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Uçhisar - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Uchisar, 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 Spread24.0°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity21%
Wind Speed3.4m/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 05:23 Sunset 20:07
16:00
100% 3.1°C 0mm 21% 0cm 46° 27°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.4m/s
17:00
100% 3°C 0mm 21% 0cm 34° 27°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.5m/s
18:00
100% 3.2°C 0mm 22% 0cm 22° 27°C 0mm 2.8kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.1m/s
19:00
100% 4.4°C 0mm 25% 0cm 11° 26°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
20:00
100% 4.2°C 0mm 30% 0cm 0.92° 23°C 0mm 2kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 3.6m/s
21:00 ☾
100% 3.1°C 0mm 30% 0cm -9.2° 21°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 2.6m/s
22:00 ☾
100% 3°C 0mm 31% 0cm -18° 21°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
100% 3.2°C 0mm 34% 0cm -24° 20°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 20:07
24:00 ☾
100% 3.4°C 0mm 35% 0cm -28° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
01:00 ☾
100% 3.6°C 0mm 37% 0cm -29° 18°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
02:00 ☾
100% 3.6°C 0mm 38% 0cm -27° 18°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
100% 3.4°C 0mm 39% 0cm -21° 18°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
04:00 ☾
100% 3.5°C 0mm 40% 0cm -14° 17°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2m/s
05:00 ☾
100% 3.7°C 0mm 42% 0cm -4.8° 17°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.4m/s
06:00
100% 4.9°C 0mm 46% 0cm 5.5° 17°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.5m/s
07:00
100% 5.6°C 0mm 43% 0cm 16° 18°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2m/s
08:00
100% 5.4°C 0mm 37% 0cm 28° 21°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
09:00
100% 5.2°C 0mm 32% 0cm 40° 23°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
100% 4.9°C 0mm 27% 0cm 51° 25°C 0mm 2.3kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 1.1m/s
11:00
100% 4.6°C 0mm 24% 0cm 62° 27°C 0mm 2.6kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 0.52m/s
12:00
100% 4.1°C 0mm 22% 0cm 71° 28°C 0mm 2.9kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.2m/s
13:00
99% 3.7°C 0mm 20% 0cm 73° 29°C 0mm 3.1kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 2m/s
14:00
97% 3.3°C 0mm 19% 0cm 67° 29°C 0mm 3.3kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
15:00
96% 3.3°C 0mm 18% 0cm 57° 30°C 0mm 3.4kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.2m/s
16:00
76% 3.1°C 0mm 18% 0cm 46° 30°C 0mm 3.5kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 2m/s
17:00
57% 3°C 0mm 18% 0cm 34° 30°C 0mm 3.5kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 1.5m/s
18:00
37% 3.4°C 0mm 18% 0cm 22° 30°C 0mm 3.5kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.9m/s
19:00
38% 4.2°C 0mm 21% 0cm 11° 28°C 0mm 3kPa 24134m 6.5m/s 4.9m/s
20:00
40% 3.8°C 0mm 25% 0cm 0.87° 25°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 4m/s
21:00 ☾
41% 2.9°C 0mm 26% 0cm -9.3° 23°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.8m/s
22:00 ☾
54% 3°C 0mm 28% 0cm -18° 22°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
66% 3.3°C 0mm 30% 0cm -24° 21°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 0.72m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 20:07
24:00 ☾
79% 3.3°C 0mm 31% 0cm -28° 21°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.16m/s
01:00 ☾
83% 3.3°C 0mm 32% 0cm -29° 20°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.4m/s
02:00 ☾
86% 3.1°C 0mm 33% 0cm -27° 20°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.95m/s
03:00 ☾
90% 3.1°C 0mm 34% 0cm -21° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 0.62m/s 0.44m/s
04:00 ☾
93% 3°C 0mm 35% 0cm -14° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.22m/s
05:00 ☾
96% 2.8°C 0mm 36% 0cm -4.9° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.61m/s
06:00
99% 4.2°C 0mm 38% 0cm 5.4° 19°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.99m/s
07:00
99% 5°C 0mm 32% 0cm 16° 22°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
08:00
100% 5.1°C 0mm 30% 0cm 28° 24°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1m/s
09:00
100% 5.7°C 0mm 28% 0cm 39° 25°C 0mm 2.3kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
100% 5.7°C 0mm 26% 0cm 51° 27°C 0mm 2.6kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2.4m/s
11:00
99% 5.6°C 0mm 24% 0cm 62° 28°C 0mm 2.9kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2.8m/s
12:00
99% 5.7°C 0mm 22% 0cm 71° 29°C 0mm 3.2kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
94% 5.8°C 0mm 22% 0cm 73° 30°C 0mm 3.4kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3m/s
14:00
89% 5.6°C 0mm 20% 0cm 67° 31°C 0mm 3.6kPa 24134m 4m/s 3.1m/s
15:00
84% 5.3°C 0mm 19% 0cm 57° 32°C 0mm 3.7kPa 24134m 4.3m/s 3.5m/s
16:00
69% 6°C 0mm 20% 0cm 46° 32°C 0mm 3.7kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 6.4m/s
17:00
53% 6.3°C 0mm 22% 0cm 34° 31°C 0mm 3.4kPa 24134m 5.9m/s 7.1m/s
18:00
38% 5.9°C 0mm 22% 0cm 22° 30°C 0mm 3.3kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.5m/s
19:00
40% 6.4°C 0mm 24% 0cm 11° 29°C 0mm 3kPa 24135m 7.7m/s 5.3m/s
20:00
43% 8.1°C 0mm 32% 0cm 0.81° 26°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 12m/s 8.5m/s
21:00 ☾
45% 9.4°C 0mm 38% 0cm -9.4° 24°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 11m/s 6.5m/s
22:00 ☾
61% 12°C 0mm 55% 0cm -18° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 9m/s 5.5m/s
23:00 ☾
76% 13°C 0mm 71% 0cm -24° 18°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 4.4m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 20:06
24:00 ☾
92% 13°C 0mm 87% 0cm -28° 15°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.3m/s
01:00 ☾
94% 13°C 0mm 80% 0cm -29° 16°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 3.8m/s
02:00 ☾
96% 13°C 0mm 72% 0cm -27° 18°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 4.2m/s
03:00 ☾
98% 13°C 0mm 65% 0cm -22° 19°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4.6m/s
04:00 ☾
98% 12°C 0mm 57% 0cm -14° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4.8m/s
05:00 ☾
99% 12°C 0mm 49% 0cm -5° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 5m/s
06:00
99% 11°C 0mm 42% 0cm 5.3° 24°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 5.1m/s
07:00
98% 9.9°C 0mm 38% 0cm 16° 25°C 0mm 2kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 4.9m/s
08:00
96% 9.2°C 0mm 35% 0cm 28° 26°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 4.7m/s
09:00
95% 8.3°C 0mm 31% 0cm 39° 27°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 4m/s 4.5m/s
10:00
97% 8°C 0mm 31% 0cm 51° 27°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 4.7m/s
11:00
98% 7.7°C 0mm 30% 0cm 62° 26°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 4.9m/s
12:00
100% 7.3°C 0mm 30% 0cm 71° 26°C 0mm 2.4kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 5.1m/s
13:00
100% 7.6°C 0mm 34% 0cm 73° 24°C 0mm 2kPa 24135m 6m/s 4.8m/s
14:00
100% 7.6°C 0mm 38% 0cm 67° 23°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 4.6m/s
15:00
100% 7.5°C 0mm 42% 0cm 57° 21°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 8.8m/s 4.3m/s
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