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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45°F7°C wet-bulb in Taos Ski Valley, NM

48°F9°C air · 86% 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 36°F2°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 6 PM48°F9°C86%45.4°F7.4°CToo warm
Thu 7 PM47°F8°C86%44.4°F6.9°CToo warm
Thu 8 PM46°F8°C86%43.4°F6.4°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM46°F8°C84%43.1°F6.2°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM46°F8°C86%43.4°F6.4°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM45°F7°C87%42.6°F5.9°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM45°F7°C88%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM45°F7°C86%42.5°F5.8°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM44°F7°C87%41.6°F5.4°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM44°F7°C87%41.6°F5.4°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM44°F7°C88%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM43°F6°C91%41.3°F5.2°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM42°F6°C91%40.3°F4.6°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM42°F6°C92%40.5°F4.7°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM41°F5°C96%40.2°F4.5°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM42°F6°C98%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM47°F8°C82%43.7°F6.5°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM48°F9°C77%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM48°F9°C76%43.7°F6.5°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM50°F10°C70%44.5°F7.0°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM49°F9°C69%43.4°F6.4°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM49°F9°C67%43.1°F6.2°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM48°F9°C67%42.2°F5.7°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM46°F8°C73%41.3°F5.2°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM45°F7°C79%41.3°F5.2°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM42°F6°C83%39.1°F3.9°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM41°F5°C87%38.7°F3.7°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM42°F6°C85%39.4°F4.1°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM41°F5°C86%38.6°F3.6°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM40°F4°C88%37.9°F3.3°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM40°F4°C89%38.0°F3.4°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM40°F4°C88%37.9°F3.3°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM40°F4°C88%37.9°F3.3°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM40°F4°C87%37.7°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM39°F4°C90%37.2°F2.9°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM39°F4°C89%37.1°F2.8°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM39°F4°C90%37.2°F2.9°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM38°F3°C90%36.2°F2.4°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM39°F4°C93%37.7°F3.2°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM40°F4°C98%39.5°F4.2°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM42°F6°C93%40.7°F4.8°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM44°F7°C86%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM46°F8°C79%42.3°F5.7°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM45°F7°C82%41.8°F5.4°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM45°F7°C84%42.1°F5.6°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM44°F7°C85%41.3°F5.2°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM43°F6°C88%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM41°F5°C91%39.4°F4.1°CToo warm

Right now

Chance of light rain showers
48°F9°C feels like 44°F7°C
Wind
10 mph17 km/h
Humidity
86%
Precipitation
48% chance

Nearest station KAXX at 5:35 PM: Mostly cloudy, 48°F9°C, 84% humidity (45°F7°C wet-bulb), wind 3 mph5 km/h.

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 41°F5°C Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
  2. Fri 51°F11°C 38°F3°C Rain Showers Likely
  3. Sat 47°F8°C 35°F2°C Showers And Thunderstorms
  4. Sun 43°F6°C 30°F−1°C Rain And Snow Showers ❄︎ <0.5″<1.3 cm
  5. Mon 46°F8°C 29°F−2°C Slight Chance Snow Showers
  6. Tue 47°F8°C 30°F−1°C Sunny
  7. Wed 49°F9°C 30°F−1°C Mostly Sunny
  8. Thu 48°F9°C Partly Sunny

Forecast for 6 PM · NOAA grid updated 6:02 PM · grid elevation 10,564 ft

Checked at the base area (9,207 ft); the summit (12,481 ft) is usually colder.

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