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Canmore - Fog Hunter - Canadian Rockies

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 75.0%

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread4.4°C
Visibility20673 (Clear)
Relative Humidity73%
Wind Speed3.3m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in America/Edmonton

No opportunities in the next 10 days

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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
0matching hours in the next 81 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Edmonton
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sun, Jun 7
22:000%
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Mon, Jun 8
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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
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 21:53
08:00
0% -1.9°C 0mm 73% 0cm 21° 2.5°C 0mm 0.2kPa 20673m 3.9m/s 3.3m/s
09:00
0% -2.2°C 0mm 62% 0cm 30° 4.4°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24134m 4m/s 3.2m/s
10:00
0% -2.9°C 0mm 53% 0cm 39° 6°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.2m/s
11:00
0% -3.4°C 0mm 46% 0cm 48° 7.4°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 3.1m/s
12:00
0% -4.2°C 0mm 40% 0cm 56° 8.6°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24134m 6.3m/s 3.2m/s
13:00
13% -4.7°C 0mm 35% 0cm 61° 9.9°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24134m 6.3m/s 3m/s
14:00
27% -4.7°C 0mm 33% 0cm 62° 11°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24134m 5.2m/s 2.8m/s
15:00
40% -4.4°C 0mm 32% 0cm 58° 12°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 2.8m/s
16:00
30% -4°C 0mm 32% 0cm 51° 12°C 0mm 0.94kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 3m/s
17:00
19% -3.9°C 0mm 32% 0cm 43° 12°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 3m/s
18:00 ☾
9% -4.2°C 0mm 32% 0cm 33° 12°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 2.9m/s
19:00 ☾
6% -4.2°C 0mm 33% 0cm 24° 12°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 2.5m/s
20:00 ☾
3% -3.1°C 0mm 37% 0cm 15° 11°C 0mm 0.81kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 2m/s
21:00 ☾
0% -1.4°C 0mm 51% 0cm 6.3° 8.3°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
22:00 ☾
0% -2.1°C 0mm 56% 0cm -1.4° 5.9°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
23:00 ☾
0% -2.1°C 0mm 59% 0cm -7.9° 5.2°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.2m/s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 21:54
24:00 ☾
0% -2°C 0mm 59% 0cm -13° 5.2°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
01:00 ☾
0% -2.1°C 0mm 58% 0cm -15° 5.6°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2m/s
02:00 ☾
0% -2.1°C 0mm 58% 0cm -16° 5.6°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2m/s
03:00 ☾
0% -2.2°C 0mm 58% 0cm -14° 5.4°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2m/s
04:00 ☾
0% -2.4°C 0mm 58% 0cm -9.8° 5.2°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2m/s
05:00 ☾
0% -2.6°C 0mm 57% 0cm -3.9° 5.1°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
06:00
0% -2.7°C 0mm 56% 0cm 3.5° 5.3°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
0% -2.1°C 0mm 56% 0cm 12° 6.1°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
08:00
0% -2.4°C 0mm 50% 0cm 21° 7.5°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
09:00
0% -2.5°C 0mm 46% 0cm 30° 8.6°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
0% -1.9°C 0mm 45% 0cm 39° 9.5°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
11:00
0% -1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 48° 10°C 0mm 0.69kPa 15982m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
12:00
0% 0.2°C 0mm 52% 0cm 56° 9.5°C 0.13mm 0.57kPa 13424m 1.7m/s 2m/s
13:00
0% 1.7°C 0.01mm 61% 0cm 61° 8.7°C 0.25mm 0.43kPa 3559m 2m/s 2.3m/s
14:00
0% 2.4°C 0.01mm 64% 0cm 62° 8.7°C 0.56mm 0.4kPa 3380m 2.3m/s 2.4m/s
15:00
0% 2.5°C 0mm 63% 0cm 58° 9.2°C 0.94mm 0.44kPa 5606m 2.6m/s 2.5m/s
16:00
0% 2.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 51° 9.1°C 1.2mm 0.42kPa 3059m 2.8m/s 2.7m/s
