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Çavuşin - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Çavuşin, Nevşehir Province, Türkiye

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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Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread12.9°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity43%
Wind Speed3.9m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/Istanbul

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Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast predicts when temperature inversions and fog conditions create ethereal scenes in Cappadocia's volcanic valleys. We track overnight cooling, humidity, wind speed, and topography to identify when fog fills valleys between fairy chimneys while hot air balloons and rock formations emerge above.

Cappadocia's distinctive topography—deep volcanic valleys carved between fairy chimney formations and elevated rock citadels—creates perfect conditions for fog inversions. The combination of hot air balloons floating through mist layers, ancient cave dwellings emerging from fog, and fairy chimneys rising like islands from a sea of white creates photography opportunities found nowhere else on earth.

What makes Cappadocia fog photography special:

  • Balloons through mist - Hot air balloons emerging from or floating through fog layers at dawn create magical compositions
  • Fairy chimney islands - Tall rock formations piercing fog-filled valleys while their bases remain hidden
  • Castle rock views - Uçhisar and Ortahisar castles rise above fog inversions for elevated perspective shots
  • Underground city atmosphere - Fog pooling around ancient Derinkuyu and other underground city entrances adds mystery

Göreme valley becomes otherworldly when fog fills the spaces between fairy chimneys while balloons ascend through mist layers—the combination of geological wonder, atmospheric conditions, and colorful balloons is unique globally. Uçhisar Castle's 60-meter rock fortress provides elevated views above fog inversions, with fairy chimney valleys disappearing into white below. Rose Valley and Love Valley develop atmospheric mystery when fog drifts through their distinctive formations at dawn. Çavuşin's abandoned cliff village appears even more ghostly when fog shrouds its lower levels. Pigeon Valley's hundreds of carved dovecotes emerge from mist like secrets being revealed. Best conditions occur on clear, calm autumn and winter nights when valley temperatures drop while elevated areas remain clear. Early morning is crucial—fog typically burns off within hours of sunrise as temperatures rise.

