Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 070535
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 PM MST SAT DEC 6 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 15 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 35 20 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 21 18 15 15 27 30 23 19 17 17 16 19 31 34 26
MIN/MAX TEMP 13 30 14 34
WIND CHILL 11 7 6 20 23 13 11 10 8 10 25 27
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 19 23 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.2 5.0 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.6 6.8 7.2 6.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 16 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 10
DATE TUE 12/09/25 WED 12/10/25 THU 12/11/25 FRI 12/12/25 SAT 12/13/25
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 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 20 30 25 25 25 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 20 15 10 15 20 10 5
TEMPERATURE 20 19 35 31 25 24 38 34 30 28 39 35 27 24 38 33 26 24 37 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 17 38 23 40 26 42 24 40 23 40
WIND CHILL 13 11 28 23 17 15 31 26 21 19 29 21 18 17
WIND DIR W W W W SW SW SW W W W W SW SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 8 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 4
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 27 23 27 28 23 32 32 19 19 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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) 6.6 6.4 7.7 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.8 9.1 8.9 8.7 9.1 9.3 8.8 8.4 8.6 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.4 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 5 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 2
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 12/07/25 MONDAY 12/08/25
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 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 40 15 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 20 5 5 5
TEMPERATURE 17 14 12 12 21 22 16 15 15 15 14 16 25 26 20
MIN/MAX TEMP 10 23 13 27
WIND CHILL 6 2 -2 -2 10 12 7 4 3 2 0 3 15 17 11
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W NW W NW NW W
WIND (MPH) 9 10 11 10 9 9 6 9 10 10 11 10 9 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.2 5.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.9 7.2 6.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 11
DATE TUE 12/09/25 WED 12/10/25 THU 12/11/25 FRI 12/12/25 SAT 12/13/25
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 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 25 35 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 25 15 10 20 20 10 5
TEMPERATURE 17 17 28 24 22 21 30 27 26 25 32 28 24 22 31 26 23 21 30 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 15 30 21 33 24 34 22 33 21 33
WIND CHILL 5 3 18 13 10 8 21 16 13 12 24 19 13 11 24 19 12 10 23 18
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 13 11 11 12 13 11 12 16 16 10 9 11 12 6 6 9 11 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 23 25 28 31 32 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 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) 6.6 6.3 7.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.8 9.1 8.9 8.7 9.1 9.3 8.8 8.4 8.6 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.4 8.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 10 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3
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--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN