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Valemount - Fog Hunter - Canadian Rockies

Valemount, British Columbia, Canada

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

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
43%
Dewpoint Spread1.0°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity93%
Wind Speed0.3m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in America/Vancouver

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 74 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Vancouver
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Wed, Apr 8
21:000%
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Thu, Apr 9
24:0043%
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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/Vancouver
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
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:44
24:00 ☾
42% -5.2°C 0mm 93% 0cm -28° -4.2°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.34m/s
01:00 ☾
48% -5.3°C 0mm 93% 0cm -30° -4.4°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.41m/s 0.32m/s
02:00 ☾
54% -5.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -28° -4.6°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24134m 0.52m/s 0.36m/s
03:00 ☾
52% -5.6°C 0mm 93% 0cm -24° -4.7°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.43m/s
04:00 ☾
51% -5.7°C 0mm 93% 0cm -18° -4.8°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24134m 0.41m/s 0.21m/s
05:00 ☾
49% -5.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm -11° -4.9°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24042m 0.4m/s 0.33m/s
06:00 ☾
56% -5.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -2.4° -5°C 0mm 0.03kPa 23144m 0.5m/s 0.45m/s
07:00 ☾
62% -5.8°C 0mm 88% 0cm 6.5° -4.2°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.37m/s
08:00 ☾
69% -5.3°C 0mm 81% 0cm 15° -2.5°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 0.2m/s 0.4m/s
09:00 ☾
66% -4.5°C 0mm 76% 0cm 24° -0.77°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 0.34m/s 0.33m/s
10:00 ☾
62% -3.9°C 0mm 70% 0cm 32° 0.94°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 0.61m/s
11:00 ☾
59% -3.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 39° 2.6°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 0.98m/s
12:00 ☾
57% -4°C 0mm 56% 0cm 43° 4.1°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.1m/s
13:00 ☾
54% -4.6°C 0mm 50% 0cm 45° 5.1°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.3m/s
14:00 ☾
52% -4.9°C 0mm 46% 0cm 43° 5.7°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.4m/s
15:00 ☾
55% -5.1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 39° 6°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.4m/s
16:00 ☾
57% -5.1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 32° 6°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
17:00 ☾
60% -4.9°C 0mm 46% 0cm 24° 5.7°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.2m/s
18:00 ☾
63% -2°C 0mm 61% 0cm 15° 5°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 0.99m/s
19:00 ☾
65% -2.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm 6.2° 1.9°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.99m/s
20:00 ☾
68% -3.7°C 0mm 79% 0cm -2.7° -0.6°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.96m/s
21:00 ☾
67% -4°C 0mm 81% 0cm -11° -1.2°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.96m/s
22:00 ☾
67% -4.2°C 0mm 83% 0cm -18° -1.6°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.95m/s
23:00 ☾
66% -4.3°C 0mm 84% 0cm -24° -2°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.87m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:46
24:00 ☾
59% -4.4°C 0mm 85% 0cm -28° -2.2°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.83m/s
01:00 ☾
52% -4.4°C 0mm 86% 0cm -29° -2.5°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.92m/s
02:00 ☾
45% -4.5°C 0mm 86% 0cm -28° -2.5°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
03:00 ☾
45% -4.5°C 0mm 87% 0cm -24° -2.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.85m/s
04:00 ☾
45% -4.6°C 0mm 88% 0cm -18° -2.9°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.82m/s 0.74m/s
05:00 ☾
45% -4.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -11° -3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.82m/s 0.82m/s
06:00 ☾
46% -4.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -2.1° -3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.62m/s 0.5m/s