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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
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Istanbul
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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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
Europe/Istanbul
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 17 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 19:47
16:00
2% 7.3°C 0mm 43% 0cm 42° 20°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 3.9m/s
17:00
2% 7.4°C 0mm 41% 0cm 31° 21°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 10m/s 4.6m/s
18:00
1% 9.5°C 0mm 55% 0cm 19° 19°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
19:00
1% 8.7°C 0mm 52% 0cm 7.8° 19°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 7.6m/s 3.5m/s
20:00
0% 9.5°C 0mm 63% 0cm -2.9° 17°C 0.31mm 0.69kPa 19612m 9.9m/s 5.9m/s
21:00
0% 10°C 0mm 79% 0cm -13° 14°C 0.81mm 0.34kPa 20170m 3.9m/s 2.7m/s
22:00
11% 10°C 0mm 85% 0cm -21° 13°C 0.19mm 0.22kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2.6m/s
23:00
22% 10°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm -28° 12°C 0.38mm 0.17kPa 22075m 2m/s 2.1m/s
Mon, May 18 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 19:47
24:00
33% 10°C 1.2mm 88% 0cm -31° 12°C 0.81mm 0.16kPa 12789m 6.3m/s 3.6m/s
01:00
29% 10°C 0mm 83% 0cm -32° 13°C 1.4mm 0.25kPa 24135m 6.8m/s 3.6m/s
02:00
25% 9.1°C 0.75mm 80% 0cm -29° 12°C 1.7mm 0.28kPa 10247m 8.4m/s 5.3m/s
03:00
21% 8.3°C 0mm 80% 0cm -23° 12°C 2.1mm 0.28kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 1.8m/s
04:00
21% 7.6°C 0mm 81% 0cm -15° 11°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2.3m/s
05:00
20% 7.1°C 0mm 82% 0cm -5.3° 10°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
06:00
20% 7°C 0mm 82% 0cm 5.3° 9.9°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.6m/s
07:00
27% 6.7°C 0mm 76% 0cm 16° 11°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24135m 6m/s 2.9m/s
08:00
35% 4.7°C 0mm 61% 0cm 28° 12°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 4.3m/s
09:00
42% 4.1°C 0mm 54% 0cm 40° 13°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 5m/s
10:00
45% 4.3°C 0mm 52% 0cm 51° 14°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 5.8m/s 4.8m/s
11:00
47% 4.4°C 0mm 49% 0cm 62° 15°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 4.3m/s
12:00
50% 4.4°C 0mm 50% 0cm 69° 15°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 4.5m/s
13:00
43% 4.4°C 0mm 51% 0cm 70° 14°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24134m 6m/s 4.5m/s
14:00
35% 4.1°C 0mm 48% 0cm 64° 15°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24134m 6.6m/s 4.4m/s
15:00
28% 3.8°C 0mm 46% 0cm 54° 16°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24134m 6.3m/s 5m/s
16:00
25% 4.2°C 0mm 48% 0cm 43° 15°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 6.2m/s
17:00
23% 4.2°C 0mm 49% 0cm 31° 15°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24134m 6.5m/s 5.5m/s
18:00
20% 4.6°C 0mm 50% 0cm 19° 15°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 6.8m/s 6m/s
19:00
24% 5.5°C 0.01mm 57% 0cm 14°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24134m 7m/s 4.5m/s
20:00
27% 5.1°C 0mm 64% 0cm -2.7° 12°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.9m/s
21:00
31% 5.3°C 0mm 70% 0cm -13° 11°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
22:00
49% 5.3°C 0mm 72% 0cm -21° 10°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
23:00
66% 5.3°C 0mm 77% 0cm -27° 9.1°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
Tue, May 19 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 19:48
24:00
84% 5.2°C 0mm 79% 0cm -31° 8.7°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
01:00
83% 5.2°C 0mm 83% 0cm -31° 8°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
02:00
83% 5°C 0mm 84% 0cm -28° 7.6°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.74m/s
03:00
82% 4.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm -23° 7.4°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
04:00
87% 4.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm -15° 7°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1m/s
05:00
91% 4.5°C 0mm 87% 0cm -5.2° 6.6°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.74m/s
06:00
96% 4.8°C 0mm 86% 0cm 5.5° 7.1°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.7m/s
07:00
95% 4.7°C 0mm 77% 0cm 17° 8.5°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.71m/s
08:00
94% 4.6°C 0mm 71% 0cm 28° 9.7°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1m/s
09:00
93% 4.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 40° 11°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
84% 4.4°C 0mm 57% 0cm 51° 13°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.1m/s
11:00
74% 4.3°C 0mm 52% 0cm 62° 14°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.5m/s
12:00
65% 4.5°C 0mm 49% 0cm 70° 15°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 3m/s
13:00
60% 4.8°C 0mm 47% 0cm 71° 16°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 3.4m/s
14:00
54% 5.1°C 0mm 46% 0cm 64° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 3.8m/s
15:00
49% 5.3°C 0mm 46% 0cm 54° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 4.3m/s
16:00
44% 5.4°C 0mm 47% 0cm 43° 17°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 5.8m/s
17:00
39% 5.5°C 0mm 48% 0cm 31° 16°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24134m 4m/s 4.6m/s
18:00
34% 5.3°C 0mm 49% 0cm 19° 16°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 3.7m/s
19:00
33% 6.1°C 0mm 56% 0cm 8.1° 15°C 0mm 0.75kPa 24135m 7m/s 5m/s
20:00
31% 6.3°C 0mm 66% 0cm -2.6° 13°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
21:00
30% 6.2°C 0mm 67% 0cm -12° 12°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
22:00
29% 5.7°C 0mm 70% 0cm -21° 11°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
23:00
29% 5.2°C 0mm 72% 0cm -27° 10°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
Wed, May 20 Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 19:48
24:00
28% 4.7°C 0mm 75% 0cm -31° 8.9°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
01:00
28% 4.6°C 0mm 70% 0cm -31° 9.9°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
02:00
27% 4.5°C 0mm 65% 0cm -28° 11°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2m/s
03:00
27% 4.3°C 0mm 60% 0cm -23° 12°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2.5m/s
04:00
28% 4.2°C 0mm 55% 0cm -15° 13°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.7m/s
05:00
28% 4°C 0mm 50% 0cm -5° 14°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.9m/s
06:00
29% 3.5°C 0mm 44% 0cm 5.6° 16°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 3.2m/s
07:00
28% 3.6°C 0mm 44% 0cm 17° 16°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 4.3m/s
08:00
27% 3.7°C 0mm 43% 0cm 28° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 5.5m/s
09:00
26% 3.8°C 0mm 42% 0cm 40° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 6.6m/s
10:00
24% 4.3°C 0mm 45% 0cm 51° 16°C 0.02mm 1kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 6.7m/s
11:00
21% 4.8°C 0mm 48% 0cm 62° 16°C 0.04mm 0.92kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 6.7m/s
12:00
19% 5.2°C 0mm 52% 0cm 70° 15°C 0.06mm 0.83kPa 24135m 7m/s 6.7m/s
13:00
16% 5.7°C 0.01mm 58% 0cm 71° 14°C 0.21mm 0.67kPa 24135m 7.7m/s 6.3m/s
14:00
13% 6.1°C 0.03mm 64% 0cm 64° 13°C 0.35mm 0.52kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 5.9m/s
15:00
10% 6.3°C 0.04mm 71% 0cm 54° 12°C 0.5mm 0.4kPa 24135m 9.1m/s 5.5m/s
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