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Ürgüp - Fog Hunter - Cappadocia

Ürgüp, 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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Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread10.0°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity50%
Wind Speed1.8m/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 85 hours
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Time
Europe/Istanbul
Fog Probability
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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
Tue, Apr 21 Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 19:22
22:00 ☾
65% 0°C 0mm 50% 0cm -27° 10°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
23:00 ☾
33% 0.1°C 0mm 52% 0cm -34° 9.6°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
Wed, Apr 22 Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 19:22
24:00 ☾
0% -0.1°C 0mm 52% 0cm -38° 9.2°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
0% -0.5°C 0mm 52% 0cm -39° 8.9°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
02:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 52% 0cm -36° 8.5°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.1m/s
03:00 ☾
0% -0.4°C 0mm 55% 0cm -29° 8.2°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
04:00 ☾
3% -0.1°C 0mm 57% 0cm -21° 7.8°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
05:00 ☾
7% 0.3°C 0mm 59% 0cm -11° 7.7°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24134m 2m/s 2.1m/s
06:00
10% 0.5°C 0mm 60% 0cm 0.61° 7.6°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.3m/s
07:00
14% 1.7°C 0mm 61% 0cm 12° 8.7°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2m/s
08:00
18% 1.2°C 0mm 51% 0cm 23° 11°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 1.9m/s
09:00
22% 0.5°C 0mm 42% 0cm 35° 13°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2.6m/s
10:00
26% -0.2°C 0mm 36% 0cm 46° 15°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 4.3m/s 2.8m/s
11:00
31% -0.5°C 0mm 32% 0cm 56° 16°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 5m/s 2.9m/s
12:00
35% -0.7°C 0mm 30% 0cm 62° 17°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
32% -0.9°C 0mm 28% 0cm 63° 18°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 6m/s 4.1m/s
14:00
30% -0.9°C 0mm 27% 0cm 58° 18°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 4.1m/s
15:00
27% -1°C 0mm 26% 0cm 49° 19°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 5.3m/s
16:00
25% -1.1°C 0mm 27% 0cm 38° 18°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 7m/s 6.5m/s
17:00
22% -1.4°C 0mm 27% 0cm 27° 18°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 7.1m/s 5.4m/s
18:00
20% 0.5°C 0mm 32% 0cm 15° 17°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 7m/s 4.9m/s
19:00
18% 2.1°C 0mm 40% 0cm 3.8° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 3.4m/s
20:00 ☾
17% 2.3°C 0mm 45% 0cm -7.5° 14°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
15% 3.2°C 0.01mm 48% 0cm -18° 14°C 0.06mm 0.82kPa 18017m 7.4m/s 3.6m/s
22:00 ☾
20% 4.2°C 0mm 56% 0cm -27° 13°C 0.06mm 0.63kPa 24134m 5m/s 3.4m/s
23:00 ☾
24% 4.7°C 0mm 62% 0cm -34° 12°C 0.06mm 0.53kPa 24134m 7.5m/s 4.3m/s
Thu, Apr 23 Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 19:23
24:00 ☾
29% 5.2°C 0mm 66% 0cm -38° 11°C 0.13mm 0.46kPa 24135m 6m/s 3.4m/s
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31% 5.3°C 0mm 69% 0cm -39° 11°C 0.13mm 0.4kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 2.6m/s
02:00 ☾
34% 5.4°C 0mm 71% 0cm -35° 10°C 0.13mm 0.36kPa 24135m 4m/s 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
36% 5.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -29° 10°C 0.13mm 0.35kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 1.8m/s
04:00 ☾
36% 5.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -21° 10°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 3m/s 2m/s
05:00 ☾
37% 5.3°C 0mm 76% 0cm -11° 9.4°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.2m/s
06:00
37% 5.2°C 0mm 75% 0cm 0.82° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.29kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.3m/s
