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 SAT NOV 22 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 11/23/25 MONDAY 11/24/25
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 BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 90 95 75 80 80 85 80 65 45 40 15 15 15
TEMPERATURE 30 30 29 30 33 32 29 28 28 27 25 26 33 35 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 35 24 36
WIND CHILL 22 22 21 24 27 24 20 17 16 17 16 17 26 29
WIND DIR SE SE SE S SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 6 6 10 9 13 13 11 10 8 8 8 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 25 25 31 36 36 33 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 80 90 30 20 30 30 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.4 8.4 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.4 8.0 8.3 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 5 8 8 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 10 10 9
DATE TUE 11/25/25 WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25 SAT 11/29/25
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 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 25 20 15 20 15 25 25 25 20 25 30 35 35 30 25 30 45 55
TEMPERATURE 23 20 34 28 20 18 33 29 23 22 40 34 26 24 38 33 25 22 33 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 19 35 17 36 21 43 23 41 21 36
WIND CHILL 17 13 10 26 17 16 18 17 13 25 22
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW W W SW W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 8 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 17 19 19 17 20 19 19 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 30
PRECIP TYPE S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.5 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.3 6.2 6.9 7.7 7.5 7.5 8.5 8.7 8.2 7.7 8.0 8.3 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 9 9 8 9 11 10 7 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 8 8 9
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 11/23/25 MONDAY 11/24/25
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 SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 65 95 100 80 85 85 90 85 75 50 45 15 15 15
TEMPERATURE 27 28 27 26 26 25 23 24 24 23 22 22 26 28 24
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 29 21 29
WIND CHILL 16 15 14 16 17 14 11 10 9 9 8 9 16 20 16
WIND DIR S S S S SW SW W W W W NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 14 17 17 11 8 11 12 19 21 19 17 12 10 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 28 31 36 35 33 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 20 90 100 30 20 40 30 20 10 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.44 0.06 0.11 0.01 0.00 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.5 8.6 9.1 9.2 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.4 8.0 8.4 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 7 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 11
DATE TUE 11/25/25 WED 11/26/25 THU 11/27/25 FRI 11/28/25 SAT 11/29/25
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 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 25 20 15 20 20 25 30 25 25 25 30 35 40 30 30 35 45 55
TEMPERATURE 20 18 27 21 17 16 26 22 20 20 33 27 23 22 31 26 22 20 27 22
MAX/MIN TEMP 17 28 16 28 20 35 22 34 20 29
WIND CHILL 10 6 21 13 6 3 17 13 9 9 27 21 13 11 25 18 11 7 16 11
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 5 5 8 12 9 6 9 11 6 5 9 10 6 8 11 14 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 30
PRECIP TYPE S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.5 6.7 7.0 7.2 6.3 6.2 6.9 7.7 7.5 7.6 8.5 8.7 8.3 7.8 8.1 8.3 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 11 11 10 11 12 11 9 7 6 5 4 4 5 6 6 7 9 10 10 11
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN