Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE SUNDAY 10/12/25 MONDAY 10/13/25
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 BK OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 80 85 75 50 50 40 30 50 45 45 50 40 60 65 65
TEMPERATURE 48 46 45 44 43 43 50 53 49 41 39 36 36 41 50 52 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 53 34 53
WIND CHILL 38 38 35 35 30
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW W W W W W W E E E E S S S
WIND (MPH) 11 12 13 14 16 17 13 12 8 4 4 6 9 9 9 10 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 31 35 39 35 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 30 30 20 20 10 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.10 0.13 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.3 13.5 13.2 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.0 12.1 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
DATE TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25
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 OV BK SC SC BK BK BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 65 50 35 50 55 55 55 40 30 15 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 15 15
TEMPERATURE 42 41 51 51 44 43 54 52 44 39 49 46 33 28 43 41 29 26 44 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 55 41 57 38 51 27 46 25 48
WIND CHILL 38 31 20 37 34 22 17 38
WIND DIR SE SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 6 11 6 6 8 13 11 11 11 16 12 6 8 11 11 6 9 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 24 31 27 23 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 20 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 10
PRECIP TYPE R R T T R R T R R S
12 HOUR QPF 0.27 0.21
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.1 13.0 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.1 13.2 13.3 12.8 12.1 11.5 10.9 9.7 8.7 8.8 9.2 8.5 8.1 8.6 9.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 MM MM 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 SUNDAY 10/12/25 MONDAY 10/13/25
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 OV OV BK BK BK SC BK SC SC BK SC BK OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 85 90 90 90 65 60 55 35 50 50 50 55 40 60 70 65
TEMPERATURE 43 42 42 42 40 38 41 45 41 37 36 35 34 37 43 45 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 46 33 45
WIND CHILL 36 35 33 33 30 28 34 38 35 31 30 26 25 28 37 39 35
WIND DIR SW SW SW W W W W W W W E E E E S S SE
WIND (MPH) 13 14 18 21 23 20 16 14 10 6 8 11 14 12 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 36 40 36 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 30 30 20 20 20 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R R R R R S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.16 0.29 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.4 13.5 13.3 12.5 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.0 12.1 12.5 12.4 12.6 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.8
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
DATE TUE 10/14/25 WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25
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 OV OV SC SC BK BK BK BK SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 70 50 35 50 60 55 55 40 35 15 10 15 10 5 5 10 10 20 15
TEMPERATURE 39 39 44 44 41 41 47 45 40 37 42 39 31 26 36 34 26 24 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 38 47 40 50 36 44 25 39 23 41
WIND CHILL 32 32 37 34 34 39 33 27 33 31 22 15 27 25 16 12 29 27
WIND DIR SE SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 10 12 9 10 12 16 12 14 17 18 13 10 12 13 13 10 13 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 27 32 32 24 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 60 40 20 20 20 20 30 30 20 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 10
PRECIP TYPE R R T T R R T R S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.31 0.27
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.1 13.0 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.1 13.2 13.3 12.8 12.1 11.5 10.9 9.8 8.7 8.8 9.2 8.5 8.1 8.6 9.0
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 1 1 MM MM 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