Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 141736
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1136 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE TUESDAY 10/14/25 WEDNESDAY 10/15/25
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 BK BK BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 55 65 65 75 80 60 65 60 75 75 70 70 50
TEMPERATURE 51 54 50 46 45 45 44 47 53 54 50 46 44 42 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 55 42 56 39
WIND CHILL 39 37 35 32
WIND DIR SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW S S S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 12 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 16 12 16 16 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 25 20 23 24 24 31 33 35 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 40 20 40 30 50 40 30 40 40 60 60 50 50 10
PRECIP TYPE R T T R R R R R T T R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.22 0.05 0.09 0.12 0.18 0.11 0.13 0.19
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.5 13.5 13.7 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.8 13.9 13.7 13.4 13.0 13.0 12.7 12.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
DATE THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25
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 FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 15 10 5 5
TEMPERATURE 47 44 31 26 44 42 30 26 46 45 33 30 52 49 38 34 52 49
MAX/MIN TEMP 50 26 47 25 50 29 55 33 55
WIND CHILL 38 36 24 32 26
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W W SW W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 11 4 4 8 9 5 5 8 5 4 4 6 8 8 10 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 16 20 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.1 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 9.2 8.6 8.3 9.0 9.8 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.7 10.3 9.9 10.1 10.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 2 2 3 2 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT...
DATE TUESDAY 10/14/25 WEDNESDAY 10/15/25
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 BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 65 65 70 75 85 65 65 60 75 75 70 70 55
TEMPERATURE 44 46 43 42 42 42 42 42 46 47 43 42 41 40 38
MAX/MIN TEMP 47 41 48 36
WIND CHILL 37 39 37 35 35 35 34 35 36 33 32 30 28
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 13 14 10 12 13 14 14 14 16 18 14 19 20 20 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 27 32 35 35 35
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 40 20 40 30 50 50 30 40 40 60 60 50 50 10
PRECIP TYPE R T T R R R R R T T R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.29 0.08 0.13 0.16 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.30
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.6 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.9 14.0 13.9 14.0 13.8 13.5 13.1 13.0 12.7 12.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3
DATE THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25
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 FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 15 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 39 37 29 25 37 35 27 24 39 38 29 28 44 42 34 32 45 41
MAX/MIN TEMP 42 25 39 24 43 27 48 32 47
WIND CHILL 31 28 21 16 30 26 18 14 32 32 22 20 36 26 21 37 33
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 13 6 8 10 11 9 9 10 8 8 9 9 9 12 16 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 11.1 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 9.2 8.6 8.3 9.0 9.8 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.7 10.3 9.9 10.1 10.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 3 3 4 5 4 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