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Nordegg - Fog Hunter - Canadian Rockies

Nordegg, Alberta, 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 Spread1.8°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity88%
Wind Speed1.4m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in America/Edmonton

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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 80 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
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Misses requirement
Time
America/Edmonton
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sat, May 23
22:000%
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Sun, May 24
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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
Sun, May 24 Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 21:46
07:00
0% 4.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm 11° 5.9°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
0% 4.1°C 0mm 84% 0cm 19° 6.6°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24135m 3m/s 1.7m/s
09:00
0% 4°C 0mm 75% 0cm 28° 8.1°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 1.9m/s
10:00
0% 3.9°C 0mm 68% 0cm 37° 9.4°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.1m/s
11:00
0% 3.3°C 0mm 55% 0cm 46° 12°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 1.5m/s
12:00
0% 3.1°C 0mm 48% 0cm 53° 14°C 0.25mm 0.84kPa 17668m 3.4m/s 1.2m/s
13:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 39% 0cm 57° 16°C 0.19mm 1.1kPa 22166m 3.1m/s 0.89m/s
14:00
0% 1°C 0mm 40% 0cm 58° 15°C 0.31mm 1kPa 22744m 3.1m/s 0.74m/s
15:00
0% 3.1°C 0.01mm 47% 0cm 55° 14°C 0.5mm 0.87kPa 16906m 3.9m/s 2.8m/s
16:00
0% 4.4°C 0mm 56% 0cm 49° 13°C 0.63mm 0.66kPa 12752m 2.1m/s 3.1m/s
17:00
0% 6.1°C 0mm 66% 0cm 41° 12°C 1.1mm 0.49kPa 12593m 2.7m/s 3.1m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 6.2°C 0mm 69% 0cm 32° 12°C 1.5mm 0.43kPa 23169m 2m/s 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 5.8°C 0mm 67% 0cm 23° 12°C 0.13mm 0.45kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 6.1°C 0mm 70% 0cm 14° 11°C 0.19mm 0.4kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 6.2°C 0mm 80% 0cm 5.3° 9.4°C 0.25mm 0.23kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
0% 5.4°C 0mm 90% 0cm -2.3° 7°C 0.25mm 0.1kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.99m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 5°C 0mm 94% 0cm -8.7° 6°C 0.25mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 21:47
24:00 ☾
0% 4.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -13° 6°C 0.25mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 4.7°C 0mm 94% 0cm -16° 5.5°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 4.3°C 0mm 94% 0cm -16° 5.2°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 4.2°C 0mm 95% 0cm -14° 5°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.4m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 4.2°C 0mm 95% 0cm -10° 5°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 4.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm -4.6° 5.7°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
06:00
0% 3.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm 2.7° 5.9°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
07:00
0% 3.2°C 0mm 82% 0cm 11° 6.1°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2m/s
08:00
0% 3.8°C 0mm 78% 0cm 19° 7.3°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
09:00
0% 3.8°C 0mm 63% 0cm 29° 11°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24134m 6.7m/s 2.4m/s
10:00
0% 3.5°C 0mm 51% 0cm 38° 13°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24134m 6.9m/s 3.2m/s
11:00
0% 2.7°C 0mm 42% 0cm 46° 16°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 7m/s 4.2m/s
12:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 35% 0cm 53° 17°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 8.7m/s 4.6m/s
13:00
1% 1.8°C 0mm 34% 0cm 58° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 9m/s 4.1m/s
14:00
1% 1.4°C 0mm 31% 0cm 58° 19°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 9.8m/s 3.3m/s
15:00
2% 1.1°C 0mm 30% 0cm 55° 19°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 3m/s
16:00
1% 1.4°C 0mm 32% 0cm 49° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 5m/s 0.96m/s
17:00
1% 1.9°C 0mm 33% 0cm 41° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 0.93m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 1.8°C 0mm 33% 0cm 32° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 0.59m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 2.5°C 0mm 35% 0cm 23° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 1.4m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 5.3°C 0mm 48% 0cm 14° 16°C 0mm 0.97kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.9m/s
21:00 ☾
1% 5.5°C 0mm 61% 0cm 5.5° 13°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
22:00 ☾
1% 4.8°C 0mm 65% 0cm -2.1° 11°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.76m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 4.5°C 0mm 69% 0cm -8.5° 10°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 21:49
24:00 ☾
0% 4.6°C 0mm 71% 0cm -13° 9.5°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
01:00 ☾
2% 4.5°C 0mm 76% 0cm -16° 8.4°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
3% 4.2°C 0mm 78% 0cm -16° 7.8°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
03:00 ☾
5% 3.9°C 0mm 79% 0cm -14° 7.3°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
04:00 ☾
4% 3.7°C 0mm 80% 0cm -10° 7°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
05:00 ☾
2% 3.7°C 1.4mm 79% 0cm -4.5° 7°C 0.25mm 0.21kPa 11057m 2.1m/s 2m/s
06:00
1% 5.4°C 0mm 88% 0cm 2.8° 7.2°C 0.81mm 0.12kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
07:00
1% 5.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm 11° 7.6°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
08:00
1% 6.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm 20° 8.8°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.6m/s
09:00
1% 7.5°C 0mm 83% 0cm 29° 10°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
1% 7.7°C 0.01mm 82% 0cm 38° 11°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
11:00
0% 7.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm 46° 10°C 0mm 0.19kPa 18473m 3.2m/s 2.6m/s
12:00
0% 7.6°C 0mm 79% 0cm 53° 11°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.4m/s
13:00
1% 8.5°C 0mm 84% 0cm 58° 11°C 0.13mm 0.21kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.2m/s
14:00
2% 9.4°C 0mm 89% 0cm 59° 11°C 0.25mm 0.15kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2m/s
15:00
3% 10°C 0mm 94% 0cm 55° 11°C 0.38mm 0.09kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
16:00
2% 9.3°C 0mm 95% 0cm 49° 10°C 0.38mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.7m/s
17:00
1% 8.3°C 0mm 97% 0cm 41° 8.7°C 0.38mm 0.03kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.6m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 7.3°C 0mm 99% 0cm 32° 7.5°C 0.38mm 0.01kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.5m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 7.3°C 0mm 99% 0cm 23° 7.6°C 0.25mm 0.02kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.6m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 7.4°C 0mm 98% 0cm 14° 7.7°C 0.13mm 0.02kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 7.4°C 0mm 98% 0cm 5.6° 7.7°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
0% 7.5°C 0.003mm 98% 0cm -1.9° 7.9°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 7.6°C 0.007mm 97% 0cm -8.3° 8°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.6m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 21:50
24:00 ☾
0% 7.7°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -13° 8.1°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
2% 7.6°C 0.02mm 93% 0cm -16° 8.7°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 1.7m/s
02:00 ☾
5% 7.5°C 0.04mm 88% 0cm -16° 9.3°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
7% 7.4°C 0.05mm 84% 0cm -14° 9.9°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2m/s
04:00 ☾
7% 7.5°C 0.04mm 86% 0cm -10° 9.7°C 0.13mm 0.16kPa 24135m 3m/s 1.7m/s
05:00 ☾
6% 7.6°C 0.03mm 89% 0cm -4.4° 9.4°C 0.25mm 0.13kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.5m/s
06:00
6% 7.8°C 0.02mm 91% 0cm 3° 9.2°C 0.38mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.3m/s
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