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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35°F1°C wet-bulb in Snowshoe Mountain, WV

42°F6°C air · 52% 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 35°F1°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 8 PM42°F6°C52%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM41°F5°C59%34.6°F1.5°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM41°F5°C65%35.4°F1.9°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM41°F5°C70%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM41°F5°C73%36.6°F2.5°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM41°F5°C76%37.0°F2.8°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM41°F5°C78%37.3°F3.0°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM40°F4°C79%36.5°F2.5°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM41°F5°C75%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM40°F4°C82%37.0°F2.8°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM39°F4°C78%35.4°F1.9°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM40°F4°C77%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM40°F4°C78%36.4°F2.4°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM42°F6°C83%39.1°F3.9°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM44°F7°C72%39.3°F4.0°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM47°F8°C64%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM50°F10°C58%42.5°F5.8°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM52°F11°C54%43.6°F6.4°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM54°F12°C51%44.8°F7.1°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM54°F12°C49%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM55°F13°C48%45.1°F7.3°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM54°F12°C49%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM52°F11°C54%43.6°F6.4°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM48°F9°C61%41.2°F5.1°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM44°F7°C74%39.6°F4.2°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM42°F6°C82%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM41°F5°C88%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM41°F5°C93%39.7°F4.3°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM40°F4°C94%38.8°F3.8°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM39°F4°C96%38.2°F3.4°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM39°F4°C96%38.2°F3.4°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM39°F4°C94%37.8°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM39°F4°C88%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM38°F3°C94%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM38°F3°C88%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM38°F3°C87%35.8°F2.1°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM37°F3°C88%35.0°F1.6°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM38°F3°C93%36.7°F2.6°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM40°F4°C86%37.6°F3.1°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM43°F6°C65%37.3°F2.9°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM45°F7°C59%38.2°F3.4°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM47°F8°C54%39.2°F4.0°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM50°F10°C50%41.2°F5.1°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM50°F10°C51%41.3°F5.2°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM51°F11°C52%42.4°F5.8°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM51°F11°C54%42.7°F6.0°CToo warm
Sat 6 PM49°F9°C57%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Sat 7 PM46°F8°C59%39.1°F3.9°CToo warm

Right now

Clear
42°F6°C feels like 36°F2°C
Wind
10 mph17 km/h, gusts 21 mph33 km/h
Humidity
52%
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 39°F4°C Mostly Clear
  2. Fri 55°F13°C 37°F3°C Sunny
  3. Sat 52°F11°C 36°F2°C Sunny
  4. Sun 54°F12°C 38°F3°C Sunny
  5. Mon 59°F15°C 42°F6°C Sunny
  6. Tue 58°F14°C 45°F7°C Mostly Sunny
  7. Wed 54°F12°C 44°F7°C Partly Sunny
  8. Thu 55°F13°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 8 PM · NOAA grid updated 7:48 PM · grid elevation 4,268 ft

Checked at the base area (3,348 ft); the summit (4,848 ft) is usually colder.

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