Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT SUN OCT 12 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE MONDAY 10/13/25 TUESDAY 10/14/25
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 SC BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 60 55 55 55 55 55 80 75 75 75 80 70 70 65 65 70
TEMPERATURE 49 42 40 38 36 41 51 52 48 44 44 44 43 47 53 54 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 35 53 41 55
WIND CHILL
WIND DIR W SW E SE SE S SW S S SE S S S S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 3 3 5 5 6 9 10 8 9 8 8 8 10 11 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 20
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 0 10 20 30 20 40 60 60 50 50 30 30 40 40 30
PRECIP TYPE R R T R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.0 12.0 12.4 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.3 13.4 13.2 13.2 13.5 13.1 13.0 13.1 13.5 13.6 13.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DATE WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25
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 BK BK OV BK FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 85 65 65 75 60 20 15 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 44 43 53 51 45 40 48 45 33 27 44 42 29 26 45 43 31 28 48 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 56 39 51 26 47 25 49 27 52
WIND CHILL 38 33 39 21 38 36 23 19 22
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W W SW W W W SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 14 13 14 12 14 12 5 5 10 10 6 6 10 9 5 5 8 8
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 23 27 31 17 20 19
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 40 50 30 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R T T R S
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.02
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.4 13.4 13.2 12.9 12.2 11.3 10.5 9.2 8.3 8.6 9.2 8.5 8.2 8.9 9.4 8.9 8.6 9.3 10.2
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 MONDAY 10/13/25 TUESDAY 10/14/25
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 BK BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 60 55 60 55 60 85 75 80 80 85 70 75 65 70 70
TEMPERATURE 42 38 37 36 35 37 44 44 41 40 40 40 40 41 45 47 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 45 39 47
WIND CHILL 35 30 27 30 38 38 35 32 33 33 33 34 39 37
WIND DIR W W S SE S S SW S S SE S SW SW S SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 4 4 9 10 10 10 11 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 0 10 20 30 30 40 60 60 50 50 30 30 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S R R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.15 0.13 0.06 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 12.1 12.1 12.4 12.6 13.0 13.1 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.5 13.2 13.0 13.1 13.6 13.6 13.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
DATE WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25
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 BK BK OV BK FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 80 90 70 65 75 65 25 15 15 5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 10
TEMPERATURE 41 41 46 44 42 38 41 38 30 25 36 35 26 24 38 36 28 26 41 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 40 49 37 44 25 39 23 42 25 45
WIND CHILL 34 34 39 37 33 29 33 29 23 15 28 26 17 13 31 29 20 16 35 32
WIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W W SW W W W SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 12 17 16 18 18 18 14 9 10 12 12 10 11 11 10 9 10 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 25 31 33 31 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 30 40 50 40 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE R R T T R R
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.03
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.6 13.4 13.4 13.2 12.9 12.2 11.3 10.5 9.2 8.4 8.6 9.2 8.5 8.2 8.9 9.4 8.9 8.6 9.3 10.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 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