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.

Can they make snow at Bogus Basin?

NO

Too warm to make snow at Bogus Basin, ID

Base: 40°F4°C air · 60% 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 30°F−1°C Now Mon Tue

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  • Ideal
  • Great
  • Marginal
  • Too warm
  • Night
Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Sun 10 AM40°F4°C60%33.9°F1.0°CToo warm
Sun 11 AM44°F7°C54%36.6°F2.5°CToo warm
Sun 12 PM46°F8°C53%38.2°F3.4°CToo warm
Sun 1 PM47°F8°C53%39.1°F3.9°CToo warm
Sun 2 PM47°F8°C52%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Sun 3 PM47°F8°C55%39.4°F4.1°CToo warm
Sun 4 PM46°F8°C55%38.5°F3.6°CToo warm
Sun 5 PM46°F8°C54%38.3°F3.5°CToo warm
Sun 6 PM44°F7°C58%37.2°F2.9°CToo warm
Sun 7 PM41°F5°C60%34.8°F1.5°CToo warm
Sun 8 PM40°F4°C61%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Sun 9 PM40°F4°C59%33.7°F1.0°CToo warm
Sun 10 PM40°F4°C59%33.7°F1.0°CToo warm
Sun 11 PM40°F4°C59%33.7°F1.0°CToo warm
Mon 12 AM42°F6°C57%35.2°F1.8°CToo warm
Mon 1 AM43°F6°C54%35.7°F2.1°CToo warm
Mon 2 AM42°F6°C54%34.8°F1.6°CToo warm
Mon 3 AM44°F7°C52%36.3°F2.4°CToo warm
Mon 4 AM43°F6°C54%35.7°F2.1°CToo warm
Mon 5 AM43°F6°C56%36.0°F2.2°CToo warm
Mon 6 AM42°F6°C57%35.2°F1.8°CToo warm
Mon 7 AM42°F6°C58%35.4°F1.9°CToo warm
Mon 8 AM42°F6°C58%35.4°F1.9°CToo warm
Mon 9 AM42°F6°C57%35.2°F1.8°CToo warm
Mon 10 AM44°F7°C54%36.6°F2.5°CToo warm
Mon 11 AM46°F8°C54%38.3°F3.5°CToo warm
Mon 12 PM46°F8°C58%38.9°F3.9°CToo warm
Mon 1 PM45°F7°C65%39.1°F3.9°CToo warm
Mon 2 PM45°F7°C71%40.0°F4.5°CToo warm
Mon 3 PM41°F5°C84%38.2°F3.5°CToo warm
Mon 4 PM40°F4°C86%37.6°F3.1°CToo warm
Mon 5 PM39°F4°C88%36.9°F2.7°CToo warm
Mon 6 PM35°F2°C88%33.0°F0.6°CToo warm
Mon 7 PM34°F1°C90%32.3°F0.2°CToo warm
Mon 8 PM34°F1°C86%31.7°F−0.2°CToo warm
Mon 9 PM35°F2°C81%32.0°F0.0°CToo warm
Mon 10 PM35°F2°C79%31.7°F−0.1°CToo warm
Mon 11 PM35°F2°C78%31.6°F−0.2°CToo warm
Tue 12 AM35°F2°C78%31.6°F−0.2°CToo warm
Tue 1 AM35°F2°C76%31.3°F−0.4°CToo warm
Tue 2 AM35°F2°C74%31.1°F−0.5°CToo warm
Tue 3 AM35°F2°C74%31.1°F−0.5°CToo warm
Tue 4 AM34°F1°C75%30.3°F−1.0°CToo warm
Tue 5 AM33°F1°C77%29.6°F−1.4°CToo warm
Tue 6 AM33°F1°C78%29.7°F−1.3°CToo warm
Tue 7 AM33°F1°C77%29.6°F−1.4°CToo warm
Tue 8 AM34°F1°C75%30.3°F−1.0°CToo warm
Tue 9 AM35°F2°C73%30.9°F−0.6°CToo warm

Right now at the base

Mostly clear
40°F4°C feels like 35°F2°C
Wind
7 mph11 km/h
Humidity
60%
Precipitation
0% chance

Snow forecast new snow at the base, NOAA forecast

Next 24 h
0″0 cm
Next 48 h
0.2″0.5 cm
Next 72 h
0.2″0.5 cm
0.1″0.3 cm Now Mon Tue Wed

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Snowfall table
PeriodNew snow
Sun 10 AM – 4 PM0″0 cm
Sun 4 PM – 10 PM0″0 cm
Sun 10 PM – 4 AM0″0 cm
Mon 4 AM – 10 AM0″0 cm
Mon 10 AM – 4 PM0″0 cm
Mon 4 PM – 10 PM0.1″0.3 cm
Mon 10 PM – 4 AM0.1″0.2 cm
Tue 4 AM – 10 AM0″0 cm
Tue 10 AM – 4 PM0″0 cm
Tue 4 PM – 10 PM0″0 cm
Tue 10 PM – 4 AM0″0 cm
Wed 4 AM – 10 AM0″0 cm

7-day outlook

  1. Today 47°F8°C 39°F4°C Mostly Sunny
  2. Mon 46°F8°C 32°F0°C Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely ❄︎ <0.5″<1.3 cm
  3. Tue 38°F3°C 30°F−1°C Partly Sunny
  4. Wed 43°F6°C 33°F1°C Sunny
  5. Thu 41°F5°C 32°F0°C Partly Sunny
  6. Fri 38°F3°C 29°F−2°C Chance Snow Showers
  7. Sat 37°F3°C 29°F−2°C Slight Chance Snow Showers then Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 10 AM · NOAA grid updated 12:30 AM

About this forecast

Bogus Basin is a ski resort in Idaho with a base at 5,800 ft and a summit at 7,582 ft, 1,782 ft of vertical. This page checks NOAA's hourly forecast at the base and the summit every time you load it and works out the wet-bulb temperature, which is what decides whether snow guns can run. Snowmakers can start below 28°F−2°C wet-bulb, and make good snow below 25°F−4°C.

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Base: NOAA's forecast for the base area (forecast grid elevation 6,535 ft). Summit: estimated from the base forecast with typical cooling by elevation; on calm, clear nights cold air can pool at the base instead.

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