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Invermere - Fog Hunter - Canadian Rockies

Invermere, British Columbia, Canada

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread13.1°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity40%
Wind Speed0.5m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

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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 86 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
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Misses requirement
Time
America/Edmonton
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sun, May 17
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Mon, May 18
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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, May 18 Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 21:29
14:00
32% -0.2°C 0mm 40% 0cm 59° 13°C 0.19mm 0.89kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 0.51m/s
15:00
36% -0.9°C 0.01mm 36% 0cm 55° 14°C 0.25mm 1kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 0.79m/s
16:00
25% -1.6°C 0mm 34% 0cm 49° 14°C 0.38mm 1kPa 24135m 2m/s 1m/s
17:00
13% -2.1°C 0mm 34% 0cm 40° 14°C 0.44mm 1kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.3m/s
18:00 ☾
2% -2.6°C 0mm 34% 0cm 31° 13°C 0.5mm 0.99kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.3m/s
19:00 ☾
1% -2.7°C 0mm 35% 0cm 22° 12°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 1.4m/s
20:00 ☾
1% -0.9°C 0mm 42% 0cm 12° 11°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
21:00 ☾
0% -0.5°C 0mm 54% 0cm 3.5° 8.4°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.5m/s
22:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 60% 0cm -4.6° 6.5°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
0% -0.6°C 0mm 63% 0cm -11° 5.8°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.1m/s
Tue, May 19 Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 21:31
24:00 ☾
0% -0.7°C 0mm 66% 0cm -16° 5°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.96m/s
01:00 ☾
1% -0.9°C 0mm 69% 0cm -19° 4.2°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
02:00 ☾
3% -0.7°C 0mm 71% 0cm -20° 4°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.85m/s
03:00 ☾
4% -0.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm -18° 3.9°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24134m 0.82m/s 0.48m/s
04:00 ☾
3% -0.7°C 0mm 75% 0cm -13° 3.2°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.59m/s
05:00 ☾
2% -0.7°C 0mm 77% 0cm -7.1° 2.9°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 0.93m/s 0.92m/s
06:00
1% -0.8°C 0mm 79% 0cm 0.86° 2.5°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1m/s
07:00
2% -0.3°C 0mm 75% 0cm 9.1° 3.8°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1m/s
08:00
4% -0.2°C 0mm 67% 0cm 18° 5.3°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
09:00
5% 0°C 0mm 61% 0cm 28° 6.9°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
4% 0.2°C 0mm 56% 0cm 37° 8.6°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
11:00
3% 0.5°C 0mm 50% 0cm 46° 10°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.8m/s
12:00
2% 0.7°C 0mm 47% 0cm 53° 12°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 2.1m/s
13:00
1% 0.8°C 0mm 46% 0cm 58° 12°C 0.06mm 0.76kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.4m/s
14:00
1% 1°C 0mm 46% 0cm 59° 12°C 0.19mm 0.78kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.1m/s
15:00
0% 1.4°C 0mm 42% 0cm 56° 14°C 0.38mm 0.93kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
16:00
0% 1.3°C 0mm 41% 0cm 49° 14°C 0.63mm 0.97kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 0.97m/s
17:00
0% 1°C 0mm 40% 0cm 40° 14°C 0.81mm 0.98kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.3m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 1.2°C 0mm 43% 0cm 31° 13°C 1.1mm 0.88kPa 22870m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
19:00 ☾
2% 2.4°C 0mm 52% 0cm 22° 12°C 0.44mm 0.68kPa 22919m 3.5m/s 3.1m/s
20:00 ☾
3% 3.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm 12° 10°C 0.88mm 0.46kPa 22985m 3.1m/s 1.8m/s
21:00 ☾
