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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 · ≥ 75.0%

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Fog Probability 100% failing

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Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread12.5°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity44%
Wind Speed4.4m/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 79 hours
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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
Sun, May 24 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:52
16:00
15% 6.6°C 0mm 44% 0cm 43° 19°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 4.4m/s
17:00
15% 8.3°C 0.01mm 55% 0cm 32° 18°C 0.19mm 0.91kPa 17704m 6.2m/s 6.8m/s
18:00
15% 9.8°C 0.94mm 76% 0cm 20° 14°C 0.88mm 0.38kPa 11607m 9m/s 6.8m/s
19:00
16% 9.1°C 2.8mm 88% 0cm 8.7° 11°C 3.6mm 0.15kPa 5716m 5.1m/s 2.8m/s
20:00 ☾
17% 8.7°C 0.05mm 84% 0cm -1.9° 11°C 4.7mm 0.22kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
21:00 ☾
18% 8.7°C 0mm 81% 0cm -12° 12°C 4.8mm 0.26kPa 22277m 3.3m/s 2.1m/s
22:00 ☾
23% 9°C 0mm 85% 0cm -20° 11°C 0.13mm 0.2kPa 24135m 0.82m/s 0.26m/s
23:00 ☾
29% 8.7°C 0mm 85% 0cm -26° 11°C 0.13mm 0.19kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:52
24:00 ☾
34% 8.5°C 0mm 86% 0cm -30° 11°C 0.13mm 0.18kPa 24135m 0.31m/s 0.32m/s
01:00 ☾
36% 8.3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -30° 10°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.84m/s
02:00 ☾
38% 8.1°C 0mm 87% 0cm -27° 10°C 0.13mm 0.16kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.79m/s
03:00 ☾
40% 8.3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -22° 11°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.39m/s
04:00 ☾
46% 8.3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -14° 10°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.44m/s
05:00 ☾
51% 7.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm -4.4° 9.6°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 0.52m/s 0.52m/s
06:00
57% 8.2°C 0mm 88% 0cm 6.2° 10°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 0.83m/s 0.76m/s
07:00
56% 8.3°C 0mm 80% 0cm 17° 12°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.76m/s
08:00
54% 8.4°C 0mm 74% 0cm 29° 13°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 0.8m/s
09:00
53% 8.4°C 0mm 69% 0cm 40° 14°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
10:00
54% 8.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 52° 15°C 0.06mm 0.61kPa 15605m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
11:00
55% 8.5°C 0mm 60% 0cm 63° 16°C 0.5mm 0.75kPa 13937m 2m/s 1.6m/s
12:00
56% 8.4°C 0mm 56% 0cm 71° 17°C 1.2mm 0.87kPa 9511m 2.2m/s 2m/s
13:00
53% 8.6°C 0mm 54% 0cm 72° 18°C 2.1mm 0.95kPa 8303m 2.4m/s 2.4m/s
14:00
49% 8.7°C 0mm 54% 0cm 65° 18°C 3.1mm 0.97kPa 10724m 2.8m/s 2.6m/s
15:00
46% 8.9°C 0mm 54% 0cm 55° 18°C 4.4mm 0.99kPa 10637m 3.2m/s 2.9m/s
16:00
40% 9.1°C 0mm 55% 0cm 43° 18°C 1.2mm 0.96kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.2m/s
17:00
33% 8.8°C 0mm 54% 0cm 32° 18°C 2mm 0.95kPa 10130m 4.3m/s 3.7m/s
18:00
27% 9.7°C 0.01mm 61% 0cm 20° 17°C 3.1mm 0.76kPa 9667m 5m/s 4.6m/s
19:00
29% 10°C 0mm 71% 0cm 8.8° 16°C 4.6mm 0.51kPa 6515m 6.2m/s 4.2m/s
20:00 ☾
31% 10°C 0mm 76% 0cm -1.7° 14°C 6.2mm 0.39kPa 6357m 6.4m/s 3.4m/s
21:00 ☾
33% 10°C 0mm 78% 0cm -12° 14°C 7mm 0.36kPa 10741m 4.7m/s 2.3m/s
22:00 ☾
37% 10°C 0mm 81% 0cm -20° 13°C 0.5mm 0.3kPa 11745m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
41% 9.9°C 0mm 82% 0cm -26° 13°C 0.63mm 0.26kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 19:53
24:00 ☾
45% 9.8°C 0mm 86% 0cm -30° 12°C 0.63mm 0.2kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
45% 9.6°C 0mm 89% 0cm -30° 11°C 0.63mm 0.15kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.6m/s
02:00 ☾
44% 9.3°C 0mm 90% 0cm -27° 11°C 0.63mm 0.13kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
44% 9°C 0mm 91% 0cm -22° 10°C 0.63mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
04:00 ☾
51% 8.7°C 0mm 92% 0cm -14° 10°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
05:00 ☾
57% 8.4°C 0mm 92% 0cm -4.3° 9.6°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
06:00
64% 8.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm 6.3° 10°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
59% 8.6°C 0mm 85% 0cm 17° 11°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
53% 8.6°C 0mm 79% 0cm 29° 12°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.2m/s
09:00
48% 8.7°C 0mm 74% 0cm 41° 13°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
49% 8.9°C 0mm 68% 0cm 52° 15°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.5m/s
11:00
50% 8.7°C 0mm 61% 0cm 63° 16°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.8m/s
12:00
51% 8.3°C 0mm 55% 0cm 71° 17°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
54% 8.1°C 0mm 50% 0cm 72° 19°C 0.06mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 3.3m/s
14:00
56% 7.6°C 0mm 46% 0cm 65° 20°C 0.06mm 1.2kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.6m/s
15:00
59% 7.5°C 0mm 44% 0cm 55° 20°C 0.06mm 1.3kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 4m/s
16:00
61% 7.7°C 0mm 46% 0cm 43° 20°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 6.4m/s
17:00
64% 8.6°C 0mm 55% 0cm 32° 18°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 5m/s
18:00
66% 8.6°C 0mm 54% 0cm 20° 18°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 4.5m/s
19:00
67% 9.1°C 0mm 59% 0cm 9° 17°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24134m 7.6m/s 4.6m/s
20:00 ☾
69% 8.6°C 0mm 66% 0cm -1.6° 15°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
70% 8.3°C 0mm 69% 0cm -11° 14°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2m/s
22:00 ☾
76% 7.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm -20° 13°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
81% 7.2°C 0mm 75% 0cm -26° 11°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 05:20 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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