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Manuel Antonio - Fog Hunter - Costa Rica

Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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 Spread3.9°C
Visibility21566 (Clear)
Relative Humidity80%
Wind Speed0.9m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Costa_Rica

No opportunities in the next 10 days

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast predicts when cloud forest conditions and valley fog create atmospheric scenes across Costa Rica's diverse elevations and microclimates. We track elevation-specific humidity, temperature differentials, and wind patterns to identify when fog and mist transform rainforest, cloud forest, and volcanic landscapes.

Costa Rica's dramatic topography creates numerous fog microclimates—from Monteverde's perpetual cloud forest mist to volcanic valley inversions to Caribbean coastal morning fog. The collision of Pacific and Caribbean weather systems over mountainous terrain produces exceptional fog photography opportunities year-round, with green season (May-November) bringing the most dramatic conditions.

What makes Costa Rica fog photography special:

  • Cloud forest immersion - Monteverde's permanent fog layer supports epiphyte-draped forests where mist is the defining feature, not occasional visitor
  • Volcanic valley fog - Arenal and Turrialba valleys fill with morning fog while volcanic peaks emerge above inversion layers
  • Microclimate transitions - Experience multiple fog types in single day—cloud forest, valley fog, coastal mist across short distances
  • Jungle emergence - Rainforest canopy trees and cecropia emerging from morning fog layers create layered atmospheric compositions

Monteverde cloud forest reserve exists because of fog—the persistent cloud layer that supports one of Earth's most biodiverse ecosystems. Here, photography captures fog as environment, with epiphytes, bromeliads, and moss-draped trees emerging from perpetual mist. The suspended bridges offer unique elevated perspectives into the fog layer. From La Fortuna, Arenal Volcano's perfect cone rises above valley fog on calm mornings, especially during green season. Turrialba Valley experiences similar inversions with the active volcano emerging above fog pools. Rincón de la Vieja's volcanic slopes create altitude-based fog layers with fumaroles adding volcanic steam to natural mist. Best conditions occur during green season when humidity is highest—arrive early as valley fog often dissipates by 8-9 AM.

