898
FWUS45 KABQ 010536
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1036 PM MST WED DEC 31 2025
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 85 85 95 95 80 70 70 70 80 80 70 70 45
TEMPERATURE 20 23 24 25 41 39 36 32 29 29 29 29 34 40 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 42 27 40
WIND CHILL 15 14 15 35 30 26 21 18 18 18 17 24 31 25
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 6 9 10 11 13 14 14 14 16 16 16 14 18 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 23 23 27 28 31 32 33 32 32 27 31 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 30 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.1 6.9 7.6 9.3 9.7 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 11 11 10
DATE SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26 MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26
TIME (LT) 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK SC SC BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 15 15 25 35 45 10 20 35 40 35 40 50 55 40 45 55 55 70 60
TEMPERATURE 24 21 41 31 20 20 42 32 23 20 38 33 24 22 35 31 24 23 36 30
MAX/MIN TEMP 20 47 19 46 19 43 21 40 22 38
WIND CHILL 16 15 24 10 8 35 23 12 8 29 22 11 9 25 20 12 12 27 20
WIND DIR NW NW W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 4 6 8 10 12 12 11 11 14 17 17 16 16 14 13 11 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 25 25 31 28 35 39 36 31 31 28 27 24
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.5 8.1 7.8 8.1 8.5 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.7 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 9
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 85 85 95 95 85 80 80 85 85 85 75 75 50
TEMPERATURE 22 24 22 22 33 30 29 29 26 26 27 25 26 31 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 35 24 32
WIND CHILL 14 13 10 10 24 19 17 16 13 13 13 11 12 19 17
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 10 12 13 13 17 18 19 19 20 20 19 17 19 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 24 25 31 32 33 33 35 35 33 31 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 5 40 30 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.6 9.3 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.2
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 7 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 11
DATE SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26 MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26
TIME (LT) 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P 11P 5A 11A 5P
CLOUD COVER SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC BK BK SC SC BK BK OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 20 15 30 35 50 15 20 35 40 40 40 55 60 45 50 55 60 70 65
TEMPERATURE 22 20 35 26 20 20 35 27 23 21 31 28 23 22 28 25 22 22 29 24
MAX/MIN TEMP 19 40 19 38 19 35 20 32 20 30
WIND CHILL 12 11 17 8 6 26 15 9 6 20 14 8 6 15 11 7 7 17 11
WIND DIR NW NW W SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 6 5 9 12 16 14 14 16 17 18 21 23 21 19 18 18 17 14 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 31 33 39 36 32 31 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.7 7.5 8.2 8.5 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.5 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.7 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 7 8 7 9 10 11 10 10 12 12 11 11
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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