A live wet-bulb check. Can snowmakers run where you are, and when?

How this works
We pull NOAA's hourly forecast for your location and calculate the wet-bulb temperature for each hour. Snowmakers rely on wet-bulb because it accounts for both cold and dry air — the two conditions that let water droplets freeze in flight. Below 28°F−2°C they can run; below 25°F−4°C the snow is good quality.
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45°F7°C wet-bulb in Beaver Creek, CO

47°F8°C air · 90% humidity

Too warm for snowmaking
Colder Snowmaking line 28°F−2°C Warmer

No snowmaking window in the next 48 hours.

Next 48 hours wet-bulb by hour; columns below the line are snowmaking hours
28°F−2°C 30°F−1°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 6 PM47°F8°C90%45.1°F7.3°CToo warm
Thu 7 PM46°F8°C89%43.9°F6.6°CToo warm
Thu 8 PM46°F8°C88%43.8°F6.5°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM47°F8°C83%43.9°F6.6°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM47°F8°C84%44.1°F6.7°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM46°F8°C85%43.3°F6.3°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM46°F8°C85%43.3°F6.3°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM45°F7°C86%42.5°F5.8°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM45°F7°C85%42.3°F5.7°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM45°F7°C85%42.3°F5.7°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM43°F6°C89%41.0°F5.0°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM43°F6°C88%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM42°F6°C90%40.2°F4.5°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM41°F5°C91%39.4°F4.1°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM41°F5°C92%39.5°F4.2°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM42°F6°C95%41.0°F5.0°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM46°F8°C79%42.3°F5.7°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM50°F10°C66%43.9°F6.6°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM52°F11°C57%44.1°F6.7°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM54°F12°C49%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM55°F13°C43%44.2°F6.8°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM56°F13°C39%44.2°F6.8°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM54°F12°C42%43.2°F6.2°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM51°F11°C47%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM48°F9°C52%39.8°F4.3°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM42°F6°C64%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM41°F5°C67%35.7°F2.1°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM40°F4°C69%35.1°F1.7°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM38°F3°C72%33.6°F0.9°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM37°F3°C76%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM36°F2°C77%32.4°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM35°F2°C78%31.6°F−0.2°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM35°F2°C79%31.7°F−0.1°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM34°F1°C81%31.0°F−0.5°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM34°F1°C80%30.9°F−0.6°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM34°F1°C81%31.0°F−0.5°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM33°F1°C81%30.1°F−1.1°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM33°F1°C83%30.3°F−0.9°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM34°F1°C82%31.2°F−0.5°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM35°F2°C83%32.3°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM40°F4°C75%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM45°F7°C64%39.0°F3.9°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM50°F10°C55%42.0°F5.6°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM53°F12°C49%43.6°F6.4°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM54°F12°C45%43.7°F6.5°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM53°F12°C44%42.7°F5.9°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM51°F11°C46%41.4°F5.2°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM48°F9°C51%39.6°F4.2°CToo warm

Right now

Light rain showers likely
47°F8°C feels like 43°F6°C
Wind
7 mph11 km/h, gusts 14 mph22 km/h
Humidity
90%
Precipitation
65% chance

Snow forecast new snow, NOAA forecast

Next 24 h
0″0 cm
Next 48 h
0″0 cm
Next 72 h
0″0 cm

No new snow in the forecast for the next 72 hours.

7-day outlook

  1. Tonight 41°F5°C Rain Showers Likely
  2. Fri 57°F14°C 32°F0°C Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny
  3. Sat 55°F13°C 34°F1°C Mostly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers
  4. Sun 53°F12°C 31°F−1°C Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
  5. Mon 50°F10°C 29°F−2°C Chance Rain And Snow Showers
  6. Tue 52°F11°C 29°F−2°C Mostly Sunny
  7. Wed 51°F11°C 29°F−2°C Mostly Sunny
  8. Thu 53°F12°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 6 PM · NOAA grid updated 4:12 PM · grid elevation 8,314 ft

Checked at the base area (8,100 ft); the summit (11,440 ft) is usually colder.

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