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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44°F7°C wet-bulb in Telluride, CO

45°F7°C air · 97% 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 31°F0°C Now Fri Sat

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Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Thu 6 PM45°F7°C97%44.3°F6.9°CToo warm
Thu 7 PM44°F7°C100%43.8°F6.6°CToo warm
Thu 8 PM43°F6°C100%42.8°F6.0°CToo warm
Thu 9 PM43°F6°C98%42.5°F5.8°CToo warm
Thu 10 PM42°F6°C100%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Thu 11 PM42°F6°C100%41.8°F5.5°CToo warm
Fri 12 AM42°F6°C99%41.7°F5.4°CToo warm
Fri 1 AM41°F5°C98%40.5°F4.7°CToo warm
Fri 2 AM42°F6°C94%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 3 AM42°F6°C94%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 4 AM41°F5°C96%40.2°F4.5°CToo warm
Fri 5 AM40°F4°C94%38.8°F3.8°CToo warm
Fri 6 AM40°F4°C93%38.7°F3.7°CToo warm
Fri 7 AM39°F4°C91%37.4°F3.0°CToo warm
Fri 8 AM39°F4°C88%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Fri 9 AM39°F4°C93%37.7°F3.2°CToo warm
Fri 10 AM40°F4°C92%38.5°F3.6°CToo warm
Fri 11 AM46°F8°C70%40.8°F4.9°CToo warm
Fri 12 PM48°F9°C63%41.5°F5.3°CToo warm
Fri 1 PM48°F9°C62%41.4°F5.2°CToo warm
Fri 2 PM48°F9°C60%41.0°F5.0°CToo warm
Fri 3 PM48°F9°C60%41.0°F5.0°CToo warm
Fri 4 PM47°F8°C63%40.6°F4.8°CToo warm
Fri 5 PM46°F8°C66%40.2°F4.5°CToo warm
Fri 6 PM42°F6°C79%38.4°F3.6°CToo warm
Fri 7 PM38°F3°C87%35.8°F2.1°CToo warm
Fri 8 PM36°F2°C91%34.4°F1.3°CToo warm
Fri 9 PM35°F2°C96%34.2°F1.2°CToo warm
Fri 10 PM33°F1°C100%32.8°F0.4°CToo warm
Fri 11 PM32°F0°C100%31.8°F−0.1°CToo warm
Sat 12 AM33°F1°C97%32.3°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 1 AM33°F1°C97%32.3°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 2 AM33°F1°C95%32.0°F0.0°CToo warm
Sat 3 AM33°F1°C96%32.2°F0.1°CToo warm
Sat 4 AM33°F1°C97%32.3°F0.2°CToo warm
Sat 5 AM33°F1°C95%32.0°F0.0°CToo warm
Sat 6 AM32°F0°C98%31.5°F−0.3°CToo warm
Sat 7 AM33°F1°C98%32.5°F0.3°CToo warm
Sat 8 AM35°F2°C96%34.2°F1.2°CToo warm
Sat 9 AM37°F3°C100%36.8°F2.7°CToo warm
Sat 10 AM42°F6°C89%40.0°F4.5°CToo warm
Sat 11 AM48°F9°C73%43.2°F6.2°CToo warm
Sat 12 PM52°F11°C61%44.8°F7.1°CToo warm
Sat 1 PM55°F13°C56%46.6°F8.1°CToo warm
Sat 2 PM56°F13°C55%47.3°F8.5°CToo warm
Sat 3 PM55°F13°C56%46.6°F8.1°CToo warm
Sat 4 PM53°F12°C62%45.9°F7.7°CToo warm
Sat 5 PM50°F10°C70%44.5°F7.0°CToo warm

Right now

Rain showers
45°F7°C feels like 39°F4°C
Wind
12 mph19 km/h, gusts 25 mph41 km/h
Humidity
97%
Precipitation
96% 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. This Afternoon 48°F9°C 39°F4°C Showers And Thunderstorms
  2. Fri 49°F9°C 31°F−1°C Slight Chance T-storms
  3. Sat 56°F13°C 32°F0°C Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Showers And Thunderstorms
  4. Sun 52°F11°C 25°F−4°C Chance Snow Showers then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
  5. Mon 52°F11°C 24°F−4°C Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Snow Showers
  6. Tue 54°F12°C 25°F−4°C Sunny
  7. Wed 55°F13°C 26°F−3°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 6 PM · NOAA grid updated 4:12 PM · grid elevation 9,393 ft

Checked at the base area (8,725 ft); the summit (13,150 ft) is usually colder.

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