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Puerto Viejo - Cloudscapes - Costa Rica

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Cloud Drama Score: ≥ 75.0%. Low Clouds: ≥ 20.0%. Mid-Level Clouds: ≥ 30.0%. High Clouds: ≥ 40.0%. Visibility: ≥ 5000.0m

Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón Province, Costa Rica

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)

Cloud Drama Score · ≥ 75.0% Low Clouds · ≥ 20.0% Mid-Level Clouds · ≥ 30.0% High Clouds · ≥ 40.0%

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Cloud Drama Score 99% failing

Low Clouds 58% failing

Mid-Level Clouds 42% failing

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Real-time conditions

Cloud Drama Score

Cloud Cover57%

Wind Gusts2.7m/s

Precipitation Chance28%

Air Pressure1009.0hPa

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Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks dramatic cloud conditions across Costa Rica's remarkable diversity of landscapes—from volcanic peaks to Pacific coast to pristine rainforest. We analyze cloud types, coverage patterns, and tropical atmospheric instability to predict when sky drama combines with the country's iconic natural features.

Costa Rica's position between Pacific and Caribbean, combined with volcanic peaks reaching over 3,800 meters, creates extraordinary cloud dynamics. The green season (May-November) brings afternoon convective storms and dramatic cloud buildup, while the dry season (December-April) offers clearer skies but occasionally spectacular transitions. The country's multiple microclimates mean cloud conditions can vary dramatically within short distances.

What makes Costa Rica cloudscape photography special:

Volcanic drama - Arenal, Rincón de la Vieja, and Turrialba volcanic peaks piercing cloud layers, sometimes adding volcanic steam to natural clouds
Green season storms - Afternoon convective buildups create towering cumulus and dramatic storm light over rainforest and coast
Pacific coast systems - Offshore weather approaching Tamarindo and Manuel Antonio creates layered cloud compositions over ocean
Rainforest scale - Osa Peninsula and Drake Bay's pristine wilderness under tropical cloud systems provides untouched landscape drama

Arenal Volcano provides Costa Rica's classic cloudscape composition—the symmetrical cone often partially wrapped in clouds or emerging from cloud layers, especially during green season when afternoon convection builds around the peak. Rincón de la Vieja's active volcanic features combine with cloud drama—steam vents and fumaroles adding to natural cloud formations. Tamarindo's Pacific coast works brilliantly for sunset cloudscapes when afternoon storms clear, leaving dramatic cloud remnants for golden hour. Manuel Antonio's combination of rainforest hills and Pacific creates compositions with clouds at multiple elevations. Drake Bay and Osa Peninsula offer pristine wilderness cloudscapes without human development. Green season (May-November) produces the most dramatic conditions with daily afternoon storm buildups.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 95 hours

