Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 060536
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 PM MST FRI DEC 5 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW SC SC SC BK SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 15 25 30 30 50 40 20 15 20 20 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 15 15 17 20 29 31 27 22 19 17 15 16 27 30 23
MIN/MAX TEMP 12 32 13 30
WIND CHILL 5 3 2 6 16 19 16 14 12 10 7 8 19 23
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW NW NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 10 16 17 18 17 12 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 31 41 40 35 33 27 20 19 17 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 5.3 5.3 5.8 6.1 7.1 7.5 6.9 6.1 5.1 4.5 4.1 4.1 5.0 5.6 5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 15 15 13 13 12
DATE MON 12/08/25 TUE 12/09/25 WED 12/10/25 THU 12/11/25 FRI 12/12/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 5 5 10 20 25 30 35 35 25 25 30 35 20 15 15 20 5 5
TEMPERATURE 16 15 29 26 20 19 34 30 25 23 38 34 29 27 41 36 29 26 40 34
MAX/MIN TEMP 14 33 17 37 22 41 26 44 25 43
WIND CHILL 9 6 23 10 28 24 17 14 32 27 21 19 23 20
WIND DIR SW W NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 4 4 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 5 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 17 27 27 28 19 28 31 19 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.1 5.2 6.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 7.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.9 9.3 9.5 9.0 8.6 8.8 9.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 11 11 9 9 8 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SATURDAY 12/06/25 SUNDAY 12/07/25
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 FW FW FW SC SC SC BK BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 15 25 40 45 45 65 50 25 20 20 20 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 13 13 14 16 21 23 20 18 15 14 12 12 20 22 16
MIN/MAX TEMP 11 24 11 23
WIND CHILL -1 -3 -5 -1 5 8 6 5 3 1 -2 -1 9 13 7
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW NW NW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 16 23 21 21 20 16 12 10 10 11 10 9 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 31 41 40 39 35 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 5.3 5.3 5.9 6.2 7.1 7.6 7.0 6.2 5.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 5.0 5.7 5.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 14 14 13
DATE MON 12/08/25 TUE 12/09/25 WED 12/10/25 THU 12/11/25 FRI 12/12/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 10 5 10 20 30 30 35 40 25 25 30 35 20 15 20 20 5 5
TEMPERATURE 13 13 22 19 16 16 27 23 21 21 30 27 26 25 34 29 26 24 34 27
MAX/MIN TEMP 12 25 15 29 20 33 24 36 24 36
WIND CHILL 0 -1 12 10 5 2 17 13 9 8 22 16 14 13 27 21 15 13 27 20
WIND DIR W W NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 12 9 5 9 12 10 9 12 14 10 11 14 14 10 9 10 11 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 27 25 28 27 31 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.1 5.1 6.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 7.4 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.9 9.3 9.5 9.0 8.6 8.8 9.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 12 11 10 10 8 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN