Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 AM MDT MON OCT 13 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE MONDAY 10/13/25 TUESDAY 10/14/25
TIME (LT) 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 65 80 90 85 80 90 90 80 80 75 70 80 75 75 80 85
TEMPERATURE 36 42 53 53 49 42 41 42 42 46 54 59 52 45 42 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 40 59 41
WIND CHILL 36 36 35 36
WIND DIR SE S SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 5 6 9 10 10 8 8 6 10 12 12 12 10 10 11 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 30 40 40 60 60 50 30 30 40 40 30 30 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R S R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.10 0.11 0.13 0.05 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.5 12.8 12.9 13.3 13.0 13.2 13.4 13.1 13.1 13.4 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DATE WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25
TIME (LT) 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 65 80 80 20 30 25 10 10 15 20 15 25 20 20 25 40 35
TEMPERATURE 56 53 44 38 51 48 33 26 47 44 29 25 49 46 31 27 53 47
MAX/MIN TEMP 60 37 56 26 52 24 55 26 56
WIND CHILL 38 31 20 23 18
WIND DIR SW S SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW W W SW S NW W W
WIND (MPH) 14 14 12 11 14 11 5 5 10 10 6 6 9 8 5 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 19 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 40 30 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE T R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.08
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.2 13.3 12.8 11.7 10.8 10.2 9.2 8.4 8.7 9.3 8.6 8.4 8.9 9.5 8.9 8.6 9.4 10.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 1 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 MONDAY 10/13/25 TUESDAY 10/14/25
TIME (LT) 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 70 80 90 85 85 95 90 85 85 75 75 85 75 75 85 85
TEMPERATURE 36 37 46 45 41 38 38 41 40 39 46 50 42 40 39 40 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 37 50 38
WIND CHILL 28 30 34 30 31 33 33 31 35 32 31 31 32
WIND DIR S S SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 10 11 10 10 11 12 14 14 13 12 12 14 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 30 40 40 60 60 50 30 30 40 40 30 30 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.04 0.13 0.13 0.17 0.07 0.03 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.6 12.8 13.0 13.3 13.0 13.3 13.4 13.1 13.1 13.4 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
DATE WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25
TIME (LT) 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P 12 6A 12 6P
CLOUD COVER OV BK OV OV FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 65 80 80 20 35 30 15 15 15 20 20 30 20 25 25 45 40
TEMPERATURE 48 44 41 36 42 40 30 25 39 36 26 24 41 39 28 26 45 39
MAX/MIN TEMP 52 34 47 25 43 24 46 26 48
WIND CHILL 36 33 27 34 32 22 14 31 27 17 13 35 32 20 17 39 33
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W SW NW W W
WIND (MPH) 17 18 16 17 17 13 9 11 12 12 9 11 11 10 9 10 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 32 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 40 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE T R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.08
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.2 13.3 12.8 11.8 10.8 10.2 9.2 8.4 8.7 9.3 8.6 8.4 9.0 9.5 8.9 8.6 9.4 10.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 2 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