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Tortuguero - Fog Hunter - Costa Rica

Puerto Limón, Limón 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 Spread3.3°C
Visibility11471 (Clear)
Relative Humidity82%
Wind Speed1.2m/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 05:25 Sunset 17:42
19:00 ☾
19% 23°C 0mm 82% 0cm -20° 26°C 0.75mm 0.59kPa 11471m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
20:00 ☾
25% 23°C 0mm 82% 0cm -34° 26°C 1.4mm 0.58kPa 19558m 1m/s 0.86m/s
21:00 ☾
30% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -48° 26°C 1.9mm 0.58kPa 21848m 1.1m/s 0.9m/s
22:00 ☾
22% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -61° 26°C 2.3mm 0.59kPa 13664m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
23:00 ☾
15% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -71° 25°C 2.4mm 0.58kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 17:42
24:00 ☾
7% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -71° 25°C 2.4mm 0.58kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
6% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -62° 25°C 0.06mm 0.57kPa 22190m 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
02:00 ☾
4% 22°C 0mm 82% 0cm -50° 25°C 0.19mm 0.57kPa 20961m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
3% 21°C 0mm 81% 0cm -36° 25°C 0.25mm 0.61kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
04:00 ☾
2% 21°C 0mm 80% 0cm -21° 25°C 0.31mm 0.63kPa 21604m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
1% 21°C 0mm 80% 0cm -6.8° 25°C 0.5mm 0.61kPa 16625m 2.1m/s 2m/s
06:00
0% 21°C 0mm 79% 0cm 7.9° 25°C 0.63mm 0.67kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
07:00
3% 21°C 0mm 74% 0cm 23° 26°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
5% 22°C 0mm 71% 0cm 37° 27°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
09:00
8% 22°C 0mm 70% 0cm 52° 28°C 0.06mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
10:00
10% 22°C 0mm 70% 0cm 67° 28°C 0.13mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
11% 22°C 0mm 69% 0cm 81° 28°C 0.13mm 1.2kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 3.4m/s
12:00
13% 22°C 0mm 68% 0cm 83° 29°C 0.19mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 3.7m/s
13:00
20% 22°C 0mm 68% 0cm 69° 29°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 4m/s
14:00
26% 22°C 0mm 70% 0cm 54° 28°C 0.06mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 4m/s
15:00
33% 22°C 0mm 73% 0cm 39° 28°C 0.25mm 1kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 3.5m/s
16:00
31% 23°C 0mm 75% 0cm 24° 27°C 0.81mm 0.91kPa 14175m 3.2m/s 3.2m/s
17:00
30% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm 9.7° 27°C 1.3mm 0.68kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 2.8m/s
18:00 ☾
28% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm -5° 26°C 2.1mm 0.54kPa 12559m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
19:00 ☾
32% 23°C 0.01mm 85% 0cm -20° 26°C 0.44mm 0.48kPa 18341m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
20:00 ☾
36% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm -34° 26°C 0.81mm 0.54kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
21:00 ☾
40% 23°C 0mm 83% 0cm -48° 26°C 0.88mm 0.54kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2m/s
22:00 ☾
36% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm -61° 25°C 0.88mm 0.51kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.4m/s
23:00 ☾
33% 22°C 0mm 85% 0cm -70° 25°C 1mm 0.48kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.4m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 17:42
