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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Corniglia - Dramatic Seascapes - Cinque Terre

Q: What conditions does Dramatic Seascapes look for?

Coastal Drama Score: ≥ 75.0%. Significant Wave Height: ≥ 1.5m. Visibility: ≥ 5000.0m. Wind Gusts: ≤ 22.0m/s. Precipitation Chance: ≤ 30.0%

Corniglia, Liguria, Italy

Dramatic coastal photography conditions - powerful waves combined with atmospheric drama and good visibility for seascape shots.

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)

Coastal Drama Score · ≥ 75.0% Significant Wave Height · ≥ 1.5m Visibility · ≥ 5000.0m Wind Gusts · ≤ 22.0m/s

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)

Coastal Drama Score 100% failing

Significant Wave Height 100% failing

Precipitation Chance 29% failing

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Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.3m

Swell Height0.2m

Wind Speed2.7m/s (calm conditions)

Cloud Cover100%

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks when Mediterranean weather conditions create dramatic—but accessible—photography opportunities along the Cinque Terre coast. We monitor wind patterns, wave activity, cloud drama, and clearing conditions to predict photogenic coastal scenes.

While Cinque Terre experiences less extreme weather than Atlantic coasts, Mediterranean storms and scirocco winds can create compelling drama. The region's distinctive feature is how quickly conditions change—storm systems moving across the Ligurian Sea can bring dramatic clouds and seas, followed by rapid clearing that produces spectacular light.

What makes Cinque Terre special for coastal drama photography:

Protected harbours versus exposed coast - Villages like Vernazza offer both sheltered bays and exposed clifftop perspectives
Mediterranean contrast - Dramatic conditions are rarer here, making them more precious when they arrive
Historic elements - Medieval towers, churches, and castles add narrative to storm scenes
Rapid transformation - Quick clearing after storms often produces rainbow opportunities and dramatic light breaks

Vernazza's harbour becomes Cinque Terre's focal point for coastal drama—winter Mediterranean storms occasionally send waves crashing over the harbour wall, creating powerful scenes with the village and Doria Tower as backdrop. Monterosso's exposed beach position catches the strongest wave action during scirocco winds. The coastal walking paths between villages offer clifftop perspectives during dramatic conditions—particularly the Sentiero Azzurro sections. Portovenere's exposed position at the southern end catches more dramatic weather, with Byron's Grotto and the Church of San Pietro offering compelling storm compositions. Best drama occurs during autumn and winter storm systems (October-March), though spring weather fronts can also produce photogenic conditions. The Mediterranean rarely produces extreme danger, but wave surge at Vernazza harbour during peak storms requires caution. Our forecast helps identify conditions that are dramatic but safe—when clearing weather follows storm systems to provide both visual drama and improving light.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 95 hours

