The key of artificial precipitation(snowfall) operation with the silver iodide generator which was set on the windward slope of mountain was the selection of updraft time.The updraft related to the entering cloud efficiency of effective nucleus.By contrasting and analyzing two times artificial snowfall operations,the timing of artificial precipitation(snowfall) operation with the silver iodide ground generator was discussed.By using the synoptic chart,satellite cloud chart,radar,physical quantity calculation and so on,the operation timing was determined.