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Ortahisar - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Ortahisar, Nevşehir Province, Türkiye

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread9.8°C
Visibility23315 (Clear)
Relative Humidity52%
Wind Speed4.9m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Istanbul
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Ortahisar
Tue, May 26 · 06:00–08:00 · 2h window
High confidence
81%
🌫️Fog Probability83.4-100%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.1°C
Visibility: 845 (Fog)
Relative Humidity: 99%
Wind Speed: 2.0m/s (calm conditions)

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
2matching hours in the next 80 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Istanbul
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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
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 24 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:52
16:00
15% 5.8°C 0mm 52% 0cm 43° 16°C 0.06mm 0.85kPa 23315m 4.2m/s 4.9m/s
17:00
15% 7.1°C 0mm 61% 0cm 32° 15°C 0.44mm 0.64kPa 16818m 4.3m/s 3.8m/s
18:00
15% 8.1°C 0mm 70% 0cm 20° 13°C 1.4mm 0.45kPa 10144m 5.7m/s 5.4m/s
19:00
16% 7.7°C 0mm 81% 0cm 8.7° 11°C 1.9mm 0.25kPa 10482m 5.6m/s 3.1m/s
20:00 ☾
17% 7°C 0.01mm 76% 0cm -1.8° 11°C 2.3mm 0.32kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 0.48m/s
21:00 ☾
18% 7.2°C 0mm 77% 0cm -12° 11°C 2.3mm 0.3kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
22:00 ☾
23% 7.2°C 0mm 85% 0cm -20° 9.5°C 0.06mm 0.17kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
29% 7.1°C 0mm 87% 0cm -26° 9.1°C 0.06mm 0.15kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:52
24:00 ☾
34% 6.9°C 0mm 85% 0cm -30° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
01:00 ☾
36% 6.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm -30° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 0.6m/s 0.51m/s
02:00 ☾
38% 6.6°C 0mm 84% 0cm -27° 9.1°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
40% 6.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -22° 8.5°C 0.06mm 0.13kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
04:00 ☾
46% 6.7°C 0mm 90% 0cm -14° 8.2°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.98m/s
05:00 ☾
51% 6.6°C 0mm 91% 0cm -4.4° 7.9°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
06:00
57% 7.2°C 0mm 92% 0cm 6.1° 8.4°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
07:00
56% 7.6°C 0mm 87% 0cm 17° 9.7°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
54% 7.7°C 0mm 81% 0cm 29° 11°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
09:00
53% 7.6°C 0mm 74% 0cm 40° 12°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 2.1m/s
10:00
54% 7.6°C 0mm 68% 0cm 52° 13°C 0mm 0.49kPa 20211m 2.1m/s 2.5m/s
11:00
55% 7.5°C 0mm 63% 0cm 63° 14°C 0.31mm 0.6kPa 15403m 2.7m/s 3.2m/s
12:00
56% 7.4°C 0mm 59% 0cm 71° 15°C 0.69mm 0.71kPa 13397m 2.9m/s 3.3m/s
13:00
53% 7.2°C 0.01mm 56% 0cm 72° 16°C 1.1mm 0.81kPa 23029m 3.1m/s 3.4m/s
14:00
49% 7.4°C 0mm 55% 0cm 65° 17°C 2mm 0.85kPa 8065m 3.4m/s 3.9m/s
15:00
46% 7.9°C 0mm 57% 0cm 55° 16°C 3.1mm 0.81kPa 22929m 4m/s 4.4m/s
16:00
40% 8.1°C 0mm 59% 0cm 43° 16°C 0.88mm 0.76kPa 7790m 4.5m/s 4.5m/s
17:00
33% 8.1°C 0mm 62% 0cm 32° 15°C 1.9mm 0.67kPa 14000m 4.9m/s 4.6m/s
18:00
27% 8.6°C 0.04mm 70% 0cm 20° 14°C 3.3mm 0.48kPa 7844m 5.5m/s 4m/s
19:00
29% 8.9°C 0.01mm 73% 0cm 8.9° 14°C 4.4mm 0.41kPa 7471m 5.3m/s 3.3m/s
20:00 ☾
31% 8.8°C 0mm 79% 0cm -1.7° 12°C 5.8mm 0.31kPa 7712m 5.2m/s 3.1m/s
21:00 ☾
33% 8.6°C 0mm 79% 0cm -12° 12°C 6.7mm 0.29kPa 17965m 3.7m/s 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
37% 8.5°C 0mm 82% 0cm -20° 12°C 0.44mm 0.25kPa 17179m 2.4m/s 2m/s
23:00 ☾
41% 8.4°C 0mm 83% 0cm -26° 11°C 0.81mm 0.22kPa 24134m 2m/s 2.1m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 19:53
24:00 ☾
45% 8.4°C 0mm 85% 0cm -30° 11°C 0.81mm 0.19kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.4m/s