OR logic: one branch per group is enough

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Time America/Costa_Rica	Cloud Drama Score ≥ 75.0%	Low Clouds ≥ 20.0%	Mid-Level Clouds OR1·B1 ≥ 30.0%	High Clouds OR1·B2 ≥ 40.0%	Visibility ≥ 5000.0m
Tue, Apr 7
19:00	15%	6.8%	0%	5.9%	24135m
20:00	15%	0.4%	0%	49%	24134m
21:00	15%	0.1%	0%	59%	17398m
22:00	14%	0.3%	0%	100%	18382m
23:00	3.8%	0.1%	0%	100%	24134m
Wed, Apr 8
24:00	5.6%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
01:00	9.3%	15%	0%	100%	14135m
02:00	5.8%	54%	0%	100%	14152m
03:00	3.2%	42%	0%	100%	24135m
04:00	1.8%	2%	0%	100%	23866m
05:00	21%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
06:00	25%	0%	0%	100%	24134m
07:00	18%	0%	0%	100%	24134m
08:00	18%	0%	0%	96%	24134m
09:00	54%	5.5%	0%	52%	24135m
10:00	33%	2.4%	0%	22%	24135m
11:00	36%	4.2%	0%	54%	24134m
12:00	28%	1.7%	0%	67%	24135m
13:00	17%	1.5%	0%	97%	24135m
14:00	25%	2.1%	0%	91%	24134m
15:00	23%	1.1%	0%	99%	24134m
16:00	26%	0.7%	0%	100%	24135m
17:00	28%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
18:00	29%	0%	0%	100%	9232m
19:00	15%	1.1%	0%	57%	24134m
20:00	15%	0.2%	0%	47%	24135m
21:00	15%	0.9%	0%	95%	24135m
22:00	12%	0%	0%	34%	24135m
23:00	13%	0%	0%	32%	24134m
Thu, Apr 9
24:00	15%	1%	0%	100%	24134m
01:00	8.9%	5%	0%	100%	17474m
02:00	8.3%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
03:00	8.8%	0%	0%	100%	24134m
04:00	3%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
05:00	19%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
06:00	20%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
07:00	23%	0%	0%	100%	24135m
08:00	24%	0%	0%	86%	24134m
09:00	51%	0%	0%	53%	24135m
10:00	28%	0.7%	0%	12%	24134m
11:00	36%	0.8%	0%	42%	24134m
12:00	40%	0.1%	0%	31%	24135m
13:00	35%	0.2%	0%	24%	24135m
14:00	38%	0.8%	0%	11%	24134m
15:00	22%	2.8%	0%	100%	24134m
16:00	22%	0%	0.2%	100%	24135m
17:00	51%	1.9%	1.1%	80%	24134m
18:00	61%	0%	0%	67%	10681m
19:00	15%	0%	0%	14%	24134m
20:00	13%	0%	0%	4.4%	24134m
21:00	8.3%	0%	0%	0.3%	24135m
22:00	8.5%	1.1%	0%	0%	24134m
23:00	8.1%	0%	0%	0%	24134m
Fri, Apr 10
24:00	10%	0%	0%	4.5%	24135m
01:00	7.6%	0%	0%	0%	24134m
02:00	7.7%	0%	0%	0%	24134m
03:00	8.8%	0%	0%	0%	24135m
04:00	11%	29%	0%	0.3%	24135m
05:00	56%	54%	0.1%	0%	24134m
06:00	72%	65%	3.3%	2.2%	24134m
07:00	77%	69%	4.6%	5.2%	24134m
08:00	50%	82%	4.8%	5%	24134m
09:00	37%	85%	4.6%	5%	14280m
10:00	26%	99%	1.9%	5%	24134m
11:00	34%	92%	18%	5%	24135m
12:00	33%	43%	4.6%	5%	4357m
13:00	31%	21%	1.9%	0.2%	12781m
14:00	28%	3.6%	1.9%	2.3%	24134m
15:00	29%	2.1%	0%	4%	12127m
16:00	32%	1.1%	0%	4.4%	14422m
17:00	33%	0.2%	0%	1.9%	24135m
18:00	33%	0.1%	0.2%	4.1%	24134m
19:00	15%	0%	0%	53%	24134m
20:00	14%	3.7%	1.1%	100%	7700m
21:00	14%	1.5%	1.9%	100%	6710m
22:00	11%	43%	4.4%	100%	7445m
23:00	9.4%	86%	4.8%	100%	15751m
Sat, Apr 11
24:00	4.5%	97%	18%	100%	24135m
01:00	0%	89%	13%	100%	20884m
02:00	0%	81%	7.8%	100%	17634m
03:00	0%	74%	2.7%	100%	14383m
04:00	0%	59%	4.5%	91%	11023m
05:00	47%	45%	6.3%	82%	7662m
06:00	71%	30%	8.1%	72%	4302m
07:00	51%	32%	8.3%	80%	4518m
08:00	36%	34%	8.4%	88%	4735m
09:00	28%	36%	8.6%	96%	4951m
10:00	16%	36%	7.4%	98%	4407m
11:00	16%	36%	6.2%	99%	3863m
12:00	16%	35%	5%	100%	3319m
13:00	16%	53%	5.6%	91%	7090m
14:00	28%	70%	6.1%	82%	10861m
15:00	36%	88%	6.7%	73%	14632m
16:00	43%	92%	6.1%	81%	11959m
17:00	43%	96%	5.6%	88%	9286m

