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Ortahisar - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Ortahisar, 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
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread2.0°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity87%
Wind Speed2.7m/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
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Time
Europe/Istanbul
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
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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
Sat, Apr 18 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:19
22:00 ☾
0% 6.1°C 0mm 87% 0cm -28° 8.1°C 0.13mm 0.14kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.7m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 5.9°C 0.02mm 86% 0cm -35° 8.1°C 0.25mm 0.15kPa 24134m 4.5m/s 3.3m/s
Sun, Apr 19 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:19
24:00 ☾
0% 5.8°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm -39° 7.8°C 0.44mm 0.14kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 3.4m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 6.2°C 0.09mm 92% 0cm -40° 7.5°C 0.69mm 0.08kPa 12254m 5.4m/s 3.7m/s
02:00 ☾
1% 6.3°C 0.62mm 96% 0cm -37° 6.9°C 1.4mm 0.04kPa 613m 5.5m/s 4m/s
03:00 ☾
1% 5.5°C 0.15mm 95% 0cm -30° 6.2°C 1.9mm 0.05kPa 407m 4.4m/s 3.8m/s
04:00 ☾
1% 5.1°C 0.37mm 95% 0cm -22° 5.8°C 0.25mm 0.05kPa 611m 4.1m/s 3.5m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 4.7°C 0.36mm 95% 0cm -12° 5.5°C 0.75mm 0.05kPa 463m 5.2m/s 4.5m/s
06:00
0% 4.3°C 0.52mm 96% 0cm -0.16° 5°C 1.1mm 0.04kPa 259m 4.4m/s 4.7m/s
07:00
0% 3.5°C 1.1mm 96% 0cm 11° 4.2°C 2.1mm 0.04kPa 119m 5.4m/s 5.2m/s
08:00
0% 2.6°C 0.64mm 97% 0.67cm 23° 2.9°C 3.1mm 0.02kPa 41m 5.2m/s 4.5m/s
09:00
0% 2.1°C 0.67mm 98% 0.69cm 34° 2.3°C 3.8mm 0.01kPa 27m 4.8m/s 3.6m/s
10:00
0% 2°C 0.43mm 98% 0.45cm 45° 2.2°C 0.56mm 0.01kPa 25m 4.3m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
0% 2.2°C 0.42mm 98% 0.44cm 55° 2.4°C 1mm 0.01kPa 27m 3.9m/s 2.3m/s
12:00
0% 2.4°C 0.28mm 98% 0.3cm 61° 2.7°C 1.4mm 0.01kPa 30m 3.9m/s 2m/s
13:00
0% 2.5°C 0.12mm 97% 0cm 62° 2.9°C 1.6mm 0.02kPa 36m 4.3m/s 2m/s
14:00
0% 2.6°C 0.04mm 96% 0.06cm 57° 3.2°C 1.7mm 0.03kPa 58m 4.2m/s 1.7m/s
15:00
0% 2.3°C 0.07mm 91% 0cm 49° 3.6°C 1.8mm 0.07kPa 3598m 4.1m/s 2.3m/s
16:00
0% 2.5°C 0.01mm 92% 0cm 38° 3.6°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 6194m 3.9m/s 2.3m/s
17:00
0% 2.4°C 0mm 87% 0cm 26° 4.3°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
18:00
0% 1.8°C 0.05mm 80% 0cm 15° 4.9°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 20708m 2.1m/s 1.4m/s
19:00
0% 2.4°C 0.5mm 88% 0cm 3.4° 4.2°C 0.44mm 0.1kPa 15972m 2.3m/s 1.5m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 3°C 0.29mm 93% 0cm -8° 4.1°C 0.88mm 0.06kPa 1926m 2.9m/s 1.3m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 2.5°C 0.02mm 89% 0cm -18° 4.1°C 1.1mm 0.09kPa 3940m 2.4m/s 1.1m/s
22:00 ☾
8% 1.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm -28° 3.6°C 0.06mm 0.09kPa 13289m 1.1m/s 0.29m/s
23:00 ☾
15% 1.5°C 0mm 90% 0cm -35° 2.9°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.6m/s
Mon, Apr 20 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:20
24:00 ☾
23% 1.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm -39° 2.7°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.81m/s
01:00 ☾
25% 0.8°C 0mm 89% 0cm -40° 2.4°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24134m 0.61m/s 0.63m/s
02:00 ☾
26% 0.6°C 0mm 89% 0cm -37° 2.3°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.78m/s
03:00 ☾
28% 0.4°C 0mm 89% 0cm -30° 2.1°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.99m/s
04:00 ☾
31% 0.3°C 0mm 90% 0cm -22° 1.8°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
05:00 ☾
35% 0.2°C 0mm 90% 0cm -11° 1.7°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
06:00
38% 0°C 0mm 91% 0cm 0.14° 1.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
