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Rule Fog Hunter

Canmore - Fog Hunter - Canadian Rockies

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread5.9°C
Visibility20526 (Clear)
Relative Humidity64%
Wind Speed0.6m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Edmonton
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Next opportunity
Moderate Fog
Canmore
Tomorrow · 01:00–02:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
51%
🌫️Fog Probability64.1%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.5°C
Visibility: 5375 (Moderate)
Relative Humidity: 96%
Wind Speed: 0.5m/s (calm conditions)
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Moderate Fog
Canmore
Tomorrow · 05:00–06:00
🌫️Fog Probability:61.4%
Medium
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Moderate Fog at Sunrise
Canmore
Tomorrow · 06:00–08:00
🌫️Fog Probability:78.4-84.8%
High
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Moderate Fog
Canmore
Mon, Apr 13 · 15:00–22:00
🌫️Fog Probability:62.7-79.7%
Low
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Moderate Fog
Canmore
Thu, Apr 16 · 22:00–01:00
🌫️Fog Probability:61.4-79.7%
Low

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks the temperature inversions and fog conditions that create some of the most dramatic mountain photography in North America. We combine atmospheric data with local topography to predict when Bow Valley inversions will trap fog below while peaks glow above.

The Canadian Rockies are famous for their autumn morning fog, particularly in the Bow Valley corridor between Banff and Lake Louise. Cold mountain air settles into valleys overnight, creating thick fog layers that can persist until mid-morning, especially in September and October.

What makes Rockies fog photography exceptional:

  • Bow Valley inversions - Temperature inversions create sea-of-fog conditions with peaks emerging above the cloud layer
  • Glacier lake mist - Moraine Lake and Lake Louise develop ethereal mist at dawn when water temperatures meet cold air
  • Castle Junction phenomena - Junction areas where valleys meet create reliable fog formation zones
  • Autumn intensity - September through October brings the most dramatic and frequent fog events

