Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 160535
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1135 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE THURSDAY 10/16/25 FRIDAY 10/17/25
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 OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 85 70 55 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 45 43 41 41 50 53 46 34 29 28 27 37 49 52 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 37 54 26 52
WIND CHILL 38 35 33 34 21 38
WIND DIR S SW SW SW SW SW W W SW W W W W SW W
WIND (MPH) 18 18 16 14 13 16 11 4 4 4 4 5 9 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 33 31 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.33 0.02 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) 13.2 12.7 11.6 10.5 10.1 10.0 9.5 8.4 7.8 7.7 7.8 8.2 8.9 9.4 9.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2
DATE SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25 WED 10/22/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 15 20 15 15 25 30 20 20 30 45 40 35 35
TEMPERATURE 28 25 49 47 31 28 53 48 35 32 53 49 36 28 48 42 26 21 49 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 55 27 57 32 56 28 52 21 54
WIND CHILL 20 16 22 28 22 29 20 19 14
WIND DIR W W W W S SW W SW SW W W W SW W SW SW W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 6 4 5 9 8 10 12 20 23 9 9 10 6 5 6 8 5
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 24 35 33 36 20 20 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.8 8.5 9.3 10.3 10.0 9.3 9.9 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.3 10.5 9.4 8.3 8.7 9.4 8.9 8.7 9.2 9.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 2 1 1 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 THURSDAY 10/16/25 FRIDAY 10/17/25
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 OV OV OV BK FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 90 90 80 60 20 15 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 10
TEMPERATURE 42 41 39 35 41 44 37 30 27 27 26 31 40 43 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 45 25 43
WIND CHILL 33 31 29 25 33 37 29 23 20 20 18 24 34 37 27
WIND DIR S SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW W
WIND (MPH) 23 24 20 18 16 17 13 6 6 5 6 8 10 11 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 36 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 70 50 30 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.45 0.03 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) 13.3 12.9 11.7 10.5 10.1 10.0 9.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.9 9.4 9.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
DATE SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25 WED 10/22/25
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 10 10 20 15 15 15 25 20 20 30 30 25 25 35 45 40 40 40
TEMPERATURE 26 23 41 40 29 27 45 40 32 30 45 41 32 25 40 34 25 22 42 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 47 27 49 30 48 25 44 21 45
WIND CHILL 15 12 34 21 17 34 23 18 36 31 22 13 33 27 15 10 36 30
WIND DIR W W W W S W W W W W W W W W SW SW W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 11 9 6 8 10 10 9 13 19 23 25 13 13 11 9 9 11 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 33 36 39 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.8 8.5 9.3 10.3 10.0 9.3 9.9 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.3 10.5 9.4 8.3 8.7 9.4 8.9 8.7 9.2 9.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 4 2 2 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