Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 190536
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1036 PM MST TUE NOV 18 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 75 80 70 70 50 25 35 70 75 85 85 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 30 30 29 31 39 40 35 29 28 29 29 30 35 34 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 41 26 36
WIND CHILL 21 21 21 23 33 34 22
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S W N SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 9 8 9 9 9 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 20 30 70 70 80 80 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.07 0.18
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 1.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.9 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.4 9.1 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
DATE FRI 11/21/25 SAT 11/22/25 SUN 11/23/25 MON 11/24/25 TUE 11/25/25
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 OV BK SC SC SC SC FW FW SC BK BK SC BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 65 40 40 35 30 20 25 40 50 55 45 50 45 35 15 10 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 28 25 33 31 23 21 38 34 26 24 37 32 27 23 35 32 24 21 37 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 24 37 21 42 23 39 22 38 20 39
WIND CHILL 21 17 18 15 17 13 31 26
WIND DIR W W W SW SW W W W E NE N N NE N NW W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 6 8 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 25 17 20 17 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 30 20 10 10 5 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.16 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 2.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.1 7.4 7.8 8.2 7.7 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.7 8.7 8.2 7.7 8.0 8.3 7.9 7.4 7.9 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 10 8 8 8 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 WEDNESDAY 11/19/25 THURSDAY 11/20/25
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 OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 80 85 75 75 55 35 40 70 80 90 85 90 90 85
TEMPERATURE 27 27 27 27 31 32 29 26 27 27 28 27 29 28 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 33 25 30
WIND CHILL 16 16 16 17 23 24 22 19 17 19 18 18 23 22 19
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 12 12 10 10 6 6 9 9 9 8 5 5 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 5 20 40 80 80 80 80 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.09 0.23
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 3.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.5 9.1 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 8 9 9 8 8 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11
DATE FRI 11/21/25 SAT 11/22/25 SUN 11/23/25 MON 11/24/25 TUE 11/25/25
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 OV OV SC SC SC SC FW SC SC BK BK SC BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 85 70 45 40 40 30 25 30 40 50 55 50 55 45 35 15 10 10 10 20
TEMPERATURE 26 24 26 24 21 20 31 27 23 23 31 25 25 21 29 25 21 19 30 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 22 29 19 34 22 32 20 31 19 31
WIND CHILL 15 11 18 17 11 10 21 13 11 25 18 15 9 22 18 10 7 22 17
WIND DIR SW W W SW SW W W W NE NE NW NW N N NW W W W SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 14 8 5 8 8 5 4 10 11 5 5 10 12 6 6 10 11 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 24 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 30 20 10 10 5 5 5 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.19 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 3.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.1 7.4 7.8 8.1 7.7 7.4 8.0 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.8 8.3 7.7 8.0 8.3 7.9 7.5 7.9 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 12 11 10 10 10 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