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

What does Cloud 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 America/Costa_Rica	Air Pressure hPa	High Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Precipitation Chance %	Relative Humidity %	Solar Elevation °	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Gusts m/s	Wind Speed m/s
Wed, Apr 8 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:41
19:00 ☾	1009hPa	57%	0%	28%	79%	-20°	57%	2.7m/s	2.3m/s
20:00 ☾	1010hPa	47%	0%	18%	79%	-34°	47%	2.4m/s	2.2m/s
21:00 ☾	1010hPa	95%	0%	7%	80%	-48°	95%	2.4m/s	2.3m/s
22:00 ☾	1011hPa	34%	0%	5%	81%	-61°	34%	2.5m/s	2.5m/s
23:00 ☾	1010hPa	32%	0%	2%	81%	-71°	32%	2.6m/s	2.7m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:41
24:00 ☾	1010hPa	100%	0%	0%	82%	-71°	100%	2.9m/s	2.9m/s
01:00 ☾	1009hPa	100%	0%	27%	81%	-62°	100%	3.3m/s	3.2m/s
02:00 ☾	1008hPa	100%	0%	55%	79%	-49°	100%	3.2m/s	3.1m/s
03:00 ☾	1008hPa	100%	0%	82%	78%	-36°	100%	2.7m/s	2.6m/s
04:00 ☾	1009hPa	100%	0%	88%	78%	-21°	100%	2.7m/s	2.8m/s
05:00 ☾	1010hPa	100%	0%	94%	77%	-6.6°	100%	3.1m/s	3.1m/s
06:00	1010hPa	100%	0%	100%	76%	8.1°	100%	3.1m/s	3m/s
07:00	1011hPa	100%	0%	100%	74%	23°	100%	2.9m/s	2.8m/s
08:00	1011hPa	86%	0%	100%	72%	38°	86%	2.6m/s	2.3m/s
09:00	1011hPa	53%	0%	100%	72%	52°	53%	3.1m/s	2.6m/s
10:00	1011hPa	12%	0%	100%	74%	67°	12%	3.4m/s	3.5m/s
11:00	1011hPa	42%	0%	100%	74%	82°	42%	3.9m/s	4m/s
12:00	1009hPa	31%	0%	100%	73%	83°	31%	4m/s	4.2m/s
13:00	1008hPa	24%	0%	67%	73%	68°	24%	4.1m/s	4.4m/s
14:00	1008hPa	11%	0%	33%	74%	54°	11%	4.3m/s	4.5m/s
15:00	1007hPa	100%	0%	0%	75%	39°	100%	4.2m/s	4.4m/s
16:00	1007hPa	100%	0%	19%	76%	24°	100%	3.9m/s	3.7m/s
17:00	1008hPa	80%	1%	37%	78%	9.3°	80%	3.3m/s	3m/s
18:00 ☾	1009hPa	67%	0%	56%	78%	-5.3°	67%	3.4m/s	2.8m/s
19:00 ☾	1009hPa	14%	0%	65%	79%	-20°	14%	3.8m/s	3.3m/s
20:00 ☾	1010hPa	4%	0%	73%	80%	-34°	4%	3.6m/s	3.3m/s
21:00 ☾	1010hPa	0%	0%	82%	80%	-48°	0%	4m/s	3.7m/s
22:00 ☾	1010hPa	0%	0%	82%	82%	-61°	1%	4.3m/s	3.9m/s
23:00 ☾	1010hPa	0%	0%	82%	82%	-71°	0%	3.9m/s	3.6m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:41
24:00 ☾	1009hPa	4%	0%	82%	82%	-71°	4%	3.7m/s	3.3m/s
01:00 ☾	1008hPa	0%	0%	82%	82%	-62°	0%	3.4m/s	3.1m/s
02:00 ☾	1008hPa	0%	0%	82%	82%	-49°	0%	3.7m/s	3.3m/s
