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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47°F8°C wet-bulb in Bristol Mountain, NY

50°F10°C air · 85% 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 32°F0°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 8 PM50°F10°C85%47.2°F8.4°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM49°F9°C88%46.7°F8.2°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM49°F9°C87%46.5°F8.1°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM49°F9°C84%46.0°F7.8°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM48°F9°C85%45.2°F7.3°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM46°F8°C87%43.6°F6.4°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM44°F7°C88%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM42°F6°C89%40.0°F4.5°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM41°F5°C89%39.0°F3.9°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM40°F4°C89%38.0°F3.4°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM39°F4°C90%37.2°F2.9°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM38°F3°C90%36.2°F2.4°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM39°F4°C88%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM41°F5°C84%38.2°F3.5°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM44°F7°C78%40.2°F4.6°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM48°F9°C69%42.5°F5.8°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM52°F11°C56%43.9°F6.6°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM54°F12°C48%44.3°F6.8°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM55°F13°C43%44.2°F6.8°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM56°F13°C40%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM56°F13°C40%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM55°F13°C42%44.0°F6.7°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM53°F12°C46%43.1°F6.1°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM49°F9°C53%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM46°F8°C60%39.2°F4.0°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM40°F4°C75%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM40°F4°C78%36.4°F2.4°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM40°F4°C77%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM40°F4°C77%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM40°F4°C75%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM40°F4°C75%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM38°F3°C81%34.9°F1.6°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM35°F2°C87%32.8°F0.5°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM35°F2°C84%32.4°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM35°F2°C79%31.7°F−0.1°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM35°F2°C79%31.7°F−0.1°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM38°F3°C76%34.2°F1.2°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM42°F6°C75%37.8°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM48°F9°C68%42.3°F5.7°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM54°F12°C58%46.1°F7.8°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM57°F14°C51%47.4°F8.6°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM59°F15°C46%48.1°F8.9°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM60°F16°C44%48.5°F9.2°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM61°F16°C43%49.1°F9.5°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM61°F16°C45%49.6°F9.8°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM59°F15°C49%48.7°F9.3°CToo warm
Sat 6 PM55°F13°C54%46.2°F7.9°CToo warm
Sat 7 PM50°F10°C62%43.2°F6.2°CToo warm

Right now

Cloudy
50°F10°C
Wind
7 mph11 km/h, gusts 14 mph22 km/h
Humidity
85%
Precipitation
3% 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 Mostly Cloudy
  2. Fri 56°F13°C 35°F2°C Sunny
  3. Sat 61°F16°C 40°F4°C Patchy Fog then Sunny
  4. Sun 65°F18°C 46°F8°C Patchy Fog then Sunny
  5. Mon 65°F18°C 43°F6°C Mostly Sunny
  6. Tue 53°F12°C 36°F2°C Mostly Sunny
  7. Wed 59°F15°C 44°F7°C Mostly Sunny
  8. Thu 64°F18°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 8 PM · NOAA grid updated 7:57 PM · grid elevation 997 ft

Checked at the base area (1,200 ft); the summit (2,200 ft) is usually colder.

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