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FWUS45 KABQ 230536
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1036 PM MST MON DEC 22 2025
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT
DATE TUESDAY 12/23/25 WEDNESDAY 12/24/25
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 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 40 25 25 35 35 50 45 35 30 25 40 40 50
TEMPERATURE 35 35 35 36 51 52 44 38 38 37 35 35 44 45 41
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 53 33 46
WIND CHILL 28 29 32 30 27 28 38 39 34
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 6 3 4 4 9 8 5 8 10 10 10 11 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 20 19 20 25 25 24 24 27 25
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.4 9.1 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.9 10.2 10.4 10.7
SNOW RATIO (:1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3
DATE THU 12/25/25 FRI 12/26/25 SAT 12/27/25 SUN 12/28/25 MON 12/29/25
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 BK OV BK SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV BK BK BK BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 75 60 45 45 45 35 45 50 55 50 65 70 70 70 70 60 55 40 25
TEMPERATURE 37 35 41 41 36 35 38 37 32 28 34 31 25 22 31 29 23 21 34 32
MAX/MIN TEMP 34 44 32 40 26 37 21 35 20 38
WIND CHILL 29 26 33 33 26 24 28 26 20 16 24 23 15 14 24 23 17 15
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W W W W S N W W W NW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 16 18 16 19 19 20 19 19 18 13 9 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 3
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 39 32 31 40 40 36 39 43 43 27 20 25 23 16
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 20 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S R S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.7 7.3
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 3 3 3 4 6 5 6 8 10 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 8 7
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT
DATE TUESDAY 12/23/25 WEDNESDAY 12/24/25
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 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 35 40 20 25 30 30 50 45 30 30 25 40 40 50
TEMPERATURE 32 33 35 36 45 47 39 35 35 34 32 32 38 38 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 31 47 31 39
WIND CHILL 23 25 29 30 33 29 27 24 22 22 29 29 25
WIND DIR W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 10 5 6 6 10 9 8 13 16 14 14 14 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 27 28 28
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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) 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.5 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.9 10.1 10.4 10.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
DATE THU 12/25/25 FRI 12/26/25 SAT 12/27/25 SUN 12/28/25 MON 12/29/25
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 BK OV BK SC SC SC SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV BK BK SC FW
CLOUD COVER (%) 55 80 65 45 45 45 40 50 50 55 55 65 70 75 70 70 60 55 40 25
TEMPERATURE 34 33 34 34 33 32 32 30 29 26 27 25 22 21 24 22 20 19 26 25
MAX/MIN TEMP 32 36 30 33 24 30 19 28 19 31
WIND CHILL 23 21 23 23 20 18 18 17 14 10 15 13 8 7 15 13 9 7 19 18
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW W W W NW W NW
WIND (MPH) 17 21 19 19 24 25 24 23 25 25 17 12 16 16 9 8 10 10 6 6
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 40 33 33 40 41 39 39 43 43 31 27
PRECIP PROB (%) 5 20 20 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 5 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.7 7.4
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 4 5 6 7 6 7 10 11 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 9
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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