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Derinkuyu - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread21.7°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity24%
Wind Speed4.4m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/Istanbul

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What this forecast looks for

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 95 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
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 20:07
16:00
100% 2.5°C 0mm 24% 0cm 46° 24°C 0mm 2.3kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 4.4m/s
17:00
100% 2.4°C 0mm 24% 0cm 34° 24°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 4.1m/s
18:00
100% 2.4°C 0mm 25% 0cm 22° 23°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3.5m/s
19:00
100% 3.7°C 0mm 29% 0cm 11° 23°C 0mm 2kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.6m/s
20:00
99% 4.4°C 0mm 37% 0cm 0.85° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
21:00 ☾
99% 3.1°C 0mm 36% 0cm -9.3° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
22:00 ☾
99% 2.9°C 0mm 37% 0cm -18° 18°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
100% 2.7°C 0mm 38% 0cm -24° 17°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 20:07
24:00 ☾
100% 2.8°C 0mm 40% 0cm -28° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
01:00 ☾
100% 2.7°C 0mm 41% 0cm -29° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.9m/s
02:00 ☾
100% 2.7°C 0mm 42% 0cm -27° 16°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.9m/s
03:00 ☾
100% 2.5°C 0mm 42% 0cm -22° 15°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
04:00 ☾
100% 2.3°C 0mm 43% 0cm -14° 15°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
05:00 ☾
100% 2.1°C 0mm 43% 0cm -5° 15°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
100% 3.5°C 0mm 46% 0cm 5.4° 15°C 0mm 0.94kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.89m/s
07:00
100% 3.7°C 0mm 37% 0cm 16° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 0.62m/s 0.58m/s
08:00
100% 2.8°C 0mm 31% 0cm 28° 21°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24134m 0.6m/s 0.49m/s
09:00
100% 3.2°C 0mm 29% 0cm 39° 22°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.64m/s
10:00
100% 3.6°C 0mm 28% 0cm 51° 23°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 0.66m/s
11:00
100% 3.5°C 0mm 26% 0cm 62° 24°C 0mm 2.3kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
12:00
100% 3.5°C 0mm 24% 0cm 71° 25°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
13:00
99% 3.3°C 0mm 23% 0cm 74° 26°C 0mm 2.6kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
14:00
99% 3.3°C 0mm 22% 0cm 68° 27°C 0mm 2.7kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.6m/s
15:00
98% 3.2°C 0mm 21% 0cm 57° 27°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 3.2m/s
16:00
83% 3.1°C 0mm 21% 0cm 46° 27°C 0mm 2.9kPa 24134m 3m/s 3.8m/s
17:00
68% 3.1°C 0mm 21% 0cm 34° 27°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24135m 3m/s 4.2m/s
18:00
53% 3.2°C 0mm 22% 0cm 22° 26°C 0mm 2.7kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 4.1m/s
19:00
56% 4.6°C 0mm 26% 0cm 11° 25°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 3.3m/s
20:00
58% 4.8°C 0mm 32% 0cm 0.8° 22°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.7m/s
21:00 ☾
61% 3.7°C 0mm 33% 0cm -9.4° 20°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
67% 3.1°C 0mm 33% 0cm -18° 20°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
74% 2.8°C 0mm 34% 0cm -24° 19°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 20:06
24:00 ☾
80% 3.2°C 0mm 36% 0cm -28° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.16m/s
01:00 ☾
82% 2°C 0mm 33% 0cm -29° 19°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
02:00 ☾
84% 3.2°C 0mm 39% 0cm -27° 17°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
03:00 ☾
86% 4.7°C 0mm 45% 0cm -22° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
04:00 ☾
89% 6°C 0mm 50% 0cm -14° 17°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
05:00 ☾
91% 6.9°C 0mm 53% 0cm -5.1° 17°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
06:00
94% 8°C 0mm 56% 0cm 5.3° 17°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
07:00
95% 8.1°C 0mm 48% 0cm 16° 19°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
97% 7.6°C 0mm 41% 0cm 28° 21°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
09:00
98% 7°C 0mm 36% 0cm 39° 23°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
10:00
99% 6.9°C 0mm 33% 0cm 51° 24°C 0mm 2kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2.5m/s
11:00
99% 7.3°C 0mm 32% 0cm 62° 25°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
100% 7.6°C 0mm 31% 0cm 71° 26°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 4.2m/s
13:00
97% 7.4°C 0mm 29% 0cm 74° 27°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24134m 4m/s 4.8m/s
14:00
94% 6.6°C 0mm 27% 0cm 67° 28°C 0mm 2.7kPa 24134m 4m/s 5.1m/s
15:00
91% 6°C 0mm 25% 0cm 57° 28°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 4.9m/s
16:00
78% 6°C 0mm 25% 0cm 46° 28°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 5.1m/s
17:00
66% 6°C 0mm 26% 0cm 34° 27°C 0mm 2.7kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 5.6m/s
18:00
53% 6°C 0mm 27% 0cm 22° 27°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24134m 4.8m/s 6.1m/s
19:00
54% 6.8°C 0mm 31% 0cm 11° 25°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 7.9m/s 6m/s
20:00
56% 6.7°C 0mm 36% 0cm 0.75° 22°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 9m/s 4.8m/s
21:00 ☾
57% 7.6°C 0mm 41% 0cm -9.5° 21°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.7m/s
22:00 ☾
68% 11°C 0mm 58% 0cm -18° 19°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24135m 7.7m/s 4.6m/s
23:00 ☾
78% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm -25° 17°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 3.4m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 20:06
24:00 ☾
89% 14°C 0mm 92% 0cm -28° 15°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.2m/s
01:00 ☾
91% 14°C 0mm 84% 0cm -29° 16°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.6m/s
02:00 ☾
93% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm -27° 18°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 3m/s
03:00 ☾
95% 13°C 0mm 66% 0cm -22° 19°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 3.4m/s
04:00 ☾
96% 13°C 0mm 58% 0cm -14° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.7m/s
05:00 ☾
98% 12°C 0mm 49% 0cm -5.2° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3.9m/s
06:00
99% 11°C 0mm 41% 0cm 5.2° 25°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 4.1m/s
07:00
98% 10°C 0mm 38% 0cm 16° 26°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 4.2m/s
08:00
98% 9.6°C 0mm 34% 0cm 28° 27°C 0mm 2.3kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 4.3m/s
09:00
97% 8.8°C 0mm 31% 0cm 39° 28°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24135m 3m/s 4.3m/s
10:00
98% 8.3°C 0mm 30% 0cm 51° 27°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 4.1m/s
11:00
99% 7.9°C 0mm 29% 0cm 62° 27°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 3.8m/s
12:00
100% 7.4°C 0mm 29% 0cm 71° 27°C 0mm 2.6kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
100% 7.2°C 0mm 32% 0cm 73° 25°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 3.5m/s
14:00
100% 6.8°C 0mm 35% 0cm 67° 23°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 3.5m/s
15:00
100% 6.3°C 0mm 37% 0cm 57° 21°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 7.5m/s 3.6m/s
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