Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 192029
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE WEDNESDAY 08/20/25 THURSDAY 08/21/25
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 SC SC SC FW FW OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 30 35 35 20 10 70 70 35 30 15 15 10 10 55 55 30
TEMPERATURE 62 55 52 49 47 58 68 67 65 56 52 49 48 58 71 71 69
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 70 47 73
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR E E E E NE NE NE E E SE SE SW SW W NW E E
WIND (MPH) 8 6 5 4 3 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 5 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 5 5 0 0 60 60 10 10 0 0 0 0 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE T R T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 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) 15.5 15.0 14.8 14.3 14.0 14.2 15.3 15.5 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.3 15.1 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DATE FRI 08/22/25 SAT 08/23/25 SUN 08/24/25 MON 08/25/25 TUE 08/26/25
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 BK BK BK SC OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK OV OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 10 65 70 60 40 90 85 80 50 90 85 75 55 90 80 65 55 90 80
TEMPERATURE 54 48 71 68 53 48 67 59 51 47 64 60 51 47 61 58 49 46 59 57
MIN/MAX TEMP 48 74 48 68 46 65 46 63 45 62
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR SE N NE SE E E SW S S SW W SE E SW W SW S SW W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 3 6 4 4 3 6 5 4 4 6 5
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 50 50 20 10 90 70 20 10 80 70 40 20 90 70 30 20 90 70
PRECIP TYPE T T R T R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.05
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 15.0 14.6 14.9 15.5 15.2 14.9 15.2 15.4 15.2 14.7 15.0 15.3 15.1 14.8 14.9 15.2 14.9 14.6 14.7 14.9
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 WEDNESDAY 08/20/25 THURSDAY 08/21/25
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 SC SC SC FW FW OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW BK BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 35 35 35 25 10 70 70 35 30 20 20 10 10 55 55 35
TEMPERATURE 56 51 49 47 46 53 61 60 58 52 49 47 46 53 64 63 62
MIN/MAX TEMP 45 63 46 66
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR E E E E E NE NE E E SE SE SW W W NW NE E
WIND (MPH) 10 10 9 8 6 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 6 5 5 6 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 5 5 0 0 60 60 10 10 0 0 0 0 30 30 10
PRECIP TYPE T R T T T T
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.06 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) 15.5 15.0 14.8 14.3 14.0 14.3 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.4 15.1 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DATE FRI 08/22/25 SAT 08/23/25 SUN 08/24/25 MON 08/25/25 TUE 08/26/25
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 BK BK BK SC OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK OV OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 10 65 65 65 40 90 80 85 55 90 85 80 55 90 80 65 55 90 80
TEMPERATURE 51 47 64 61 50 47 60 53 48 45 57 53 48 45 54 51 47 44 52 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 47 67 46 61 45 59 45 56 44 55
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR E N NE SE E E SW S S W W SE NE W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 8 5 8 10 9 6 6 8 6 8 5 6 6 9 6 8 8 9 6
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 50 50 20 10 90 70 20 10 80 70 40 20 90 70 30 20 90 70
PRECIP TYPE T T R T R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 15.0 14.6 14.9 15.5 15.3 14.9 15.2 15.4 15.2 14.7 15.0 15.3 15.1 14.8 15.0 15.2 14.9 14.6 14.7 14.9
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 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