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 Crystal Mountain?

NO

Too warm to make snow at Crystal Mountain, WA

Base: 34°F1°C air · 70% humidity

Too warm: below freezing, but droplets won't freeze in flight
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
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  • Too warm
  • Night
Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Sun 9 AM34°F1°C70%29.6°F−1.3°CToo warm
Sun 10 AM36°F2°C71%31.6°F−0.2°CToo warm
Sun 11 AM37°F3°C71%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Sun 12 PM38°F3°C71%33.5°F0.8°CToo warm
Sun 1 PM39°F4°C72%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Sun 2 PM38°F3°C75%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Sun 3 PM38°F3°C79%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Sun 4 PM37°F3°C87%34.8°F1.6°CToo warm
Sun 5 PM38°F3°C92%36.5°F2.5°CToo warm
Sun 6 PM36°F2°C93%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm
Sun 7 PM36°F2°C90%34.3°F1.3°CToo warm
Sun 8 PM36°F2°C87%33.8°F1.0°CToo warm
Sun 9 PM35°F2°C85%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Sun 10 PM35°F2°C85%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Sun 11 PM35°F2°C85%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Mon 12 AM35°F2°C86%32.7°F0.4°CToo warm
Mon 1 AM35°F2°C86%32.7°F0.4°CToo warm
Mon 2 AM35°F2°C87%32.8°F0.5°CToo warm
Mon 3 AM35°F2°C87%32.8°F0.5°CToo warm
Mon 4 AM35°F2°C88%33.0°F0.6°CToo warm
Mon 5 AM35°F2°C89%33.1°F0.6°CToo warm
Mon 6 AM35°F2°C91%33.4°F0.8°CToo warm
Mon 7 AM34°F1°C92%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Mon 8 AM35°F2°C91%33.4°F0.8°CToo warm
Mon 9 AM33°F1°C99%32.6°F0.3°CToo warm
Mon 10 AM35°F2°C100%34.8°F1.5°CToo warm
Mon 11 AM36°F2°C98%35.5°F1.9°CToo warm
Mon 12 PM37°F3°C97%36.3°F2.4°CToo warm
Mon 1 PM37°F3°C95%36.0°F2.2°CToo warm
Mon 2 PM37°F3°C96%36.2°F2.3°CToo warm
Mon 3 PM37°F3°C98%36.5°F2.5°CToo warm
Mon 4 PM37°F3°C100%36.8°F2.7°CToo warm
Mon 5 PM36°F2°C100%35.8°F2.1°CToo warm
Mon 6 PM36°F2°C100%35.8°F2.1°CToo warm
Mon 7 PM36°F2°C99%35.6°F2.0°CToo warm
Mon 8 PM35°F2°C98%34.5°F1.4°CToo warm
Mon 9 PM35°F2°C97%34.3°F1.3°CToo warm
Mon 10 PM35°F2°C96%34.2°F1.2°CToo warm
Mon 11 PM35°F2°C95%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Tue 12 AM35°F2°C95%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Tue 1 AM34°F1°C95%33.0°F0.6°CToo warm
Tue 2 AM34°F1°C96%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 3 AM34°F1°C96%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 4 AM34°F1°C97%33.3°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 5 AM34°F1°C97%33.3°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 6 AM34°F1°C97%33.3°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 7 AM34°F1°C96%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm
Tue 8 AM34°F1°C96%33.2°F0.7°CToo warm

Right now at the base

Slight chance of light snow
34°F1°C feels like 25°F−4°C
Wind
14 mph22 km/h, gusts 28 mph44 km/h
Humidity
70%
Precipitation
16% chance

Snow forecast new snow at the base, NOAA forecast

Next 24 h
0″0 cm
Next 48 h
0″0 cm
Next 72 h
3″8 cm
2″5 cm Now Mon Tue Wed

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Snowfall table
PeriodNew snow
Sun 9 AM – 3 PM0″0 cm
Sun 3 PM – 9 PM0″0 cm
Sun 9 PM – 3 AM0″0 cm
Mon 3 AM – 9 AM0″0 cm
Mon 9 AM – 3 PM0″0 cm
Mon 3 PM – 9 PM0″0 cm
Mon 9 PM – 3 AM0″0 cm
Tue 3 AM – 9 AM0″0 cm
Tue 9 AM – 3 PM0″0 cm
Tue 3 PM – 9 PM0″0 cm
Tue 9 PM – 3 AM1″3 cm
Wed 3 AM – 9 AM2″5 cm

7-day outlook

  1. Today 40°F4°C 33°F1°C Rain And Snow Likely
  2. Mon 38°F3°C 32°F0°C Chance Light Snow
  3. Tue 37°F3°C 30°F−1°C Light Snow Likely ❄︎ 3–5″8–13 cm
  4. Wed 34°F1°C 26°F−3°C Snow ❄︎ 3–6″8–15 cm
  5. Thu 33°F1°C 24°F−4°C Light Snow Likely ❄︎ 1–4″3–9 cm
  6. Fri 34°F1°C 22°F−6°C Slight Chance Light Snow
  7. Sat 37°F3°C 24°F−4°C Mostly Sunny

Forecast for 9 AM · NOAA grid updated 11:27 PM

About this forecast

Crystal Mountain is a ski resort in Washington with a base at 4,400 ft and a summit at 7,012 ft, 2,612 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 5,233 ft). Summit: NOAA's forecast for the top of the mountain (forecast grid elevation 4,774 ft).

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