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 Mt. Baker?

NO

Too warm to make snow at Mt. Baker, WA

Base: 36°F2°C air · 72% 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 31°F−1°C Now Mon Tue

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  • Ideal
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  • Too warm
  • Night
Hourly table
HourAirHumidityWet-bulbSnowmaking
Sun 9 AM36°F2°C72%31.8°F−0.1°CToo warm
Sun 10 AM36°F2°C74%32.0°F0.0°CToo warm
Sun 11 AM36°F2°C77%32.4°F0.2°CToo warm
Sun 12 PM38°F3°C78%34.5°F1.4°CToo warm
Sun 1 PM37°F3°C84%34.4°F1.3°CToo warm
Sun 2 PM38°F3°C85%35.5°F1.9°CToo warm
Sun 3 PM38°F3°C84%35.3°F1.9°CToo warm
Sun 4 PM38°F3°C88%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Sun 5 PM39°F4°C80%35.7°F2.1°CToo warm
Sun 6 PM37°F3°C82%34.1°F1.2°CToo warm
Sun 7 PM38°F3°C79%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Sun 8 PM38°F3°C77%34.3°F1.3°CToo warm
Sun 9 PM38°F3°C75%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Sun 10 PM38°F3°C75%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Sun 11 PM39°F4°C73%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm
Mon 12 AM39°F4°C70%34.3°F1.3°CToo warm
Mon 1 AM39°F4°C68%34.0°F1.1°CToo warm
Mon 2 AM39°F4°C66%33.7°F1.0°CToo warm
Mon 3 AM39°F4°C65%33.6°F0.9°CToo warm
Mon 4 AM38°F3°C65%32.7°F0.4°CToo warm
Mon 5 AM38°F3°C65%32.7°F0.4°CToo warm
Mon 6 AM38°F3°C65%32.7°F0.4°CToo warm
Mon 7 AM36°F2°C66%31.0°F−0.6°CToo warm
Mon 8 AM37°F3°C67%32.0°F0.0°CToo warm
Mon 9 AM37°F3°C68%32.2°F0.1°CToo warm
Mon 10 AM39°F4°C71%34.4°F1.3°CToo warm
Mon 11 AM40°F4°C73%35.6°F2.0°CToo warm
Mon 12 PM40°F4°C75%35.9°F2.2°CToo warm
Mon 1 PM40°F4°C81%36.8°F2.7°CToo warm
Mon 2 PM41°F5°C82%37.9°F3.3°CToo warm
Mon 3 PM41°F5°C82%37.9°F3.3°CToo warm
Mon 4 PM41°F5°C88%38.9°F3.8°CToo warm
Mon 5 PM39°F4°C84%36.3°F2.4°CToo warm
Mon 6 PM38°F3°C86%35.6°F2.0°CToo warm
Mon 7 PM38°F3°C85%35.5°F1.9°CToo warm
Mon 8 PM38°F3°C83%35.2°F1.8°CToo warm
Mon 9 PM38°F3°C82%35.0°F1.7°CToo warm
Mon 10 PM38°F3°C80%34.8°F1.5°CToo warm
Mon 11 PM38°F3°C79%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Tue 12 AM38°F3°C77%34.3°F1.3°CToo warm
Tue 1 AM39°F4°C75%35.0°F1.7°CToo warm
Tue 2 AM39°F4°C73%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm
Tue 3 AM39°F4°C72%34.6°F1.4°CToo warm
Tue 4 AM38°F3°C73%33.8°F1.0°CToo warm
Tue 5 AM38°F3°C73%33.8°F1.0°CToo warm
Tue 6 AM38°F3°C73%33.8°F1.0°CToo warm
Tue 7 AM39°F4°C73%34.7°F1.5°CToo warm
Tue 8 AM39°F4°C74%34.8°F1.6°CToo warm

Right now at the base

Chance of light rain and snow
36°F2°C feels like 28°F−2°C
Wind
13 mph20 km/h, gusts 23 mph37 km/h
Humidity
72%
Precipitation
40% 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
5″12 cm
2″6 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 PM0.1″0.3 cm
Tue 9 PM – 3 AM2″6 cm
Wed 3 AM – 9 AM2″6 cm

7-day outlook

  1. Today 40°F4°C 35°F2°C Chance Rain And Snow
  2. Mon 43°F6°C 35°F2°C Chance Rain And Snow
  3. Tue 39°F4°C 33°F1°C Chance Rain And Snow then Rain And Snow ❄︎ 4–9″10–22 cm
  4. Wed 35°F2°C 30°F−1°C Snow ❄︎ 3–6″8–15 cm
  5. Thu 36°F2°C 27°F−3°C Chance Light Snow
  6. Fri 37°F3°C 26°F−3°C Partly Sunny
  7. Sat 40°F4°C 29°F−2°C Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow ❄︎ 2–4″5–10 cm

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

About this forecast

Mt. Baker is a ski resort in Washington with a base at 3,500 ft and a summit at 5,089 ft, 1,589 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 4,265 ft). Summit: NOAA's forecast for the top of the mountain (forecast grid elevation 5,115 ft).

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