03:00 ☾	1008hPa	0%	0%	82%	82%	-35°	0%	4.1m/s	3.6m/s
04:00 ☾	1009hPa	0%	0%	88%	81%	-21°	29%	3.9m/s	3.3m/s
05:00 ☾	1009hPa	0%	0%	94%	81%	-6.5°	54%	4m/s	3.5m/s
06:00	1010hPa	2%	3%	100%	80%	8.2°	65%	4.3m/s	3.7m/s
07:00	1010hPa	5%	5%	100%	78%	23°	69%	4.4m/s	3.7m/s
08:00	1011hPa	5%	5%	100%	77%	38°	82%	4.2m/s	3.4m/s
09:00	1011hPa	5%	5%	100%	77%	52°	85%	4.3m/s	3.5m/s
10:00	1011hPa	5%	2%	100%	77%	67°	99%	5.1m/s	4.6m/s
11:00	1010hPa	5%	18%	100%	77%	82°	92%	5.5m/s	5.3m/s
12:00	1009hPa	5%	5%	100%	79%	83°	43%	5.1m/s	4.8m/s
13:00	1009hPa	0%	2%	94%	78%	68°	21%	4.3m/s	4.1m/s
14:00	1008hPa	2%	2%	88%	78%	54°	5%	4.3m/s	4m/s
15:00	1008hPa	4%	0%	82%	78%	39°	4%	4m/s	3.8m/s
16:00	1008hPa	4%	0%	82%	79%	24°	4%	3.7m/s	3.5m/s
17:00	1008hPa	2%	0%	83%	80%	9.3°	2%	3.4m/s	3m/s
18:00 ☾	1009hPa	4%	0%	84%	80%	-5.3°	4%	3.4m/s	3m/s
19:00 ☾	1010hPa	53%	0%	70%	80%	-20°	53%	3.5m/s	3.1m/s
20:00 ☾	1011hPa	100%	1%	57%	81%	-34°	100%	3.3m/s	2.8m/s
21:00 ☾	1011hPa	100%	2%	43%	80%	-48°	100%	3.3m/s	2.7m/s
22:00 ☾	1011hPa	100%	4%	45%	80%	-61°	100%	3.4m/s	2.9m/s
23:00 ☾	1011hPa	100%	5%	47%	81%	-70°	100%	3.7m/s	3.3m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:41
24:00 ☾	1010hPa	100%	18%	48%	81%	-71°	100%	4.1m/s	3.7m/s
01:00 ☾	985hPa	100%	13%	39%	79%	-62°	100%	3m/s	2.5m/s
02:00 ☾	961hPa	100%	8%	30%	77%	-49°	100%	1.9m/s	1.4m/s
03:00 ☾	936hPa	100%	3%	21%	75%	-35°	100%	0.83m/s	0.21m/s
04:00 ☾	936hPa	91%	5%	34%	75%	-21°	91%	1m/s	0.5m/s
05:00 ☾	935hPa	82%	6%	48%	76%	-6.3°	82%	1.2m/s	0.78m/s
06:00	935hPa	72%	8%	61%	76%	8.3°	72%	1.4m/s	1.1m/s
07:00	934hPa	80%	8%	69%	80%	23°	80%	1.6m/s	1.2m/s
08:00	934hPa	88%	8%	77%	83%	38°	88%	1.8m/s	1.4m/s
09:00	933hPa	96%	9%	85%	86%	52°	96%	2m/s	1.5m/s
10:00	934hPa	98%	7%	88%	90%	67°	98%	1.7m/s	1.3m/s
11:00	934hPa	99%	6%	91%	93%	82°	99%	1.3m/s	1m/s
12:00	935hPa	100%	5%	94%	97%	83°	100%	0.9m/s	0.77m/s
13:00	935hPa	91%	6%	90%	96%	68°	98%	0.88m/s	0.79m/s
14:00	936hPa	82%	6%	87%	96%	53°	95%	0.85m/s	0.81m/s
15:00	936hPa	73%	7%	84%	95%	39°	92%	0.83m/s	0.82m/s
16:00	936hPa	81%	6%	85%	95%	24°	95%	0.71m/s	0.67m/s
17:00	935hPa	88%	6%	86%	95%	9.3°	97%	0.58m/s	0.51m/s
18:00 ☾	935hPa	95%	5%	87%	95%	-5.3°	100%	0.46m/s	0.36m/s

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

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