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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
America/Costa_Rica
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
America/Costa_Rica
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, Apr 8 Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:46
19:00 ☾
21% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm -19° 27°C 0mm 0.71kPa 21566m 1m/s 0.88m/s
20:00 ☾
35% 23°C 0mm 81% 0cm -33° 26°C 0.25mm 0.65kPa 15336m 1.1m/s 0.99m/s
21:00 ☾
50% 23°C 0mm 82% 0cm -47° 26°C 0.69mm 0.6kPa 24024m 0.82m/s 0.8m/s
22:00 ☾
53% 23°C 0mm 82% 0cm -60° 26°C 0.69mm 0.59kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 1.1m/s
23:00 ☾
56% 22°C 0mm 83% 0cm -70° 26°C 0.69mm 0.57kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.3m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:46
24:00 ☾
59% 22°C 0mm 83% 0cm -72° 25°C 0.69mm 0.55kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
01:00 ☾
53% 21°C 0mm 81% 0cm -63° 25°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.3m/s
02:00 ☾
47% 21°C 0mm 80% 0cm -51° 24°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.1m/s
03:00 ☾
41% 20°C 0mm 78% 0cm -37° 24°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 2.1m/s
04:00 ☾
34% 19°C 0mm 76% 0cm -23° 24°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
28% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -8° 24°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2m/s
06:00
21% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm 6.7° 24°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
07:00
25% 19°C 0mm 65% 0cm 21° 26°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.95m/s
08:00
29% 20°C 0mm 60% 0cm 36° 28°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.59m/s
09:00
33% 20°C 0mm 57% 0cm 51° 30°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
31% 21°C 0mm 56% 0cm 66° 31°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 2.4m/s
11:00
29% 22°C 0mm 59% 0cm 80° 31°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 3.6m/s
12:00
27% 22°C 0mm 62% 0cm 84° 31°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
21% 23°C 0mm 62% 0cm 70° 31°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 3.5m/s
14:00
16% 23°C 0mm 64% 0cm 55° 30°C 0.06mm 1.5kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 3.5m/s
15:00
10% 23°C 0mm 67% 0cm 40° 30°C 0.25mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 3.2m/s
16:00
12% 23°C 0mm 68% 0cm 25° 29°C 0.56mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.8m/s
17:00
14% 23°C 0mm 72% 0cm 11° 28°C 1mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
18:00 ☾
16% 23°C 0mm 78% 0cm -4° 27°C 1mm 0.8kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
19:00 ☾
32% 23°C 0mm 79% 0cm -19° 27°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24134m 0.5m/s 0.25m/s
20:00 ☾
47% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm -33° 27°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.68m/s
21:00 ☾
63% 22°C 0mm 79% 0cm -47° 26°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.76m/s
22:00 ☾
67% 22°C 0mm 78% 0cm -60° 26°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.81m/s
23:00 ☾
70% 21°C 0mm 76% 0cm -70° 26°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 1.2m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 17:46
24:00 ☾
74% 20°C 0mm 75% 0cm -72° 25°C 0mm 0.81kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.5m/s
01:00 ☾
77% 20°C 0mm 73% 0cm -63° 25°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
79% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm -51° 25°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
03:00 ☾
82% 19°C 0mm 71% 0cm -37° 25°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
04:00 ☾
81% 19°C 0mm 70% 0cm -22° 25°C 0mm 0.94kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
80% 19°C 0mm 69% 0cm -7.9° 25°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
06:00
79% 19°C 0mm 69% 0cm 6.8° 25°C 0mm 0.96kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
81% 19°C 0mm 60% 0cm 21° 27°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1m/s
08:00
82% 19°C 0mm 54% 0cm 36° 29°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.65m/s
09:00
84% 19°C 0mm 52% 0cm 51° 30°C 0mm 2kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
82% 20°C 0mm 54% 0cm 66° 31°C 0mm 2kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
80% 21°C 0mm 58% 0cm 81° 31°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
78% 22°C 0mm 60% 0cm 84° 31°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 3.6m/s
13:00
61% 22°C 0mm 61% 0cm 70° 31°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 3.8m/s
14:00
44% 22°C 0mm 64% 0cm 55° 30°C 0.19mm 1.5kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 3m/s
15:00
27% 22°C 0mm 63% 0cm 40° 30°C 0.5mm 1.6kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.6m/s
16:00
31% 22°C 0mm 64% 0cm 25° 30°C 0.81mm 1.5kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2.4m/s
17:00
34% 22°C 0mm 68% 0cm 11° 29°C 0.88mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.1m/s
18:00 ☾
38% 23°C 0mm 75% 0cm -4° 27°C 1mm 0.9kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
19:00 ☾
49% 23°C 0mm 79% 0cm -19° 27°C 0.88mm 0.72kPa 3714m 1.4m/s 0.97m/s
20:00 ☾
60% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm -33° 26°C 1.3mm 0.7kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.45m/s
21:00 ☾
71% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm -47° 26°C 1.3mm 0.68kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.79m/s
22:00 ☾
69% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm -60° 26°C 1.3mm 0.66kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 1.1m/s
23:00 ☾
67% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm -70° 25°C 1.3mm 0.63kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 17:46
24:00 ☾
65% 21°C 0mm 80% 0cm -71° 25°C 1.3mm 0.64kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
01:00 ☾
61% 20°C 0mm 73% 0cm -63° 25°C 0.83mm 0.88kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
58% 19°C 0mm 66% 0cm -50° 26°C 0.42mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
54% 18°C 0mm 59% 0cm -37° 26°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
04:00 ☾
50% 19°C 0mm 60% 0cm -22° 27°C 0.13mm 1.4kPa 23435m 2m/s 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
46% 19°C 0mm 60% 0cm -7.8° 28°C 0.25mm 1.5kPa 22736m 2.1m/s 2.5m/s
06:00
42% 20°C 0mm 60% 0cm 7° 28°C 0.38mm 1.5kPa 22036m 2.3m/s 2.8m/s
07:00
39% 20°C 0mm 65% 0cm 22° 27°C 0.83mm 1.3kPa 18145m 2m/s 2.5m/s
08:00
36% 21°C 0mm 70% 0cm 36° 26°C 1.3mm 1kPa 14253m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
09:00
33% 21°C 0mm 75% 0cm 51° 26°C 1.8mm 0.81kPa 10361m 1.3m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
33% 21°C 0.07mm 80% 0cm 66° 24°C 2.6mm 0.61kPa 14952m 1.2m/s 1.6m/s
11:00
32% 20°C 0.15mm 84% 0cm 81° 23°C 3.5mm 0.44kPa 19544m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
12:00
32% 20°C 0.22mm 89% 0cm 84° 22°C 4.3mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
13:00
30% 19°C 0.15mm 87% 0cm 70° 21°C 3mm 0.32kPa 23299m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
14:00
28% 18°C 0.07mm 85% 0cm 55° 21°C 1.7mm 0.36kPa 22462m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
15:00
26% 18°C 0mm 84% 0cm 40° 21°C 0.44mm 0.39kPa 21625m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
16:00
26% 17°C 0mm 83% 0cm 25° 20°C 0.44mm 0.41kPa 21973m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
17:00
27% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm 11° 20°C 0.44mm 0.42kPa 22320m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
18:00 ☾
27% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm -4° 20°C 0.44mm 0.43kPa 22667m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
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