944  
FWUS45 KABQ 072306  
AVGABQ  
 
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
405 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2025  
 
   
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT  
 
DATE SATURDAY 03/08/25 SUNDAY 03/09/25  
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 95 95 90 80 80 85 35 35 10 10 15 15 5 5 5  
TEMPERATURE 29 24 22 18 16 16 22 25 25 18 16 14 13 22 37 40 36  
MIN/MAX TEMP 15 27 12 41  
WIND CHILL 21 12 8 5 2 4 13 15 17 12 9 7 6 16  
WIND DIR S E SE E E E NE N NE N NW NW NW NW W W W  
WIND (MPH) 9 13 17 12 12 11 8 9 8 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5  
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 17 19  
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 90 90 80 70 60 80 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.23 0.27 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 3.0 4.2 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 7.2 1.4 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 4.1 0.1 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 12.1 2.3 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 6.7 6.2 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.9 5.7 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.3 4.5 5.1 6.7 6.9 7.2  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 13 13 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 15 15 13 13 8 8 6  
 
DATE MON 03/10/25 TUE 03/11/25 WED 03/12/25 THU 03/13/25 FRI 03/14/25  
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 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC BK BK FW FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 5 10 5 15 25 50 60 50 25 15 15 30 35 60 70 80 75 70  
TEMPERATURE 21 18 40 40 26 22 39 37 27 23 36 37 27 25 40 39 31 25 26 25  
MAX/MIN TEMP 15 45 21 42 22 39 24 42 21 29  
WIND CHILL 11 34 33 18 12 31 27 17 11 26 28 17 13 30 29 19 9 7 7  
WIND DIR SW W W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W  
WIND (MPH) 4 5 9 12 9 10 13 19 12 13 16 16 11 12 19 23 20 25 36 33  
WIND GUST (MPH) 16 19 25 31 27 35 25 27 31 35 31 33 35 36 33 47 63 56  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 20 40 50 60 50 20  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S  
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.4 7.4 8.0 7.0 6.4 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.4 6.8 7.6 7.3 6.8 7.1 7.6 6.4 4.5 4.0 4.4  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 5 5 3 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 SATURDAY 03/08/25 SUNDAY 03/09/25  
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 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW  
CLOUD COVER (%) 95 95 100 95 90 80 80 85 40 40 10 10 15 15 5 5 5  
TEMPERATURE 22 19 17 14 11 11 15 17 18 13 11 11 11 19 30 33 30  
MIN/MAX TEMP 11 19 9 33  
WIND CHILL 12 5 1 -2 -5 -4 3 6 5 0 -2 -3 -2 9 22 25 21  
WIND DIR S E SE E E E NE N N NW NW NW W W W W SW  
WIND (MPH) 10 13 18 14 14 13 9 10 12 10 10 10 11 9 9 9 10  
WIND GUST (MPH)  
PRECIP PROB (%) 90 90 100 90 80 70 60 80 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S  
6 HOUR QPF 0.27 0.35 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
6 HOUR SNOW 3.8 5.4 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
12 HOUR SNOW 9.2 1.7 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 5.7 0.4 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 14.8 2.9 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.8 6.3 5.3 4.5 4.2 4.9 5.7 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.3 4.5 5.1 6.8 6.9 7.2  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 14 14 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 14 14 10 10 8  
 
DATE MON 03/10/25 TUE 03/11/25 WED 03/12/25 THU 03/13/25 FRI 03/14/25  
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 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC BK BK BK FW FW FW SC SC BK OV OV OV OV  
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 5 10 10 15 25 55 65 55 25 15 20 30 40 60 75 80 80 75  
TEMPERATURE 18 17 34 33 22 19 31 29 21 18 28 30 22 20 31 31 25 19 17 16  
MAX/MIN TEMP 15 37 18 33 17 31 20 34 14 20  
WIND CHILL 7 4 25 23 9 4 19 16 8 3 14 16 8 5 18 17 10 -1 -5 -6  
WIND DIR SW NW W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W  
WIND (MPH) 10 10 11 16 14 17 18 23 16 17 19 21 18 19 23 26 25 31 41 37  
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 32 35 28 32 35 33 36 36 40 36 48 63 57  
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 20 40 50 60 60 20  
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S  
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00  
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0  
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0  
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0  
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.4 7.4 8.0 7.0 6.4 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.4 6.8 7.6 7.3 6.9 7.2 7.6 6.4 4.5 4.0 4.4  
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 7 5 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM  
 
 
 
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---  
 
CODE TYPE  
T THUNDERSTORMS  
R RAIN  
S SNOW  
I SLEET  
Z FREEZING RAIN  
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