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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43°F6°C wet-bulb in Breckenridge, CO

47°F8°C air · 76% 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 29°F−2°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 6 PM47°F8°C76%42.7°F6.0°CToo warm
Thu 7 PM45°F7°C82%41.8°F5.4°CToo warm
Thu 8 PM44°F7°C86%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM45°F7°C82%41.8°F5.4°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM44°F7°C82%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM44°F7°C82%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM44°F7°C82%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM43°F6°C82%39.9°F4.4°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM42°F6°C82%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM42°F6°C82%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM42°F6°C82%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM40°F4°C85%37.4°F3.0°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM40°F4°C85%37.4°F3.0°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM39°F4°C89%37.1°F2.8°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM38°F3°C92%36.5°F2.5°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM39°F4°C89%37.1°F2.8°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM43°F6°C70%38.0°F3.3°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM48°F9°C51%39.6°F4.2°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM51°F11°C44%41.0°F5.0°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM53°F12°C38%41.6°F5.3°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM54°F12°C34%41.7°F5.4°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM54°F12°C34%41.7°F5.4°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM53°F12°C33%40.7°F4.8°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM51°F11°C36%39.7°F4.3°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM46°F8°C45%37.0°F2.8°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM42°F6°C53%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM39°F4°C62%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM38°F3°C64%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM36°F2°C69%31.4°F−0.4°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM36°F2°C69%31.4°F−0.4°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM35°F2°C75%31.2°F−0.4°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM34°F1°C75%30.3°F−1.0°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM33°F1°C78%29.7°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM33°F1°C78%29.7°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM32°F0°C82%29.2°F−1.5°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM32°F0°C85%29.6°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM32°F0°C85%29.6°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM31°F−1°C92%29.6°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM31°F−1°C100%30.8°F−0.7°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM33°F1°C96%32.2°F0.1°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM36°F2°C89%34.1°F1.2°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM39°F4°C79%35.6°F2.0°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM42°F6°C70%37.1°F2.8°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM43°F6°C67%37.6°F3.1°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM44°F7°C62%37.7°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM44°F7°C62%37.7°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM42°F6°C67%36.6°F2.6°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM39°F4°C73%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm

Right now

Light rain showers likely
47°F8°C feels like 44°F7°C
Wind
7 mph11 km/h
Humidity
76%
Precipitation
61% 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 38°F3°C Rain Showers Likely
  2. Fri 54°F12°C 30°F−1°C Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
  3. Sat 44°F7°C 31°F−1°C Chance Snow Showers
  4. Sun 45°F7°C 29°F−2°C Chance Snow Showers
  5. Mon 47°F8°C 26°F−3°C Chance Snow Showers
  6. Tue 50°F10°C 26°F−3°C Mostly Sunny
  7. Wed 49°F9°C 26°F−3°C Mostly Sunny
  8. Thu 51°F11°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 6 PM · NOAA grid updated 12:46 PM · grid elevation 9,797 ft

Checked at the base area (9,600 ft); the summit (12,998 ft) is usually colder.

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