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 TUE OCT 14 2025
...WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT...
DATE WEDNESDAY 10/15/25 THURSDAY 10/16/25
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 OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 65 65 75 80 60 65 60 75 75 70 70 50 50 10 10 5
TEMPERATURE 50 46 45 45 44 47 53 54 50 46 44 42 40 41 47 49 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 42 56 39 50
WIND CHILL 39 37 35 32 34 38
WIND DIR SW S S S S S SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 16 12 16 16 14 13 14 13 14 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 23 24 24 31 33 35 33 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 40 30 50 40 30 40 40 60 60 50 50 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R T T R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.09 0.12 0.18 0.11 0.13 0.19 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) 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 11.6 11.1 10.6 10.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
DATE FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25
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 CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 5 5 15 10 5 5 15 20 10 10
TEMPERATURE 31 26 44 42 30 26 46 45 33 30 52 49 38 34 52 49 38 30 43 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 47 25 50 29 55 33 55 29 46
WIND CHILL 36 24 32 26 29 20 36 35
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W SW W W W SW W W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 4 8 9 5 5 8 5 4 4 6 8 8 10 14 13 12 12 13 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 16 20 31 27 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 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 9.4 8.4 8.3 8.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 3 2 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 10/15/25 THURSDAY 10/16/25
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 OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 65 70 75 85 65 65 60 75 75 70 70 55 55 15 15 10
TEMPERATURE 43 42 42 42 42 42 46 47 43 42 41 40 38 37 39 41 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 41 48 36 42
WIND CHILL 37 35 35 35 34 35 36 33 32 30 28 27 31 33 28
WIND DIR SW SW S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 10 12 13 14 14 14 16 18 14 19 20 20 19 18 17 17 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 32 35 35 35 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 20 40 30 50 50 30 40 40 60 60 50 50 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE T R R R R R T T R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.13 0.16 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.30 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) 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 11.6 11.1 10.6 10.1
SNOW RATIO (:1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
DATE FRI 10/17/25 SAT 10/18/25 SUN 10/19/25 MON 10/20/25 TUE 10/21/25
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 CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 15 10 10 10 20 15 15 10
TEMPERATURE 29 25 37 35 27 24 39 38 29 28 44 42 34 32 45 41 34 28 36 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 39 24 43 27 48 32 47 27 39
WIND CHILL 21 16 30 26 18 14 32 32 22 20 36 26 21 37 33 24 15 26 25
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 8 10 11 9 9 10 8 8 9 9 9 12 16 17 16 17 19 17 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 31 28 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 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 9.4 8.4 8.3 8.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 5 4 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