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Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/Rome	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 75.0%	Significant Wave Height ≥ 1.5m	Visibility ≥ 5000.0m	Wind Gusts ≤ 22.0m/s	Precipitation Chance ≤ 30.0%
Sun, May 17
16:00	8.5%	0.37m	24135m	5.1m/s	0%
17:00	6.5%	0.42m	24135m	4.9m/s	0%
18:00	8.8%	0.41m	24134m	4.5m/s	0%
19:00	7.6%	0.4m	24134m	4.3m/s	0%
20:00	9.2%	0.37m	24134m	4.3m/s	0%
21:00	9.9%	0.33m	24134m	4.2m/s	0%
22:00	2.9%	0.29m	24135m	3.4m/s	0%
23:00	3.8%	0.25m	24134m	2.6m/s	0%
Mon, May 18
24:00	3.4%	0.23m	24135m	2.2m/s	0%
01:00	5.7%	0.2m	24135m	1.5m/s	0%
02:00	2.8%	0.34m	24134m	1m/s	0%
03:00	3.7%	0.24m	24134m	1.5m/s	8.7%
04:00	2.8%	0.47m	24135m	1.5m/s	21%
05:00	10%	0.53m	24134m	1.5m/s	32%
06:00	15%	0.3m	24135m	1.7m/s	40%
07:00	13%	0.63m	24134m	1.7m/s	48%
08:00	11%	0.7m	24135m	1.4m/s	56%
09:00	8.5%	0.7m	24135m	2.2m/s	56%
10:00	8.3%	0.55m	24135m	2.7m/s	56%
11:00	6.6%	0.56m	24135m	3m/s	56%
12:00	6.4%	0.57m	24134m	3.5m/s	70%
13:00	7.9%	0.52m	24135m	3.7m/s	84%
14:00	5.7%	0.33m	24134m	3.7m/s	98%
15:00	3.8%	0.3m	11359m	3.3m/s	94%
16:00	5.3%	0.27m	24134m	3.1m/s	91%
17:00	7.1%	0.24m	24134m	3.1m/s	88%
18:00	7.1%	0.24m	24134m	3.6m/s	89%
19:00	7.1%	0.25m	23986m	3.9m/s	89%
20:00	8.5%	0.25m	24135m	3.9m/s	90%
21:00	9.2%	0.23m	17414m	3.5m/s	86%
22:00	5.1%	0.2m	10447m	3.7m/s	82%
23:00	2.8%	0.18m	22245m	4.3m/s	78%
Tue, May 19
24:00	4.3%	0.16m	23944m	4.8m/s	83%
01:00	3.1%	0.15m	24125m	5.9m/s	88%
02:00	3.6%	0.13m	23676m	7.6m/s	94%
03:00	3.9%	0.13m	22656m	8.1m/s	80%
04:00	3.7%	0.12m	24134m	7m/s	66%
05:00	5.8%	0.12m	7669m	6.8m/s	52%
06:00	5.4%	0.11m	8103m	6.4m/s	56%
07:00	6.1%	0.11m	5296m	5.6m/s	60%
08:00	8.1%	0.1m	6933m	4.9m/s	64%
09:00	3.5%	0.1m	7845m	4.5m/s	45%
10:00	3.5%	0.09m	6993m	4.6m/s	27%
11:00	4.8%	0.09m	21919m	4.2m/s	8.3%
12:00	5.8%	0.14m	22461m	3.2m/s	5.5%
13:00	4.9%	0.18m	24134m	2.5m/s	2.8%
14:00	4.9%	0.23m	24134m	2.7m/s	0%
15:00	4.9%	0.26m	24134m	3.2m/s	0%
16:00	5.2%	0.29m	24134m	2.8m/s	0%
17:00	5.2%	0.32m	24134m	2.5m/s	0%
18:00	9.4%	0.31m	24135m	2.3m/s	0%
19:00	6.1%	0.31m	24134m	2.1m/s	0%
20:00	7.4%	0.3m	24135m	1.6m/s	0%
21:00	8%	0.27m	24134m	1.1m/s	0%
22:00	6%	0.24m	24134m	0.5m/s	0%
23:00	2.5%	0.21m	24135m	0.8m/s	0%
Wed, May 20
24:00	2.5%	0.19m	24135m	1.3m/s	0%
01:00	3.4%	0.18m	24134m	1.3m/s	0%
02:00	2.9%	0.16m	24134m	1.7m/s	0%
03:00	2.9%	0.17m	24135m	2.4m/s	0%
04:00	2.9%	0.18m	24135m	2.8m/s	0%
05:00	8.5%	0.19m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
06:00	9.6%	0.2m	24135m	2.6m/s	0%
07:00	7.4%	0.2m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
08:00	6.1%	0.21m	24134m	2.8m/s	0%
09:00	6.2%	0.21m	24134m	2.4m/s	13%
10:00	7.3%	0.22m	24134m	2m/s	26%
11:00	6.6%	0.22m	24135m	2.2m/s	39%
12:00	3.7%	0.21m	24135m	3.4m/s	33%
13:00	4.1%	0.19m	24135m	4.3m/s	28%
14:00	5%	0.18m	24134m	5m/s	22%
15:00	5%	0.17m	24135m	4.4m/s	15%
16:00	4.3%	0.17m	24135m	3.3m/s	7.4%
17:00	5.1%	0.16m	24134m	2.1m/s	0%
18:00	6.2%	0.2m	24135m	1.8m/s	0%
19:00	6.1%	0.24m	24135m	2.1m/s	0%
20:00	7.4%	0.28m	24134m	3m/s	0%
21:00	6.8%	0.25m	24134m	2.5m/s	0%
22:00	7.1%	0.23m	24135m	2m/s	0%
23:00	3.4%	0.2m	24135m	1.5m/s	0%
Thu, May 21
24:00	3.4%	0.2m	24135m	1.5m/s	0%
01:00	3%	0.21m	24135m	1.5m/s	0%
02:00	2.5%	0.21m	24135m	1.4m/s	0%
03:00	3.4%	0.2m	24135m	1.4m/s	0%
04:00	2.8%	0.18m	24135m	1.4m/s	0%
05:00	6.8%	0.17m	24135m	1.3m/s	0%
06:00	8.8%	0.15m	24135m	1.8m/s	0%
07:00	11%	0.14m	24135m	2.2m/s	0%
08:00	9.3%	0.12m	24135m	2.6m/s	0%
09:00	8.9%	0.11m	24135m	2.5m/s	0%
10:00	8.9%	0.1m	24135m	2.3m/s	0%
11:00	4.1%	0.09m	24135m	2.1m/s	0%
12:00	4.1%	0.11m	24135m	2.5m/s	0%
13:00	4.3%	0.12m	24135m	2.9m/s	0%
14:00	4.3%	0.14m	24135m	3.3m/s	0%