17:00
0% 2.2°C 0.01mm 65% 0cm 43° 8.5°C 1.4mm 0.39kPa 13006m 2.7m/s 2.5m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 2°C 0mm 65% 0cm 33° 8.3°C 1.4mm 0.39kPa 13023m 2.8m/s 2.6m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 1.8°C 0mm 68% 0cm 24° 7.4°C 0.06mm 0.33kPa 13096m 2.8m/s 2.6m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 1.6°C 0.01mm 72% 0cm 15° 6.2°C 0.06mm 0.26kPa 15880m 2.6m/s 2.4m/s
21:00 ☾
1% 1.6°C 0mm 77% 0cm 6.3° 5.3°C 0.13mm 0.21kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.1m/s
22:00 ☾
1% 1.6°C 0mm 80% 0cm -1.3° 4.8°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 1.9°C 0mm 82% 0cm -7.9° 4.7°C 0.13mm 0.16kPa 22542m 2.1m/s 1.8m/s
Wed, Jun 10 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 21:54
24:00 ☾
0% 2°C 0mm 85% 0cm -13° 4.4°C 0.13mm 0.13kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 1.7°C 0.01mm 90% 0cm -15° 3.2°C 0mm 0.08kPa 23031m 1.8m/s 2m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 1.6°C 0.02mm 88% 0cm -16° 3.5°C 0mm 0.1kPa 15861m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 2°C 0.04mm 87% 0cm -14° 3.9°C 0.06mm 0.1kPa 11404m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 2.5°C 0.39mm 93% 0cm -9.8° 3.6°C 0.38mm 0.06kPa 536m 1.8m/s 1.2m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 2.8°C 0.43mm 95% 0cm -3.9° 3.5°C 0.88mm 0.04kPa 269m 2.1m/s 1.5m/s
06:00
0% 2.8°C 1.4mm 96% 0cm 3.5° 3.4°C 1.7mm 0.03kPa 190m 1.7m/s 1.1m/s
07:00
0% 2.6°C 0.97mm 97% 0cm 12° 3.1°C 1.4mm 0.03kPa 146m 2m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
0% 2.6°C 1.3mm 97% 0cm 21° 3.1°C 2.6mm 0.03kPa 94m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
09:00
0% 2.5°C 1.4mm 97% 0cm 30° 2.9°C 3.9mm 0.02kPa 71m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
10:00
0% 2.3°C 1.3mm 97% 0cm 39° 2.7°C 5.6mm 0.02kPa 65m 2.1m/s 1.5m/s
11:00
0% 2.7°C 0.26mm 96% 0cm 48° 3.2°C 6.4mm 0.03kPa 62m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
12:00
0% 3.2°C 0.45mm 96% 0cm 56° 3.9°C 6.7mm 0.03kPa 80m 2.1m/s 1.5m/s
13:00
0% 3.2°C 0.54mm 95% 0cm 61° 3.9°C 0.81mm 0.04kPa 121m 1.8m/s 1.2m/s
14:00
0% 3.5°C 0.28mm 94% 0cm 62° 4.4°C 1.6mm 0.05kPa 168m 1.8m/s 1.2m/s
15:00
0% 3.5°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm 58° 5.6°C 1.8mm 0.12kPa 280m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
16:00
0% 3.6°C 0.04mm 79% 0cm 51° 7.1°C 1.9mm 0.21kPa 280m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
17:00
0% 3.4°C 0.01mm 78% 0cm 43° 6.9°C 2.1mm 0.22kPa 229m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 3.2°C 0mm 79% 0cm 33° 6.6°C 2.1mm 0.2kPa 301m 2.5m/s 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 2.7°C 0.003mm 83% 0cm 24° 5.3°C 1.4mm 0.15kPa 8246m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 2.2°C 0.007mm 87% 0cm 15° 4.1°C 0.71mm 0.11kPa 16190m 1.9m/s 2m/s
21:00 ☾
1% 1.6°C 0.01mm 91% 0cm 6.4° 2.9°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
22:00 ☾
2% 1.4°C 0.007mm 91% 0cm -1.2° 2.7°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
2% 1.2°C 0.003mm 91% 0cm -7.8° 2.5°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2m/s
Thu, Jun 11 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 21:55
24:00 ☾
3% 1°C 0mm 91% 0cm -13° 2.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2m/s
01:00 ☾
5% 0.9°C 0.003mm 87% 0cm -15° 2.8°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
02:00 ☾
8% 0.7°C 0.007mm 83% 0cm -16° 3.4°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
10% 0.5°C 0.01mm 78% 0cm -14° 3.9°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
04:00 ☾
10% 0.7°C 0.007mm 73% 0cm -9.7° 5.1°C 0.02mm 0.23kPa 20962m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
9% 0.8°C 0.003mm 68% 0cm -3.8° 6.2°C 0.04mm 0.3kPa 17790m 1.9m/s 2m/s
06:00
9% 0.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm 3.6° 7.3°C 0.06mm 0.37kPa 14617m 2m/s 2.1m/s
07:00
8% 0.6°C 0.003mm 62% 0cm 12° 7.4°C 0.06mm 0.39kPa 17790m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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