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Nevşehir - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Nevşehir, Nevşehir Province, Türkiye

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread6.4°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity63%
Wind Speed5.9m/s (moderate winds)

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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
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Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Istanbul
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Sun, Apr 19
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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
Mon, Apr 20 Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:22
11:00
2% -1°C 0mm 63% 0cm 55° 5.4°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 6.7m/s 5.9m/s
12:00
3% -1.1°C 0mm 58% 0cm 62° 6.4°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 5.8m/s
13:00
3% -1.4°C 0mm 55% 0cm 63° 7.1°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5.7m/s
14:00
3% -1.8°C 0mm 53% 0cm 58° 7.2°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.6m/s
15:00
3% -2.1°C 0mm 50% 0cm 49° 7.6°C 0.06mm 0.52kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 5.4m/s
16:00
6% -2.3°C 0mm 48% 0cm 38° 7.8°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.2m/s
17:00
10% -2.3°C 0mm 49% 0cm 27° 7.9°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 4.7m/s
18:00
13% -2.2°C 0mm 49% 0cm 15° 7.8°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24134m 4.9m/s 4.1m/s
19:00
15% -1.1°C 0mm 55% 0cm 3.6° 7.5°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24134m 4.7m/s 3.3m/s
20:00
18% -0.5°C 0mm 60% 0cm -7.7° 6.8°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 4m/s 2.4m/s
21:00
20% -0.8°C 0mm 64% 0cm -18° 5.5°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 2m/s 2m/s
22:00
45% -0.8°C 0mm 66% 0cm -27° 5°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
23:00
70% -0.7°C 0mm 69% 0cm -34° 4.4°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
Tue, Apr 21 Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:22
24:00
95% -0.9°C 0mm 71% 0cm -39° 3.9°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.98m/s
01:00
96% -1°C 0mm 72% 0cm -39° 3.5°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.49m/s
02:00
98% -1.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -36° 3.1°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24134m 0.4m/s 0.25m/s
03:00
99% -1.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm -30° 2.9°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24134m 0.61m/s 0.53m/s
04:00
99% -1.9°C 0mm 72% 0cm -21° 2.6°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.58m/s
05:00
100% -2.2°C 0mm 72% 0cm -11° 2.3°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.67m/s
06:00
100% -2.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm 0.26° 2°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24135m 0.72m/s 0.74m/s
07:00
100% -1.3°C 0mm 68% 0cm 11° 4.1°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
08:00
100% -2.1°C 0mm 57% 0cm 23° 5.8°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
09:00
100% -2.3°C 0mm 51% 0cm 35° 7°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
100% -2.4°C 0mm 47% 0cm 46° 8.2°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
11:00
100% -2.2°C 0mm 44% 0cm 55° 9.4°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
12:00
100% -2.2°C 0mm 41% 0cm 62° 10°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.7m/s
13:00
99% -2.1°C 0mm 39% 0cm 63° 11°C 0mm 0.81kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 3m/s
14:00
98% -1.8°C 0mm 38% 0cm 58° 12°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 3.5m/s
15:00
97% -1.6°C 0mm 38% 0cm 49° 12°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 3.8m/s
16:00
92% -1.4°C 0mm 38% 0cm 38° 13°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 3.8m/s
17:00
88% -1.3°C 0mm 38% 0cm 27° 13°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3.8m/s
18:00
83% -1°C 0mm 40% 0cm 15° 12°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 3.9m/s
19:00