5% 3.5°C 0mm 72% 0cm 3.7° 8.2°C 1.3mm 0.31kPa 15219m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
4% 2.9°C 0mm 79% 0cm -4.4° 6.3°C 1.4mm 0.2kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
4% 2.6°C 0mm 85% 0cm -11° 5°C 1.4mm 0.13kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.1m/s
Wed, May 20 Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 21:32
24:00 ☾
3% 2.4°C 0mm 88% 0cm -16° 4.2°C 1.5mm 0.1kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 1.8m/s
01:00 ☾
3% 2.1°C 0mm 89% 0cm -19° 3.7°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
02:00 ☾
2% 1.6°C 0mm 91% 0cm -19° 3°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
03:00 ☾
2% 1.3°C 0mm 92% 0cm -17° 2.6°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
04:00 ☾
2% 1.1°C 0mm 92% 0cm -13° 2.2°C 0.06mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
05:00 ☾
2% 0.8°C 0mm 92% 0cm -6.9° 1.9°C 0.06mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
06:00
2% 0.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm 1° 1.6°C 0.06mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
6% 1.1°C 0mm 87% 0cm 9.3° 3°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.1m/s
08:00
9% 1.3°C 0mm 78% 0cm 18° 4.9°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 1.6m/s
09:00
13% 1.4°C 0mm 67% 0cm 28° 7°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
14% 0.8°C 0mm 56% 0cm 37° 9°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
11:00
14% 0.3°C 0mm 47% 0cm 46° 11°C 0.13mm 0.69kPa 23203m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
15% -0.3°C 0mm 41% 0cm 54° 13°C 0.38mm 0.87kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.5m/s
13:00
13% -0.8°C 0mm 36% 0cm 59° 14°C 0.25mm 1kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.4m/s
14:00
12% -1.9°C 0mm 32% 0cm 59° 14°C 0.44mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 1.4m/s
15:00
10% -2.6°C 0.01mm 32% 0cm 56° 14°C 0.5mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 1.3m/s
16:00
7% 1.6°C 0.82mm 55% 0cm 49° 10°C 0.94mm 0.56kPa 14319m 5.9m/s 5.2m/s
17:00
5% 3°C 0.41mm 89% 0cm 41° 4.7°C 2.8mm 0.09kPa 10386m 2.8m/s 1.7m/s
18:00 ☾
2% 3.2°C 0.49mm 82% 0cm 31° 6.1°C 3.3mm 0.17kPa 20112m 2.4m/s 2.1m/s
19:00 ☾
3% 2.6°C 0.33mm 85% 0cm 22° 4.8°C 2.2mm 0.13kPa 21453m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
20:00 ☾
5% 2°C 0.16mm 89% 0cm 13° 3.6°C 1.1mm 0.08kPa 22794m 2m/s 1.7m/s
21:00 ☾
6% 1.4°C 0mm 93% 0cm 3.9° 2.4°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
9% 0.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -4.2° 1.9°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
23:00 ☾
11% 0.3°C 0mm 93% 0cm -11° 1.4°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
Thu, May 21 Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 21:33
24:00 ☾
14% -0.2°C 0mm 92% 0cm -16° 0.89°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
01:00 ☾
26% 0.5°C 0mm 84% 0cm -19° 2.9°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 0.88m/s 0.92m/s
02:00 ☾
39% 1°C 0mm 76% 0cm -19° 5°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 0.64m/s 0.75m/s
03:00 ☾
51% 1.3°C 0mm 67% 0cm -17° 7°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.58m/s
04:00 ☾
52% 1.1°C 0mm 58% 0cm -13° 9°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 0.87m/s 0.86m/s
05:00 ☾
53% 0.5°C 0mm 48% 0cm -6.7° 11°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
06:00
54% -0.6°C 0mm 39% 0cm 1.1° 13°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
07:00
51% -0.9°C 0mm 36% 0cm 9.4° 14°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
47% -1.2°C 0mm 33% 0cm 19° 15°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.6m/s
09:00
44% -1.6°C 0mm 30% 0cm 28° 16°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
40% -1.3°C 0mm 31% 0cm 37° 16°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 1.8m/s
11:00
37% -1.1°C 0mm 32% 0cm 46° 16°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
12:00
33% -0.8°C 0mm 33% 0cm 54° 15°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
13:00
29% 0.4°C 0mm 39% 0cm 59° 14°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.6m/s
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