01:00 ☾
45% 8.4°C 0mm 89% 0cm -30° 10°C 0.81mm 0.13kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.3m/s
02:00 ☾
44% 8.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -27° 9.5°C 0.81mm 0.08kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
44% 8.3°C 0mm 96% 0cm -22° 8.9°C 0.81mm 0.04kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2m/s
04:00 ☾
51% 8.1°C 0mm 98% 0cm -14° 8.5°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2m/s
05:00 ☾
57% 7.9°C 0mm 99% 0cm -4.3° 8.1°C 0mm 0.01kPa 13136m 2.2m/s 2m/s
06:00
64% 8.1°C 0mm 99% 0cm 6.2° 8.2°C 0mm 0.01kPa 845m 2.7m/s 2m/s
07:00
59% 8.3°C 0.01mm 95% 0cm 17° 9°C 0mm 0.06kPa 1819m 3.5m/s 2.6m/s
08:00
53% 8.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm 29° 9.9°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 3m/s
09:00
48% 8°C 0mm 81% 0cm 41° 11°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.7m/s
10:00
49% 8.2°C 0mm 73% 0cm 52° 13°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 3.7m/s
11:00
50% 8°C 0mm 66% 0cm 63° 14°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 4.5m/s
12:00
51% 7.7°C 0mm 60% 0cm 71° 15°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24134m 4.2m/s 4.5m/s
13:00
54% 7.4°C 0mm 55% 0cm 72° 16°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 4.7m/s
14:00
56% 7°C 0mm 52% 0cm 65° 17°C 0.06mm 0.94kPa 24134m 4.6m/s 5.4m/s
15:00
59% 6.5°C 0mm 49% 0cm 55° 17°C 0.06mm 1kPa 24134m 4.8m/s 5.5m/s
16:00
61% 6.1°C 0mm 48% 0cm 43° 17°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 5.5m/s
17:00
64% 6.4°C 0mm 51% 0cm 32° 17°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 6.7m/s
18:00
66% 7.5°C 0mm 62% 0cm 20° 15°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 7m/s 5.1m/s
19:00
67% 7.8°C 0mm 63% 0cm 9° 15°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24134m 6.6m/s 3.8m/s
20:00 ☾
69% 7.6°C 0mm 65% 0cm -1.5° 14°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 7.6m/s 4.1m/s
21:00 ☾
70% 7.5°C 0mm 68% 0cm -11° 13°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24134m 6.8m/s 3.4m/s
22:00 ☾
76% 7.2°C 0mm 72% 0cm -20° 12°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 2.8m/s
23:00 ☾
81% 6.9°C 0mm 75% 0cm -26° 11°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 19:54
24:00 ☾
87% 6.6°C 0mm 78% 0cm -29° 10°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
87% 6.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm -30° 12°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
02:00 ☾
86% 6.8°C 0mm 65% 0cm -27° 13°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
03:00 ☾
86% 6.7°C 0mm 58% 0cm -21° 15°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 1.2m/s
04:00 ☾
88% 6.7°C 0mm 54% 0cm -14° 16°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
05:00 ☾
89% 6.6°C 0mm 49% 0cm -4.2° 17°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
91% 6.4°C 0mm 45% 0cm 6.3° 19°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
07:00
91% 6.3°C 0mm 43% 0cm 17° 19°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
08:00
91% 6.2°C 0mm 42% 0cm 29° 20°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.1m/s
09:00
91% 6.1°C 0mm 40% 0cm 41° 20°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.4m/s
10:00
93% 6.4°C 0mm 43% 0cm 52° 19°C 0.17mm 1.3kPa 23334m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
11:00
96% 6.6°C 0mm 45% 0cm 63° 19°C 0.33mm 1.2kPa 22533m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
12:00
98% 6.8°C 0mm 48% 0cm 71° 18°C 0.5mm 1.1kPa 21733m 0.83m/s 0.52m/s
13:00
93% 8.3°C 0.02mm 60% 0cm 72° 16°C 0.65mm 0.74kPa 18160m 1.3m/s 0.98m/s
14:00
89% 9.1°C 0.05mm 71% 0cm 65° 14°C 0.79mm 0.46kPa 14587m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
15:00
84% 9.6°C 0.07mm 83% 0cm 55° 12°C 0.94mm 0.24kPa 11014m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
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