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 Mad River Mountain, OH

53°F12°C air · 66% 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 41°F5°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 8 PM53°F12°C66%46.6°F8.1°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM51°F11°C74%46.2°F7.9°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM49°F9°C80%45.3°F7.4°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM46°F8°C93%44.6°F7.0°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM46°F8°C93%44.6°F7.0°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM45°F7°C100%44.9°F7.1°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM44°F7°C100%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM44°F7°C100%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM46°F8°C100%45.9°F7.7°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM53°F12°C86%50.3°F10.1°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM57°F14°C62%49.5°F9.7°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM61°F16°C56%51.9°F11.1°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM63°F17°C52%52.8°F11.6°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM65°F18°C50%54.1°F12.3°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM66°F19°C48%54.5°F12.5°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM66°F19°C47%54.2°F12.4°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM65°F18°C48%53.6°F12.0°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM63°F17°C52%52.8°F11.6°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM57°F14°C62%49.5°F9.7°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM52°F11°C74%47.1°F8.4°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM50°F10°C80%46.3°F7.9°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM48°F9°C89%45.9°F7.7°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM46°F8°C96%45.2°F7.3°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM46°F8°C96%45.2°F7.3°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM44°F7°C100%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM42°F6°C100%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM42°F6°C100%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM41°F5°C100%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM41°F5°C100%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM41°F5°C100%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM44°F7°C100%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM51°F11°C80%47.2°F8.5°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM57°F14°C59%48.9°F9.4°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM61°F16°C51%50.9°F10.5°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM63°F17°C48%51.9°F11.1°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM65°F18°C45%52.9°F11.6°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM66°F19°C42%53.0°F11.7°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM67°F19°C39%53.1°F11.7°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM66°F19°C38%52.0°F11.1°CToo warm
Sat 6 PM62°F17°C44%50.2°F10.1°CToo warm
Sat 7 PM57°F14°C53%47.8°F8.8°CToo warm

Right now

Clear
53°F12°C
Wind
2 mph4 km/h, gusts 9 mph15 km/h
Humidity
66%
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 43°F6°C Clear then Patchy Fog
  2. Fri 66°F19°C 41°F5°C Patchy Fog then Sunny
  3. Sat 67°F19°C 43°F6°C Sunny
  4. Sun 69°F21°C 46°F8°C Sunny
  5. Mon 70°F21°C 47°F8°C Mostly Sunny
  6. Tue 65°F18°C 45°F7°C Partly Sunny
  7. Wed 65°F18°C 47°F8°C Partly Sunny
  8. Thu 66°F19°C Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

Forecast for 8 PM · NOAA grid updated 4:00 PM · grid elevation 1,342 ft

Checked at the base area (1,160 ft); the summit (1,460 ft) is usually colder.

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