07:00 ☾
48% -4.5°C 0mm 83% 0cm 6.8° -2°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.65m/s
08:00 ☾
49% -4.2°C 0mm 72% 0cm 16° 0.25°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 0.99m/s
09:00 ☾
49% -4.1°C 0mm 63% 0cm 25° 2.3°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.2m/s
10:00 ☾
50% -3.9°C 0mm 55% 0cm 33° 4.3°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.2m/s
11:00 ☾
50% -4°C 0mm 49% 0cm 39° 5.9°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
12:00 ☾
50% -3.7°C 0mm 45% 0cm 44° 7.5°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
13:00 ☾
51% -3.3°C 0mm 42% 0cm 45° 8.7°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
14:00 ☾
51% -2.8°C 0mm 42% 0cm 44° 9.5°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.2m/s
15:00 ☾
49% -2.4°C 0mm 42% 0cm 39° 9.8°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.1m/s
16:00 ☾
48% -2.4°C 0mm 43% 0cm 32° 9.6°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1m/s
17:00 ☾
46% -0.8°C 0mm 49% 0cm 24° 9.4°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1m/s
18:00 ☾
40% 1.3°C 0mm 63% 0cm 15° 8°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
19:00 ☾
33% -0.1°C 0mm 71% 0cm 6.4° 4.8°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.94m/s
20:00 ☾
27% -1.6°C 0mm 76% 0cm -2.4° 2.1°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.79m/s
21:00 ☾
24% -2°C 0mm 80% 0cm -11° 1.1°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 0.71m/s 0.48m/s
22:00 ☾
21% -2.4°C 0mm 81% 0cm -18° 0.43°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.09m/s
23:00 ☾
18% -2.6°C 0mm 83% 0cm -24° 0.05°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 0.41m/s 0.21m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 19:47
24:00 ☾
15% -2.7°C 0mm 83% 0cm -28° -0.15°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 0.62m/s 0.48m/s
01:00 ☾
12% -2.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm -29° -0.52°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 0.41m/s 0.13m/s
02:00 ☾
9% -3°C 0mm 85% 0cm -27° -0.8°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 0.42m/s 0.07m/s
03:00 ☾
7% -3.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm -23° -0.85°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 0.41m/s 0.38m/s
04:00 ☾
4% -3.3°C 0mm 85% 0cm -18° -1.1°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 0.71m/s 0.63m/s
05:00 ☾
2% -3.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm -10° -0.91°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.88m/s
06:00 ☾
1% -1.8°C 0mm 74% 0cm -1.7° 2.4°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 0.89m/s 0.85m/s
07:00 ☾
1% -0.8°C 0mm 63% 0cm 7.2° 5.6°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 0.87m/s 0.83m/s
08:00 ☾
0% -0.4°C 0mm 52% 0cm 16° 8.9°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24135m 0.85m/s 0.81m/s
09:00 ☾
0% -0.6°C 0mm 51% 0cm 25° 8.9°C 0.02mm 0.55kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.98m/s
10:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 51% 0cm 33° 8.9°C 0.04mm 0.56kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
11:00 ☾
0% -0.9°C 0mm 50% 0cm 40° 8.9°C 0.06mm 0.57kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
12:00 ☾
0% -0.1°C 0.01mm 60% 0cm 44° 7.3°C 0.13mm 0.41kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
13:00 ☾
0% 0.4°C 0.03mm 69% 0cm 46° 5.6°C 0.19mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
14:00 ☾
0% 0.6°C 0.04mm 79% 0cm 44° 4°C 0.25mm 0.17kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
15:00 ☾
0% 0.6°C 0.12mm 83% 0cm 39° 3.2°C 0.42mm 0.13kPa 16450m 2.2m/s 2.1m/s
16:00 ☾
0% 0.6°C 0.21mm 87% 0cm 33° 2.5°C 0.58mm 0.09kPa 8765m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
17:00 ☾
0% 0.6°C 0.29mm 91% 0cm 24° 1.8°C 0.75mm 0.06kPa 1081m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 0.4°C 0.25mm 93% 0cm 16° 1.5°C 0.79mm 0.05kPa 764m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
19:00 ☾
1% 0.3°C 0.22mm 94% 0cm 6.7° 1.2°C 0.83mm 0.04kPa 448m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 0.2°C 0.18mm 95% 0cm -2.1° 0.93°C 0.88mm 0.03kPa 132m 1.5m/s 1.1m/s
21:00 ☾
1% -0.5°C 0.13mm 92% 0cm -11° 0.63°C 0.94mm 0.05kPa 2640m 1.3m/s 0.98m/s
22:00 ☾
1% -1.3°C 0.08mm 89% 0cm -18° 0.33°C 1mm 0.07kPa 5149m 1m/s 0.82m/s
23:00 ☾
1% -2.1°C 0.03mm 86% 0cm -24° 0.03°C 1.1mm 0.09kPa 7658m 0.76m/s 0.66m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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