Best shooting occurs at elevated viewpoints like Tunnel Mountain or Sulphur Mountain during inversions, or directly at lake level during misty conditions. Our forecast identifies when these different fog types will occur.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Edmonton
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Tue, Apr 7
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Thu, Apr 9
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How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fog Probability mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
America/Edmonton
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Solar Elevation
°
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Wed, Apr 8 Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 20:25
19:00 ☾
0% -6.1°C 0mm 64% 0cm 13° -0.25°C 0.06mm 0.21kPa 20526m 1.4m/s 0.62m/s
20:00 ☾
0% -4.8°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 3.4° -3.1°C 0.25mm 0.06kPa 18301m 1.1m/s 0.68m/s
21:00 ☾
0% -4.6°C 0.15mm 96% 0.43cm -5.9° -4.1°C 0.69mm 0.02kPa 966m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
22:00 ☾
0% -4.7°C 0.24mm 98% 0.33cm -14° -4.5°C 1.1mm 0.01kPa 266m 2.7m/s 2.1m/s
23:00 ☾
0% -5.1°C 0.13mm 97% 0.14cm -22° -4.7°C 1.3mm 0.01kPa 487m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 20:25
24:00 ☾
0% -5.8°C 0.03mm 96% 0cm -27° -5.2°C 1.3mm 0.02kPa 2180m 1.2m/s 0.98m/s
01:00 ☾
14% -6.3°C 0.01mm 96% 0cm -31° -5.8°C 0mm 0.02kPa 5375m 0.6m/s 0.48m/s
02:00 ☾
27% -7.2°C 0mm 95% 0cm -31° -6.5°C 0mm 0.02kPa 6650m 0.9m/s 0.63m/s
03:00 ☾
41% -7.5°C 0mm 94% 0cm -29° -6.8°C 0mm 0.02kPa 14001m 0.4m/s 0.45m/s
04:00 ☾
42% -8°C 0mm 95% 0cm -24° -7.3°C 0mm 0.02kPa 18553m 0.6m/s 0.65m/s
05:00 ☾
44% -8.3°C 0mm 95% 0cm -18° -7.7°C 0mm 0.02kPa 20356m 0.7m/s 0.81m/s
06:00 ☾
45% -8.4°C 0mm 96% 0cm -9.5° -7.9°C 0mm 0.01kPa 20400m 0.7m/s 0.79m/s
07:00 ☾
44% -8.7°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -0.18° -8.3°C 0mm 0.01kPa 10299m 0.73m/s 0.82m/s
08:00 ☾
43% -7.5°C 0.03mm 92% 0.03cm 8.8° -6.4°C 0mm 0.03kPa 5741m 0.41m/s 0.26m/s
09:00 ☾
42% -6.5°C 0.02mm 85% 0.02cm 18° -4.3°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 6365m 0.9m/s 0.77m/s
10:00 ☾
33% -5.9°C 0.01mm 78% 0.02cm 27° -2.6°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 15225m 1m/s 0.9m/s
11:00 ☾
25% -5.7°C 0.01mm 71% 0.03cm 35° -1.1°C 0.06mm 0.16kPa 14387m 1.3m/s 0.78m/s
12:00 ☾
16% -5.5°C 0.02mm 69% 0.05cm 42° -0.57°C 0.13mm 0.18kPa 12915m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
13:00 ☾
11% -4.6°C 0.02mm 68% 0.05cm 46° 0.57°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 10801m 2m/s 1.7m/s
14:00 ☾
6% -4.2°C 0.01mm 67% 0.04cm 47° 1.3°C 0.13mm 0.22kPa 6023m 2m/s 1.9m/s
15:00 ☾
1% -3.7°C 0.01mm 69% 0.03cm 44° 1.4°C 0.19mm 0.21kPa 12153m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
16:00 ☾
1% -3.7°C 0.01mm 65% 0.02cm 38° 2.1°C 0.19mm 0.25kPa 17979m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
17:00 ☾
0% -3.8°C 0mm 64% 0cm 31° 2.3°C 0.19mm 0.26kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
18:00 ☾
0% -3.9°C 0mm 65% 0cm 22° 2°C 0.19mm 0.25kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
19:00 ☾
0% -3.4°C 0mm 70% 0cm 13° 1.5°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.97m/s
20:00 ☾
0% -3.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm 3.7° -1.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.6m/s
21:00 ☾
0% -4.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -5.6° -4°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.2m/s
22:00 ☾
16% -5.3°C 0mm 92% 0cm -14° -4.2°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
32% -5.5°C 0mm 91% 0cm -21° -4.2°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 20:27
24:00 ☾
48% -5.5°C 0mm 89% 0cm -27° -4°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2.1m/s
01:00 ☾
58% -5.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -30° -4.1°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2.2m/s
02:00 ☾
69% -5.8°C 0mm 87% 0cm -31° -4.1°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2.3m/s
03:00 ☾
79% -6.1°C 0mm 87% 0cm -29° -4.2°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.3m/s
04:00 ☾
81% -6.2°C 0mm 86% 0cm -24° -4.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.4m/s
05:00 ☾
83% -6.3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -17° -4.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2.5m/s
06:00 ☾
85% -6.4°C 0mm 86% 0cm -9.2° -4.4°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2.6m/s
07:00 ☾
76% -6.5°C 0mm 86% 0cm 0.2° -4.5°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2.6m/s
08:00 ☾
67% -5.6°C 0mm 80% 0cm 9.1° -2.7°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.5m/s
09:00 ☾
58% -4.8°C 0mm 67% 0cm 18° 0.61°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 2.1m/s
10:00 ☾
56% -4.9°C 0mm 57% 0cm 27° 2.7°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
11:00 ☾
54% -5.1°C 0mm 50% 0cm 36° 4.5°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
12:00 ☾
52% -5.1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 42° 6.1°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.5m/s
13:00 ☾
52% -4.9°C 0mm 41% 0cm 46° 7.4°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.4m/s
14:00 ☾
51% -4.7°C 0mm 39% 0cm 47° 8.4°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.3m/s
15:00 ☾
51% -4.5°C 0mm 38% 0cm 44° 9.2°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 0.97m/s
16:00 ☾
55% -4.2°C 0mm 38% 0cm 39° 9.2°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 0.63m/s
17:00 ☾
58% -3.2°C 0mm 43% 0cm 31° 8.8°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 0.29m/s
18:00 ☾
62% -1.9°C 0mm 50% 0cm 22° 7.8°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.26m/s
19:00 ☾
51% 1°C 0mm 72% 0cm 13° 5.7°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.5m/s
20:00 ☾
40% -0.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm 3.9° 1.5°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.79m/s
21:00 ☾
29% -2.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm -5.3° -0.54°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.4m/s
22:00 ☾
22% -3.4°C 0mm 85% 0cm -14° -1.2°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
14% -3.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm -21° -1.3°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.2m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 20:29
24:00 ☾
7% -3.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm -27° -1.5°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
01:00 ☾
5% -2.8°C 0mm 87% 0cm -30° -0.91°C 0.04mm 0.07kPa 21189m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
02:00 ☾
2% -1.8°C 0mm 90% 0cm -30° -0.31°C 0.08mm 0.06kPa 18243m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
03:00 ☾
0% -0.7°C 0mm 93% 0cm -28° 0.28°C 0.13mm 0.04kPa 15297m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
04:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 85% 0cm -24° 1.4°C 0.13mm 0.1kPa 18243m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
05:00 ☾
0% -1°C 0mm 77% 0cm -17° 2.6°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 21189m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
06:00 ☾
0% -1.4°C 0mm 69% 0cm -8.9° 3.7°C 0.13mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
07:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 71% 0.02cm 0.47° 4°C 0.1mm 0.24kPa 18011m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
08:00 ☾
0% -0.3°C 0mm 72% 0.04cm 9.4° 4.2°C 0.08mm 0.23kPa 11886m 1.1m/s 1.5m/s
09:00 ☾
0% 0.2°C 0mm 74% 0.07cm 19° 4.5°C 0.06mm 0.22kPa 5762m 0.84m/s 1.4m/s
10:00 ☾
0% 0.5°C 0.03mm 80% 0.11cm 28° 3.6°C 0.19mm 0.16kPa 6615m 1.2m/s 1.6m/s
11:00 ☾
0% 0.7°C 0.07mm 86% 0.16cm 36° 2.8°C 0.31mm 0.1kPa 7468m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
12:00 ☾
0% 0.8°C 0.1mm 92% 0.21cm 43° 1.9°C 0.44mm 0.05kPa 8320m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
13:00 ☾
0% 0.4°C 0.21mm 95% 0.28cm 47° 1.1°C 0.56mm 0.04kPa 5557m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
14:00 ☾
1% 0°C 0.32mm 97% 0.36cm 47° 0.38°C 0.69mm 0.02kPa 2794m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
15:00 ☾
1% -0.5°C 0.43mm 99% 0.43cm 45° -0.38°C 0.81mm 0kPa 31m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
16:00 ☾
1% -0.8°C 0.38mm 99% 0.39cm 39° -0.69°C 1.3mm 0kPa 37m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
17:00 ☾
0% -1.1°C 0.34mm 99% 0.34cm 31° -0.99°C 1.7mm 0.01kPa 43m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
18:00 ☾
0% -1.4°C 0.29mm 99% 0.29cm 23° -1.3°C 2.2mm 0.01kPa 49m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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