A live wet-bulb check. Can snowmakers run where you are, and when?

Snowmaking & powder alerts

Get an email when a ski resort you care about can make snow, or when a powder day is on the way. Alerts are free and come from NOAA's forecast, checked every hour.

  • Snowmaking windows: when the forecast shows hours cold and dry enough to make snow (wet-bulb below 28°F / −2°C), or only great ones (below 25°F / −4°C).
  • Powder: when 3″, 6″ or 12″ of new snow is forecast in the next 48 hours.

At most one email per resort per alert type per day, never between 10 PM and 6 AM resort time. To sign up, look up a ski resort and tap 🔔 Get alerts.

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