11.6 11.6 12.1 12.6 12.8 12.9 12.9 13.1 12.8 12.3 12.2 12.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 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 THURSDAY 10/09/25 FRIDAY 10/10/25
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 SC BK BK OV OV BK SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 60 65 75 75 55 35 65 75 80 85 85 85 70 65 65 55
TEMPERATURE 46 41 40 40 40 41 50 51 47 43 41 41 40 42 48 51 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 52 40 52
WIND CHILL 34 34 36
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 5 10 5 0 10 20 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE T R T T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 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) 12.9 13.0 12.9 12.9 13.0 13.1 13.6 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.4 13.8 13.6 13.8 14.1 14.3 14.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
DATE SAT 10/11/25 SUN 10/12/25 MON 10/13/25 TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25
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 OV OV BK BK OV BK BK SC BK SC SC BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 80 65 65 75 70 55 45 55 50 45 55 60 60 60 50 45 30 30 10
TEMPERATURE 42 41 47 43 42 41 42 42 38 37 44 43 39 39 45 44 40 38 46 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 49 40 45 36 47 38 48 37 49
WIND CHILL 33 36 35 32 33 35 29 33 32 38 33 30 39 39
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 13 16 13 16 21 17 12 8 10 10 10 10 11 12 10 11 13 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 28 36 28 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 40 40 40 20 10 0 5 10 20 30 40 40 40 30 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S T R S R R S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.09
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.8 13.6 14.0 14.2 13.7 13.1 12.4 12.0 11.7 11.6 12.1 12.6 12.8 12.9 13.0 13.1 12.8 12.3 12.2 12.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 0 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