40% 0.8°C 0mm 87% 0cm 11° 2.8°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.74m/s
08:00
42% 0°C 0mm 74% 0cm 23° 4.2°C 0.06mm 0.21kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.2m/s
09:00
44% -0.9°C 0mm 65% 0cm 34° 5.1°C 0.06mm 0.31kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.3m/s
10:00
47% -1.5°C 0mm 58% 0cm 45° 6.2°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2.8m/s
11:00
49% -1.7°C 0mm 54% 0cm 55° 7.1°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 3m/s
12:00
52% -2°C 0mm 49% 0cm 62° 8°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 3m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
50% -2.2°C 0mm 46% 0cm 63° 8.7°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 3.8m/s
14:00
48% -2.2°C 0mm 44% 0cm 58° 9.5°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 3.9m/s
15:00
46% -2.3°C 0mm 42% 0cm 49° 10°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 4m/s
16:00
49% -2.5°C 0mm 41% 0cm 38° 10°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.9m/s
17:00
52% -2.9°C 0mm 40% 0cm 27° 10°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 3.4m/s
18:00
55% -3.3°C 0mm 40% 0cm 15° 9.7°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.8m/s
19:00
58% -2.1°C 0mm 46% 0cm 3.5° 8.9°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.5m/s
20:00 ☾
62% -1.4°C 0mm 52% 0cm -7.8° 7.8°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.3m/s
21:00 ☾
65% -0.7°C 0mm 57% 0cm -18° 7.2°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 2m/s
22:00 ☾
74% -0.4°C 0mm 61% 0cm -27° 6.5°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
23:00 ☾
83% -0.7°C 0mm 62% 0cm -35° 6°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24134m 0.5m/s 0.39m/s
Tue, Apr 21 Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:21
24:00 ☾
92% -1°C 0mm 62% 0cm -39° 5.7°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 0.61m/s 0.6m/s
01:00 ☾
92% -1.2°C 0mm 62% 0cm -39° 5.4°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.87m/s
02:00 ☾
91% -1.5°C 0mm 63% 0cm -36° 5°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 0.71m/s 0.67m/s
03:00 ☾
91% -1.7°C 0mm 64% 0cm -30° 4.6°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24135m 0.62m/s 0.53m/s
04:00 ☾
91% -1.7°C 0mm 54% 0cm -21° 7°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 0.97m/s
05:00 ☾
90% -2.2°C 0mm 45% 0cm -11° 9.3°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.4m/s
06:00
90% -3.3°C 0mm 35% 0cm 0.36° 12°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
90% -3.3°C 0mm 34% 0cm 11° 12°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
08:00
89% -3.2°C 0mm 32% 0cm 23° 13°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.9m/s
09:00
89% -3.2°C 0mm 30% 0cm 35° 14°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3.4m/s
10:00
84% -3.2°C 0mm 31% 0cm 46° 14°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 3.6m/s
11:00
79% -3.1°C 0mm 31% 0cm 55° 13°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.8m/s
12:00
74% -3.1°C 0mm 32% 0cm 62° 13°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 4m/s 4m/s
13:00
74% -2.2°C 0mm 37% 0cm 63° 12°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 3.6m/s
14:00
75% -1.6°C 0mm 41% 0cm 58° 11°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 3.2m/s
15:00
75% -1.1°C 0mm 46% 0cm 49° 10°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 2.9m/s
16:00
69% -1.2°C 0mm 47% 0cm 38° 9.7°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 2.9m/s
17:00
62% -1.3°C 0mm 47% 0cm 27° 9.4°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.9m/s
18:00
56% -1.4°C 0mm 48% 0cm 15° 9°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 3m/s
19:00
56% -0.2°C 0mm 55% 0cm 3.7° 8.4°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 3.1m/s
20:00 ☾
57% 0.9°C 0mm 62% 0cm -7.6° 7.8°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 3.2m/s
21:00 ☾
57% 1.7°C 0mm 68% 0cm -18° 7.1°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.3m/s
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