diff --git a/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmCondition/LowBGCondition.swift b/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmCondition/LowBGCondition.swift
index 1ba07251a..2d48fe25f 100644
--- a/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmCondition/LowBGCondition.swift
+++ b/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmCondition/LowBGCondition.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ import Foundation
 /// • any predicted BG within `predictiveMinutes` is ≤ `belowBG`.
 struct LowBGCondition: AlarmCondition {
     static let type: AlarmType = .low
+
+    /// Longest predictive look-ahead offered by the alarm editor, in minutes.
+    static let maxPredictiveMinutes = 60
+
+    /// Number of forecast points (5-minute spacing) needed to look `minutes`
+    /// ahead: the first point is the current value, so the horizon takes
+    /// ceil(minutes / 5) points beyond it.
+    static func forecastPoints(forMinutes minutes: Int) -> Int {
+        Int(ceil(Double(minutes) / 5.0)) + 1
+    }
+
     init() {}
 
     /// `belowBG` is this alarm's trigger threshold, not an activation limit:
@@ -34,9 +45,7 @@ struct LowBGCondition: AlarmCondition {
            predictiveMinutes > 0,
            !data.predictionData.isEmpty
         {
-            // The first point is the current value, so reaching `predictiveMinutes`
-            // ahead takes ceil(minutes / 5) points beyond it.
-            let points = Int(ceil(Double(predictiveMinutes) / 5.0)) + 1
+            let points = Self.forecastPoints(forMinutes: predictiveMinutes)
 
             predictiveTrigger = data.predictionData.prefix(points).contains(where: isLow)
         }
diff --git a/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmEditing/Editors/LowBgAlarmEditor.swift b/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmEditing/Editors/LowBgAlarmEditor.swift
index a21db2239..a71f7f60b 100644
--- a/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmEditing/Editors/LowBgAlarmEditor.swift
+++ b/LoopFollow/Alarm/AlarmEditing/Editors/LowBgAlarmEditor.swift
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct LowBgAlarmEditor: View {
                     + "if any future value is at or below the threshold, "
                     + "you’ll be warned early. Set 0 to disable.",
                 title: "Predictive",
-                range: 0 ... 60,
+                range: 0 ... Double(LowBGCondition.maxPredictiveMinutes),
                 step: 5,
                 unitLabel: alarm.type.snoozeTimeUnit.label,
                 value: $alarm.predictiveMinutes
diff --git a/LoopFollow/Task/AlarmTask.swift b/LoopFollow/Task/AlarmTask.swift
index dd913b714..6c6b341ae 100644
--- a/LoopFollow/Task/AlarmTask.swift
+++ b/LoopFollow/Task/AlarmTask.swift
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@ extension MainViewController {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Maximum number of points (5-minute spacing) the low alarm looks at. The
-    /// first is the current value, so 13 points reach 60 minutes ahead, matching
-    /// the predictive look-ahead's upper bound.
-    static let alarmForecastPointCap = 13
+    /// Maximum number of points (5-minute spacing) the low alarm looks at:
+    /// enough to reach the longest predictive look-ahead the editor offers.
+    static let alarmForecastPointCap = LowBGCondition.forecastPoints(forMinutes: LowBGCondition.maxPredictiveMinutes)
 
     /// Collapses several forecasts into a single series by taking the **lowest**
     /// value at each point in time, oldest .. newest at 5-minute spacing.
diff --git a/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowBGConditionTests.swift b/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowBGConditionTests.swift
index ae30004db..c7dad6bec 100644
--- a/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowBGConditionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowBGConditionTests.swift
@@ -75,10 +75,14 @@ struct LowBGConditionTests {
 
     @Test("#loop — a single forecast point is the current value only")
     func loopSinglePointForecast() {
+        // Index 0 is the current value: a lone point is examined, so it fires
+        // exactly when it is at or below the threshold.
         let alarm = Alarm.low(belowBG: 80, predictiveMinutes: 30, persistentMinutes: 15)
-        let data = AlarmData.withGlucose(readings: recentHigh, prediction: pred([120]))
+        let high = AlarmData.withGlucose(readings: recentHigh, prediction: pred([120]))
+        let low = AlarmData.withGlucose(readings: recentHigh, prediction: pred([75]))
 
-        #expect(!cond.evaluate(alarm: alarm, data: data, now: Date()))
+        #expect(!cond.evaluate(alarm: alarm, data: high, now: Date()))
+        #expect(cond.evaluate(alarm: alarm, data: low, now: Date()))
     }
 
     @Test("#loop — forecast staying above threshold does not fire")
@@ -134,11 +138,12 @@ struct LowBGConditionTests {
     @Test("#trio — a forecast running short does not shorten the look-ahead")
     func trioShortForecastKeepsHorizon() {
         // ZT stops after three points while IOB keeps falling to 69 at index 5.
-        // A 25-minute look-ahead has to reach it.
+        // Every earlier combined point stays above the threshold, so the alarm
+        // fires only if the 25-minute look-ahead reaches index 5.
         let alarm = Alarm.low(belowBG: 80, predictiveMinutes: 25, persistentMinutes: 15)
         let forecasts: [[Double]] = [
             [118, 115, 113], // ZT
-            [118, 106, 95, 85, 76, 69], // IOB
+            [118, 106, 95, 85, 82, 69], // IOB
             [118, 116, 114, 113, 112, 111], // COB
             [118, 112, 108, 105, 103, 101], // UAM
         ]
diff --git a/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowestForecastTests.swift b/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowestForecastTests.swift
index cdc1cb94d..acd6662fe 100644
--- a/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowestForecastTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AlarmConditions/LowestForecastTests.swift
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ struct LowestForecastTests {
 
     @Test("#a short forecast does not cap the rest")
     func shortForecastDoesNotCapTheRest() {
-        // Which forecast runs shortest varies from cycle to cycle, so the series
-        // has to follow the longest one rather than the first to run out.
+        // Which forecast runs shortest varies from cycle to cycle; the series
+        // follows the longest one.
         let short = Array(repeating: 100.0, count: 8)
         let long = Array(repeating: 100.0, count: 20)
         let result = MainViewController.lowestForecast(forecasts: [short, long], start: start)