790
FWUS45 KABQ 230635
AVGABQ
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1235 AM MDT THU APR 23 2026
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS 8500 TO 11000 FT
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 5 5 20 30 30 15 10 10 20 20 45 45 70
TEMPERATURE 38 33 40 48 50 47 37 30 27 25 39 50 54 51
MIN/MAX TEMP 33 50 25 55
WIND CHILL 27 22 30 28 23 20 18
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 20 18 21 26 26 20 16 8 6 5 6 13 19 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 52 35 36 43 41 33 27 31
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
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.2 7.3 7.4 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.6
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 8 8 6 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 4 4 3
DATE SAT 04/25/26 SUN 04/26/26 MON 04/27/26 TUE 04/28/26 WED 04/29/26
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 BK SC BK OV BK OV OV SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 55 80 65 80 75 40 25 10 15 10 10 5 15 45 45 50 60 60
TEMPERATURE 34 28 52 51 36 32 49 43 34 29 45 48 34 31 52 53 39 34 49 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 55 32 49 27 49 30 55 33 52
WIND CHILL 27 18 26 21 33 23 19 38 25
WIND DIR SW W W W W SW SW W W W W W W SW SW W W SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 8 11 19 21 17 19 26 26 17 13 16 21 5 5 17 20 8 6 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 19 23 31 33 32 40 48 49 44 33 31 40 17 17 31 40 20 19 28 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 30 50 60 20 10 5 10 5 0 0 5 10 20 30 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S R S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.2 7.5 8.9 9.9 9.7 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.1 7.7 8.4 9.0 8.6 8.2 9.0 9.7 9.3 8.8 9.3 9.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 4 4 2 3 4 5 5 8 8 4 2 3 3 1 1 2 4 4 4 7
..WHEELER PEAK AND COLUMBINE HONDO WILDERNESS ABOVE 11000 FT
DATE THURSDAY 04/23/26 FRIDAY 04/24/26
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 FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 5 10 5 20 35 30 15 10 15 25 25 50 50 70
TEMPERATURE 33 29 34 40 41 38 31 26 24 23 34 42 46 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 42 23 46
WIND CHILL 20 15 21 29 30 27 19 16 14 13 27 34 38 34
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W NW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 26 23 24 28 28 23 18 11 10 9 9 16 19 20
WIND GUST (MPH) 52 40 39 43 43 35 31 31
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
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.3 7.4 7.4 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.4 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 8 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 8 8 6
DATE SAT 04/25/26 SUN 04/26/26 MON 04/27/26 TUE 04/28/26 WED 04/29/26
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 BK BK BK OV BK OV OV SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 65 50 55 80 65 80 80 40 25 15 15 15 10 10 15 45 50 50 60 55
TEMPERATURE 30 26 43 43 32 28 40 35 29 26 37 40 30 28 44 45 35 31 41 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 25 46 28 41 25 42 28 47 30 44
WIND CHILL 21 13 35 34 19 14 29 22 16 13 27 30 22 20 36 36 26 22 32 29
WIND DIR SW W W W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W SW W
WIND (MPH) 11 16 20 23 21 25 31 29 21 18 19 24 10 9 19 24 12 11 18 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 35 33 40 49 51 43 39 33 41 20 33 41 25 23 32 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 10 30 50 60 20 10 5 10 5 0 0 5 10 20 30 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 8.2 7.5 8.9 9.9 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.1 7.7 8.4 9.0 8.6 8.2 9.0 9.7 9.3 8.8 9.3 9.5
SNOW RATIO (:1) 7 7 5 5 6 8 8 10 10 6 5 5 5 3 3 5 6 6 7 9
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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