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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53°F12°C wet-bulb in Granite Peak, WI

59°F15°C air · 72% 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 49°F9°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 7 PM59°F15°C72%53.3°F11.8°CToo warm
Thu 8 PM56°F13°C83%52.6°F11.4°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM56°F13°C80%52.0°F11.1°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM55°F13°C83%51.6°F10.9°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM54°F12°C86%51.2°F10.7°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM53°F12°C89%50.8°F10.5°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM51°F11°C96%50.1°F10.1°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM52°F11°C93%50.6°F10.3°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM52°F11°C96%51.1°F10.6°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM54°F12°C93%52.6°F11.4°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM58°F14°C83%54.5°F12.5°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM62°F17°C75%56.8°F13.8°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM66°F19°C65%58.3°F14.6°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM69°F21°C59%59.7°F15.4°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM70°F21°C55%59.6°F15.3°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM71°F22°C53%60.0°F15.6°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM72°F22°C51%60.4°F15.8°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM70°F21°C53%59.1°F15.1°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM67°F19°C59%57.9°F14.4°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM64°F18°C65%56.5°F13.6°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM60°F16°C75%54.9°F12.7°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM59°F15°C75%53.9°F12.2°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM58°F14°C75%53.0°F11.6°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM58°F14°C75%53.0°F11.6°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM57°F14°C75%52.0°F11.1°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM56°F13°C77%51.5°F10.8°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM56°F13°C77%51.5°F10.8°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM56°F13°C74%50.9°F10.5°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM55°F13°C77%50.5°F10.3°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM55°F13°C74%49.9°F10.0°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM55°F13°C72%49.6°F9.8°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM54°F12°C74%49.0°F9.4°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM54°F12°C74%49.0°F9.4°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM56°F13°C69%49.9°F10.0°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM59°F15°C64%51.7°F11.0°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM62°F17°C58%53.2°F11.8°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM66°F19°C52%55.4°F13.0°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM69°F21°C47%56.8°F13.8°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM70°F21°C46%57.4°F14.1°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM71°F22°C44%57.7°F14.3°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM70°F21°C46%57.4°F14.1°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM69°F21°C47%56.8°F13.8°CToo warm
Sat 6 PM66°F19°C54%55.9°F13.3°CToo warm

Right now

Partly cloudy
59°F15°C
Wind
7 mph11 km/h, gusts 13 mph20 km/h
Humidity
72%
Precipitation
0% 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 51°F11°C Mostly Cloudy
  2. Fri 72°F22°C 54°F12°C Partly Sunny
  3. Sat 71°F22°C 53°F12°C Partly Sunny
  4. Sun 64°F18°C 44°F7°C Slight Chance Rain Showers
  5. Mon 53°F12°C 36°F2°C Slight Chance Rain Showers
  6. Tue 52°F11°C 39°F4°C Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny
  7. Wed 59°F15°C 41°F5°C Chance Rain Showers
  8. Thu 56°F13°C Slight Chance Rain Showers

Forecast for 7 PM · NOAA grid updated 7:06 PM · grid elevation 1,247 ft

Checked at the base area (1,200 ft); the summit (1,900 ft) is usually colder.

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