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score 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/Rome	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Sea Salt AOD (550nm)	Solar Elevation °	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Mon, May 18 Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:43
16:00	2%	5%	100%	0.22m	164°	0.05	48°	100%	185°	2.7m/s	0.13m	2.7s
17:00	36%	0%	100%	0.16m	71°	0.05	38°	100%	166°	2.7m/s	0.17m	2.3s
18:00	6%	1%	100%	0.14m	99°	0.06	27°	100%	159°	3.1m/s	0.22m	2.4s
19:00	93%	0%	100%	0.13m	127°	0.06	17°	100%	173°	3.2m/s	0.28m	2.5s
20:00	5%	5%	81%	0.11m	155°	0.06	6.5°	81%	168°	3.6m/s	0.33m	2.7s
21:00 ☾	0%	1%	25%	0.13m	156°	0.06	-3.2°	25%	168°	3.5m/s	0.26m	2.8s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	98%	0.15m	157°	0.06	-12°	98%	171°	3.4m/s	0.18m	2.8s
23:00 ☾	0%	4%	99%	0.17m	158°	0.06	-19°	99%	188°	3.9m/s	0.11m	2.9s
Tue, May 19 Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 20:43
24:00 ☾	0%	13%	38%	0.15m	160°	0.06	-24°	40%	195°	4.1m/s	0.12m	2.9s
01:00 ☾	0%	94%	8%	0.14m	161°	0.05	-26°	94%	200°	5.2m/s	0.14m	3s
02:00 ☾	0%	73%	5%	0.12m	163°	0.05	-25°	73%	211°	7.4m/s	0.15m	3s
03:00 ☾	0%	50%	5%	0.11m	193°	0.05	-22°	50%	217°	8.5m/s	0.13m	2.9s
04:00 ☾	0%	33%	5%	0.1m	223°	0.06	-16°	33%	216°	7.6m/s	0.12m	2.7s
05:00 ☾	0%	16%	5%	0.09m	253°	0.06	-8.4°	16%	217°	7.1m/s	0.1m	2.6s
06:00	0%	15%	4%	0.09m	215°	0.05	1°	15%	224°	6.8m/s	0.13m	2.6s
07:00	5%	12%	4%	0.1m	178°	0.05	11°	12%	224°	5.9m/s	0.16m	2.7s
08:00	66%	12%	1%	0.1m	140°	0.05	21°	68%	214°	4.7m/s	0.19m	2.8s
09:00	100%	4%	0%	0.09m	135°	0.04	32°	100%	189°	4m/s	0.15m	2.8s
10:00	100%	2%	5%	0.08m	130°	0.04	42°	100%	173°	4.2m/s	0.12m	2.8s
11:00	96%	4%	5%	0.07m	126°	0.03	52°	96%	170°	3.9m/s	0.08m	2.8s
12:00	80%	7%	14%	0.06m	132°	0.03	61°	80%	164°	3m/s	0.13m	2.5s
13:00	100%	14%	95%	0.06m	137°	0.03	65°	100%	160°	2.5m/s	0.18m	2.3s
14:00	100%	11%	100%	0.05m	143°	0.03	64°	100%	158°	2.9m/s	0.23m	2.1s
15:00	100%	14%	100%	0.05m	142°	-	58°	100%	183°	3.4m/s	0.26m	2.2s
16:00	100%	7%	100%	0.06m	141°	-	49°	100%	184°	2.9m/s	0.29m	2.3s
17:00	1%	4%	100%	0.06m	139°	-	38°	100%	181°	2.5m/s	0.32m	2.5s
18:00	0%	2%	64%	0.06m	143°	-	27°	64%	181°	2.4m/s	0.31m	2.5s
19:00	0%	2%	5%	0.05m	147°	-	17°	5%	191°	2.1m/s	0.31m	2.5s
20:00	1%	0%	5%	0.05m	150°	-	6.6°	5%	200°	1.5m/s	0.3m	2.5s
21:00 ☾	5%	0%	5%	0.08m	153°	-	-3°	5%	208°	1m/s	0.25m	2.6s
22:00 ☾	3%	5%	5%	0.1m	156°	-	-12°	5%	181°	0.39m/s	0.21m	2.6s
23:00 ☾	1%	5%	5%	0.13m	159°	-	-19°	5%	85°	0.97m/s	0.16m	2.6s
Wed, May 20 Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 20:44
24:00 ☾	0%	5%	3%	0.12m	204°	-	-24°	5%	95°	1.6m/s	0.15m	2.3s
01:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	0.1m	248°	-	-26°	4%	86°	1.5m/s	0.14m	2s
02:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.09m	293°	-	-25°	4%	69°	2.2m/s	0.13m	1.6s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	298°	-	-22°	0%	67°	2.9m/s	0.15m	1.8s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	304°	-	-16°	0%	75°	3.2m/s	0.16m	1.9s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	310°	-	-8.2°	0%	82°	2.8m/s	0.18m	2s
06:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	315°	-	1.2°	0%	85°	2.7m/s	0.19m	2s
07:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	320°	-	11°	0%	77°	3.1m/s	0.19m	2s
08:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	325°	-	21°	0%	75°	3.1m/s	0.2m	2.1s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	328°	-	32°	0%	89°	2.4m/s	0.2m	2.1s
10:00	6%	0%	5%	0.05m	331°	-	43°	6%	126°	1.9m/s	0.21m	2.1s
11:00	0%	0%	91%	0.05m	335°	-	53°	91%	164°	2m/s	0.21m	2.2s
12:00	0%	0%	98%	0.09m	223°	-	61°	98%	214°	3.1m/s	0.16m	2.4s
13:00	0%	0%	8%	0.13m	112°	-	66°	8%	227°	4.4m/s	0.11m	2.5s
14:00	0%	0%	5%	0.17m	0.55°	-	64°	5%	240°	5m/s	0.06m	2.7s
15:00	0%	0%	0%	0.16m	120°	-	58°	0%	245°	4.5m/s	0.07m	2.7s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	239°	-	49°	0%	262°	3.3m/s	0.09m	2.7s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	0.13m	359°	-	38°	0%	275°	2m/s	0.1m	2.7s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.11m	302°	-	28°	0%	259°	1.7m/s	0.16m	2.5s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	246°	-	17°	0%	292°	1.9m/s	0.21m	2.3s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	189°	-	6.8°	0%	304°	2.7m/s	0.27m	2.1s
21:00 ☾	1%	0%	0%	0.09m	194°	-	-2.8°	1%	219°	2.3m/s	0.22m	2.1s
22:00 ☾	2%	0%	0%	0.11m	199°	-	-11°	2%	133°	1.9m/s	0.17m	2.1s
23:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	0.13m	204°	-	-18°	3%	47°	1.5m/s	0.12m	2.1s
Thu, May 21 Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:45
24:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	0.13m	242°	-	-23°	3%	53°	1.5m/s	0.14m	2.3s
01:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.13m	280°	-	-26°	4%	60°	1.5m/s	0.17m	2.4s
02:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.13m	318°	-	-25°	4%	66°	1.4m/s	0.19m	2.5s
03:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.12m	326°	-	-22°	5%	127°	1.4m/s	0.2m	2.5s
04:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.11m	335°	-	-16°	5%	189°	1.4m/s	0.21m	2.5s
05:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.1m	344°	-	-8.1°	5%	250°	1.4m/s	0.22m	2.5s
06:00	13%	0%	0%	0.1m	347°	-	1.3°	13%	253°	1.8m/s	0.18m	2.4s
07:00	21%	0%	0%	0.11m	351°	-	11°	21%	256°	2.2m/s	0.15m	2.4s
08:00	30%	0%	0%	0.11m	355°	-	21°	30%	258°	2.6m/s	0.11m	2.3s
09:00	53%	0%	0%	0.09m	239°	-	32°	53%	276°	2.4m/s	0.11m	2.3s
10:00	77%	0%	0%	0.08m	123°	-	43°	77%	294°	2.2m/s	0.11m	2.2s
11:00	100%	0%	0%	0.06m	6.7°	-	53°	100%	312°	2m/s	0.11m	2.1s
12:00	100%	0%	0%	0.06m	21°	-	61°	100%	316°	2.4m/s	0.12m	2s
13:00	100%	0%	0%	0.07m	36°	-	66°	100%	320°	2.9m/s	0.12m	1.9s
14:00	100%	0%	0%	0.07m	51°	-	65°	100%	324°	3.3m/s	0.13m	1.8s
15:00	100%	0%	2%	0.09m	52°	-	58°	100%	332°	3.6m/s	0.12m	2.5s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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