85% 0.3°C 0mm 48% 0cm 3.8° 11°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24134m 5m/s 3.6m/s
20:00
88% 0.1°C 0mm 52% 0cm -7.5° 9.5°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24134m 4.5m/s 2.9m/s
21:00
90% -0.7°C 0mm 51% 0cm -18° 8.8°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
22:00
81% -1.2°C 0mm 51% 0cm -27° 8.4°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
23:00
73% -1.5°C 0mm 51% 0cm -34° 8.1°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
Wed, Apr 22 Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:23
24:00
64% -1.5°C 0mm 52% 0cm -38° 7.8°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
01:00
58% -1.8°C 0mm 52% 0cm -39° 7.5°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
02:00
52% -2.3°C 0mm 51% 0cm -36° 7.3°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2m/s
03:00
46% -2.5°C 0mm 50% 0cm -30° 7.3°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.1m/s
04:00
49% -2.7°C 0mm 49% 0cm -21° 7.2°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2m/s
05:00
53% -3°C 0mm 49% 0cm -11° 7.1°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
06:00
56% -2.9°C 0mm 50% 0cm 0.48° 6.8°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
07:00
58% -1.6°C 0mm 52% 0cm 12° 7.6°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.5m/s
08:00
61% -1.5°C 0mm 46% 0cm 23° 9.5°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
09:00
63% -1.7°C 0mm 41% 0cm 35° 11°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 3.1m/s
10:00
64% -1.8°C 0mm 36% 0cm 46° 13°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.1m/s
11:00
66% -1.6°C 0mm 35% 0cm 56° 14°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 4.2m/s 3.3m/s
12:00
67% -1.6°C 0mm 33% 0cm 62° 15°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 3.6m/s
13:00
63% -1.4°C 0mm 32% 0cm 63° 15°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 4.2m/s
14:00
58% -1.4°C 0mm 31% 0cm 58° 16°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 5.9m/s 5m/s
15:00
54% -1.4°C 0mm 30% 0cm 49° 16°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 6.9m/s 6.3m/s
16:00
42% 2.3°C 0.01mm 46% 0cm 39° 14°C 0.13mm 0.86kPa 23991m 5.5m/s 4.7m/s
17:00
30% 4.4°C 0.02mm 61% 0cm 27° 12°C 0.25mm 0.54kPa 23846m 4m/s 3.1m/s
18:00
18% 5.5°C 0.03mm 76% 0cm 15° 9.6°C 0.38mm 0.29kPa 23702m 2.5m/s 1.5m/s
19:00
14% 5.2°C 0.03mm 75% 0cm 9.5°C 0.5mm 0.3kPa 23846m 3.9m/s 2m/s
20:00
10% 4.9°C 0.02mm 73% 0cm -7.3° 9.4°C 0.63mm 0.32kPa 23991m 5.2m/s 2.5m/s
21:00
6% 4.5°C 0.02mm 72% 0cm -18° 9.3°C 0.75mm 0.33kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 3m/s
22:00
14% 4.3°C 0.01mm 73% 0cm -27° 8.9°C 0.52mm 0.31kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 2.6m/s
23:00
23% 4°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm -34° 8.5°C 0.29mm 0.29kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.3m/s
Thu, Apr 23 Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 19:24
24:00
31% 3.8°C 0mm 74% 0cm -38° 8.1°C 0.06mm 0.28kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
01:00
33% 3.9°C 0mm 69% 0cm -39° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.36kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.1m/s
02:00
35% 3.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -36° 10°C 0.06mm 0.46kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.3m/s
03:00
37% 3.8°C 0mm 58% 0cm -29° 12°C 0.06mm 0.57kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.5m/s
04:00
38% 3°C 0mm 51% 0cm -21° 13°C 0.04mm 0.74kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 4.9m/s
05:00
40% 1.9°C 0mm 43% 0cm -11° 14°C 0.02mm 0.93kPa 24135m 8.7m/s 7.4m/s
06:00
41% 0.4°C 0mm 35% 0cm 0.69° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.9m/s
07:00
39% 0.7°C 0mm 35% 0cm 12° 16°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 12m/s 9.9m/s
08:00
36% 1°C 0mm 35% 0cm 23° 16°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 12m/s 9.8m/s
09:00
34% 1.4°C 0mm 36% 0cm 35° 17°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 13m/s 9.8m/s
10:00
28% 3.2°C 0mm 45% 0cm 46° 15°C 0.04mm 0.95kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.7m/s
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