07:00
35% 4.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm 12° 9.5°C 0.06mm 0.33kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
34% 4.4°C 0mm 65% 0cm 24° 11°C 0.06mm 0.45kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 3.9m/s
09:00
32% 4°C 0mm 56% 0cm 35° 12°C 0.06mm 0.63kPa 24135m 8.1m/s 5.6m/s
10:00
30% 3.6°C 0mm 49% 0cm 46° 14°C 0mm 0.81kPa 24135m 8.8m/s 6.1m/s
11:00
28% 3°C 0mm 42% 0cm 56° 16°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 11m/s 6.8m/s
12:00
26% 1.3°C 0mm 37% 0cm 63° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.7m/s
13:00
26% 1.3°C 0mm 34% 0cm 64° 17°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 13m/s 10m/s
14:00
25% 0.9°C 0mm 33% 0cm 58° 17°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 13m/s 10m/s
15:00
25% 3.9°C 0mm 45% 0cm 49° 16°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24134m 13m/s 10m/s
16:00
26% 5.5°C 0mm 64% 0cm 39° 12°C 0mm 0.5kPa 21419m 10m/s 8.5m/s
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26% 4.8°C 0.01mm 69% 0cm 27° 10°C 0.06mm 0.39kPa 24135m 7.8m/s 7.3m/s
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27% 3.7°C 0mm 77% 0cm 15° 7.6°C 0.13mm 0.24kPa 24134m 6.5m/s 5.3m/s
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23% 3.3°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm 4° 7°C 0.19mm 0.23kPa 24135m 7.7m/s 4.8m/s
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19% 3°C 0.02mm 79% 0cm -7.3° 6.4°C 0.25mm 0.21kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 3.6m/s
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15% 3.3°C 1.3mm 83% 0cm -18° 5.9°C 0.75mm 0.15kPa 9018m 5.8m/s 3.1m/s
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14% 3.6°C 2.1mm 91% 0cm -27° 4.9°C 1.8mm 0.08kPa 5466m 3.2m/s 1.5m/s
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13% 3.4°C 2.5mm 94% 0cm -34° 4.4°C 4.5mm 0.05kPa 1118m 4.2m/s 2.4m/s
Fri, Apr 24 Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 19:24
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12% 2.9°C 1.8mm 94% 0cm -38° 3.8°C 6.6mm 0.05kPa 898m 3.1m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
11% 2.6°C 0.94mm 94% 0cm -38° 3.5°C 8.5mm 0.05kPa 1208m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
10% 2.6°C 0.76mm 94% 0cm -35° 3.5°C 9.3mm 0.05kPa 809m 2.5m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
9% 2.6°C 0.05mm 92% 0cm -29° 3.8°C 9.7mm 0.07kPa 9515m 2m/s 1.8m/s
04:00 ☾
13% 2.7°C 0.06mm 93% 0cm -20° 3.8°C 6.6mm 0.06kPa 6399m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
05:00 ☾
16% 2.9°C 0.07mm 94% 0cm -10° 3.8°C 3.6mm 0.05kPa 3283m 1.2m/s 0.98m/s
06:00
20% 3.1°C 0.08mm 95% 0cm 1° 3.8°C 0.56mm 0.04kPa 167m 0.81m/s 0.59m/s
07:00
17% 3.4°C 0.09mm 92% 0cm 12° 4.5°C 0.65mm 0.06kPa 5972m 0.85m/s 1m/s
08:00
15% 3.7°C 0.1mm 90% 0cm 24° 5.2°C 0.73mm 0.09kPa 11776m 0.89m/s 1.4m/s
09:00
12% 3.9°C 0.11mm 87% 0cm 35° 5.9°C 0.81mm 0.12kPa 17580m 0.93m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
11% 3.9°C 0.22mm 89% 0cm 47° 5.6°C 0.77mm 0.1kPa 13203m 1.8m/s 2.2m/s
11:00
10% 4°C 0.32mm 92% 0cm 56° 5.2°C 0.73mm 0.07kPa 8827m 2.7m/s 2.6m/s
12:00
9% 4°C 0.43mm 94% 0cm 63° 4.8°C 0.69mm 0.05kPa 4451m 3.6m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
8% 4.1°C 0.42mm 93% 0cm 64° 5.2°C 1.4mm 0.06kPa 11012m 3.2m/s 2.6m/s
14:00
7% 4.3°C 0.4mm 92% 0cm 59° 5.5°C 2.2mm 0.08kPa 17573m 2.8m/s 2.2m/s
15:00
6% 4.4°C 0.39mm 90% 0cm 50° 5.9°C 2.9mm 0.09kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
16:00
6% 4.7°C 0.27mm 91% 0cm 39° 6°C 2.1mm 0.08kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
17:00
5% 4.9°C 0.15mm 92% 0cm 27° 6.2°C 1.3mm 0.08kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
18:00
5% 5.2°C 0.03mm 93% 0cm 16° 6.3°C 0.44mm 0.07kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
19:00
4% 5.1°C 0.02mm 92% 0cm 4.2° 6.3°C 0.44mm 0.07kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2m/s
20:00 ☾
4% 5.1°C 0.01mm 92% 0cm -7.1° 6.3°C 0.44mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.4m/s
21:00 ☾
3% 5°C 0mm 91% 0cm -17° 6.4°C 0.44mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.7m/s
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