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Tamarindo - Fog Hunter - Costa Rica

Nicoya, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

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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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread3.9°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity80%
Wind Speed5.8m/s (moderate winds)

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Times shown in America/Costa_Rica

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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 79 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Costa_Rica
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Tue, Jul 7
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Wed, Jul 8
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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, Jul 8 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:07
07:00
99% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm 21° 26°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24134m 9.2m/s 5.8m/s
08:00
100% 23°C 0mm 72% 0cm 35° 28°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 8.2m/s 6.5m/s
09:00
100% 23°C 0mm 67% 0cm 48° 29°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 5.9m/s
10:00
100% 23°C 0mm 62% 0cm 62° 31°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 5.5m/s
11:00
100% 23°C 0mm 59% 0cm 73° 32°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 5m/s
12:00
100% 23°C 0mm 55% 0cm 77° 33°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 4.4m/s
13:00
67% 23°C 0mm 53% 0cm 69° 34°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24134m 5.2m/s 4.3m/s
14:00
33% 23°C 0mm 52% 0cm 56° 34°C 0mm 2.5kPa 24134m 4.8m/s 4.8m/s
15:00
0% 23°C 0.01mm 58% 0cm 42° 33°C 0.25mm 2.1kPa 12795m 5.3m/s 5.3m/s
16:00
0% 23°C 0mm 64% 0cm 29° 31°C 0.88mm 1.6kPa 24078m 7.4m/s 4.7m/s
17:00
0% 23°C 0mm 66% 0cm 15° 30°C 1.3mm 1.4kPa 24124m 8.4m/s 4.9m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 23°C 0.01mm 71% 0cm 1.3° 28°C 1.4mm 1.1kPa 24135m 7.5m/s 3.8m/s
19:00 ☾
15% 23°C 0mm 79% 0cm -13° 26°C 0.25mm 0.74kPa 24135m 7.9m/s 3.5m/s
20:00 ☾
31% 23°C 0mm 83% 0cm -26° 26°C 0.56mm 0.56kPa 24135m 9.8m/s 2.8m/s
21:00 ☾
46% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -38° 25°C 0.63mm 0.52kPa 24074m 9.2m/s 3m/s
22:00 ☾
49% 22°C 0mm 85% 0cm -48° 25°C 0.63mm 0.47kPa 24134m 8.7m/s 3.1m/s
23:00 ☾
53% 22°C 0mm 86% 0cm -56° 25°C 0.63mm 0.42kPa 24134m 8.2m/s 2.6m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:07
24:00 ☾
56% 22°C 0mm 88% 0cm -57° 24°C 0.63mm 0.36kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
49% 22°C 0mm 89% 0cm -53° 24°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.77m/s
02:00 ☾
41% 22°C 0mm 90% 0cm -44° 24°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1m/s
03:00 ☾
34% 22°C 0mm 90% 0cm -33° 24°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1m/s
04:00 ☾
26% 22°C 0mm 90% 0cm -20° 24°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 1.4m/s
05:00 ☾
19% 22°C 0mm 89% 0cm -6.8° 24°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
06:00
11% 22°C 0mm 87% 0cm 6.9° 25°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 8.8m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
8% 23°C 0mm 79% 0cm 21° 26°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24134m 10m/s 3.8m/s
08:00
5% 23°C 0mm 72% 0cm 34° 28°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 10m/s 6.1m/s
09:00
2% 22°C 0mm 64% 0cm 48° 30°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 9.6m/s 7.2m/s
10:00
2% 22°C 0mm 61% 0cm 62° 31°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 9.2m/s 7.3m/s
11:00
1% 23°C 0mm 58% 0cm 73° 32°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 8.7m/s 7m/s
12:00
1% 23°C 0mm 57% 0cm 77° 32°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24135m 8.1m/s 6.6m/s
13:00
1% 23°C 0mm 56% 0cm 69° 33°C 0.06mm 2.2kPa 24073m 7.3m/s 6.5m/s
14:00
0% 24°C 0mm 62% 0cm 56° 32°C 1.2mm 1.8kPa 4463m 6.7m/s 6.1m/s
15:00
0% 24°C 0mm 64% 0cm 42° 31°C 2.8mm 1.6kPa 4499m 7.2m/s 5.9m/s
16:00
0% 24°C 0mm 68% 0cm 29° 30°C 3.9mm 1.4kPa 24079m 7m/s 5.2m/s
17:00
0% 24°C 0mm 72% 0cm 15° 29°C 4mm 1.1kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 5m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 23°C 0mm 78% 0cm 1.3° 27°C 4.3mm 0.77kPa 24135m 9.4m/s 4.9m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 23°C 0mm 85% 0cm -13° 25°C 0.94mm 0.49kPa 2745m 8.2m/s 3.8m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 23°C 0mm 87% 0cm -26° 25°C 1.6mm 0.4kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
1% 22°C 0mm 88% 0cm -38° 25°C 1.7mm 0.38kPa 24134m 5.7m/s 2.3m/s
22:00 ☾
1% 22°C 0mm 88% 0cm -48° 24°C 1.7mm 0.35kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
2% 22°C 0mm 90% 0cm -56° 24°C 1.7mm 0.31kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.1m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:07
24:00 ☾
2% 22°C 0mm 91% 0cm -57° 24°C 1.7mm 0.27kPa 24135m 0.93m/s 0.86m/s
01:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0mm 91% 0cm -53° 24°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.2m/s
02:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0mm 92% 0cm -44° 24°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
03:00 ☾
4% 22°C 0mm 92% 0cm -33° 24°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.89m/s
04:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0mm 92% 0cm -20° 23°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.61m/s
05:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0mm 92% 0cm -6.8° 24°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.5m/s
06:00
2% 23°C 0mm 91% 0cm 6.9° 24°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 0.72m/s 0.49m/s
07:00
2% 23°C 0mm 85% 0cm 21° 25°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
2% 23°C 0mm 78% 0cm 34° 27°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24134m 7.2m/s 3.7m/s
09:00
2% 23°C 0mm 69% 0cm 48° 29°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 7.4m/s 5m/s
10:00
1% 23°C 0mm 63% 0cm 62° 31°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 5.2m/s
11:00
1% 23°C 0mm 62% 0cm 73° 31°C 0.06mm 1.7kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 6m/s
12:00
0% 23°C 0mm 63% 0cm 78° 31°C 0.13mm 1.6kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 5.9m/s
13:00
0% 23°C 0mm 73% 0cm 69° 29°C 0.73mm 1kPa 23538m 4.6m/s 4.3m/s
14:00
0% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm 56° 26°C 1.3mm 0.56kPa 22942m 2.8m/s 2.7m/s
15:00
0% 23°C 0mm 94% 0cm 42° 24°C 1.9mm 0.19kPa 22345m 1.1m/s 1m/s
16:00
0% 23°C 0.08mm 94% 0cm 29° 24°C 2.9mm 0.18kPa 22942m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
17:00
0% 23°C 0.15mm 94% 0cm 15° 24°C 3.9mm 0.17kPa 23538m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 23°C 0.23mm 95% 0cm 1.3° 24°C 4.9mm 0.16kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 23°C 0.15mm 95% 0cm -13° 24°C 4.5mm 0.14kPa 23247m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 23°C 0.08mm 95% 0cm -26° 24°C 4mm 0.13kPa 22359m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
21:00 ☾
1% 23°C 0mm 96% 0cm -38° 23°C 3.6mm 0.12kPa 21471m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
1% 22°C 0.32mm 96% 0cm -48° 23°C 7.1mm 0.1kPa 19075m 2.6m/s 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 22°C 0.63mm 97% 0cm -56° 22°C 11mm 0.09kPa 16679m 3.5m/s 1.6m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:07
24:00 ☾
0% 21°C 0.95mm 97% 0cm -58° 22°C 14mm 0.07kPa 14283m 4.3m/s 1.5m/s
01:00 ☾
1% 21°C 0.63mm 95% 0cm -53° 22°C 9.8mm 0.13kPa 17567m 3.5m/s 1.4m/s
02:00 ☾
2% 22°C 0.32mm 93% 0cm -44° 23°C 5.3mm 0.2kPa 20851m 2.7m/s 1.2m/s
03:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0mm 91% 0cm -33° 24°C 0.75mm 0.27kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1m/s
04:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0.02mm 86% 0cm -20° 25°C 0.77mm 0.43kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 0.89m/s
05:00 ☾
3% 22°C 0.04mm 81% 0cm -6.9° 26°C 0.79mm 0.62kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 0.76m/s
06:00
3% 22°C 0.06mm 76% 0cm 6.8° 27°C 0.81mm 0.83kPa 24135m 0.84m/s 0.63m/s
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