Avalanche Weather Guidance
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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FWUS45 KABQ 131736
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1136 AM MDT MON OCT 13 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE MONDAY 10/13/25 TUESDAY 10/14/25
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 BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 70 85 85 75 75 65 75 75 70 70 60 60 75
TEMPERATURE 53 52 49 44 44 43 43 46 52 53 50 46 45 44 44
MAX/MIN TEMP 54 40 55 43
WIND CHILL 38 38 37
WIND DIR S S S S S S SW S SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 8 10 9 10 9 8 10 11 12 13 10 10 10 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 23 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 20 40 80 60 40 40 40 40 30 40 40 30 30 40
PRECIP TYPE R T R R R R R R R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.18 0.15 0.15 0.08 0.05 0.07
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.0 13.2 13.0 13.1 13.4 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 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) 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 OV BK BK BK FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 65 70 50 15 10 10 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 53 51 45 40 48 45 32 27 44 42 29 26 45 44 31 28 51 48
MAX/MIN TEMP 56 39 50 26 47 25 49 27 54
WIND CHILL 38 33 39 21 38 35 23 19
WIND DIR SW S S SW SW W SW SW W W SW W W W W W W SW
WIND (MPH) 14 12 13 12 14 12 4 5 9 10 6 6 10 8 4 5 8 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 32 19 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 40 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R T R
12 HOUR QPF 0.22 0.11
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.3 13.4 12.9 12.2 11.3 10.1 9.0 8.2 8.5 9.2 8.5 8.2 8.9 9.5 9.0 8.7 9.6 10.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 1 1 1 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) 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 BK OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 70 70 90 90 80 85 70 80 80 70 70 60 60 80
TEMPERATURE 45 44 41 40 40 40 40 40 44 45 43 42 42 42 42
MAX/MIN TEMP 46 38 47 41
WIND CHILL 38 35 32 32 33 32 32 37 39 36 34 34 34 34
WIND DIR S SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 9 11 10 12 12 12 14 13 14 14 11 13 13 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 30 20 40 80 60 50 40 40 50 40 40 40 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE R T R R R R R R R T R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.04 0.23 0.20 0.22 0.13 0.08 0.11
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.0 13.2 13.0 13.2 13.5 13.3 13.3 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
DATE WED 10/15/25 THU 10/16/25 FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25
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 OV BK BK BK FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 70 70 70 55 15 10 10 5 5 5 10 5 10 10 10 5 5 10
TEMPERATURE 46 44 41 39 41 38 29 25 37 35 26 24 38 36 28 26 43 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 49 37 43 24 39 23 42 26 47
WIND CHILL 39 37 33 29 33 30 22 15 29 26 17 13 30 29 20 17 34
WIND DIR SW S S SW SW W W SW W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 17 14 18 19 17 14 8 10 11 12 10 11 11 10 8 9 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 35 28 23
PRECIP PROB (%) 40 50 40 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE R T R
12 HOUR QPF 0.32 0.12
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 13.3 13.4 12.9 12.3 11.3 10.2 9.0 8.2 8.5 9.2 8.5 8.2 8.9 9.6 9.0 8.7 9.6 10.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 2 2 3 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