24:00 ☾
29% 22°C 0mm 85% 0cm -71° 25°C 1.1mm 0.48kPa 21297m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
27% 22°C 0mm 85% 0cm -62° 25°C 0.13mm 0.48kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2.1m/s
02:00 ☾
25% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -49° 25°C 0.38mm 0.5kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.4m/s
03:00 ☾
23% 22°C 0.01mm 84% 0cm -36° 25°C 0.63mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.7m/s
04:00 ☾
24% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -21° 25°C 0.81mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.5m/s
05:00 ☾
24% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -6.7° 25°C 1mm 0.48kPa 19360m 3.3m/s 2.8m/s
06:00
25% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm 8° 25°C 1.3mm 0.51kPa 22072m 3.3m/s 2.7m/s
07:00
24% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm 23° 26°C 0.13mm 0.66kPa 16688m 3.3m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
24% 22°C 0mm 78% 0cm 37° 26°C 0.25mm 0.74kPa 15650m 3.3m/s 2.9m/s
09:00
23% 22°C 0mm 77% 0cm 52° 27°C 0.44mm 0.8kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.3m/s
10:00
25% 22°C 0mm 75% 0cm 67° 27°C 0.56mm 0.9kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 3.6m/s
11:00
27% 22°C 0mm 73% 0cm 82° 28°C 0.69mm 1kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
29% 22°C 0mm 72% 0cm 83° 28°C 0.75mm 1kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.7m/s
13:00
40% 22°C 0mm 74% 0cm 69° 27°C 0.56mm 0.96kPa 10249m 3.4m/s 3.3m/s
14:00
52% 22°C 0mm 74% 0cm 54° 27°C 1.4mm 0.93kPa 11688m 3.2m/s 3.1m/s
15:00
63% 22°C 0mm 75% 0cm 39° 27°C 2mm 0.91kPa 13315m 3.1m/s 3m/s
16:00
63% 22°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm 24° 27°C 2.4mm 0.83kPa 15056m 2.9m/s 2.8m/s
17:00
64% 23°C 0mm 80% 0cm 9.6° 26°C 2.9mm 0.69kPa 14604m 2.8m/s 2.3m/s
18:00 ☾
64% 23°C 0mm 83% 0cm -5° 26°C 3.3mm 0.56kPa 12584m 2.5m/s 2m/s
19:00 ☾
54% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -20° 25°C 0.5mm 0.53kPa 13860m 2.6m/s 2m/s
20:00 ☾
43% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -34° 25°C 1.1mm 0.5kPa 9464m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
21:00 ☾
33% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -48° 25°C 1.9mm 0.51kPa 11148m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
22:00 ☾
29% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -60° 25°C 2.6mm 0.51kPa 9582m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
24% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -70° 25°C 3.1mm 0.5kPa 13094m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 17:42
24:00 ☾
20% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -70° 25°C 3.4mm 0.49kPa 15149m 2.8m/s 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
15% 22°C 0mm 83% 0cm -62° 25°C 3.1mm 0.56kPa 13033m 2.5m/s 2m/s
02:00 ☾
10% 22°C 0mm 81% 0cm -49° 26°C 2.9mm 0.63kPa 10917m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
5% 22°C 0mm 79% 0cm -35° 26°C 2.6mm 0.7kPa 8801m 1.9m/s 1.5m/s
04:00 ☾
5% 22°C 0.09mm 78% 0cm -21° 26°C 3.3mm 0.77kPa 8498m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
5% 22°C 0.17mm 76% 0cm -6.6° 27°C 4.1mm 0.84kPa 8195m 2.4m/s 2.3m/s
06:00
5% 22°C 0.26mm 75% 0cm 8.1° 27°C 4.9mm 0.91kPa 7893m 2.6m/s 2.7m/s
07:00
9% 22°C 0.17mm 75% 0cm 23° 27°C 4.4mm 0.89kPa 7105m 2.8m/s 2.8m/s
08:00
14% 22°C 0.09mm 76% 0cm 37° 27°C 3.9mm 0.87kPa 6318m 3m/s 3m/s
09:00
18% 22°C 0mm 76% 0cm 52° 27°C 3.4mm 0.85kPa 5530m 3.2m/s 3.2m/s
10:00
17% 22°C 0.22mm 79% 0cm 67° 26°C 5mm 0.71kPa 5875m 2.9m/s 2.7m/s
11:00
17% 23°C 0.44mm 82% 0cm 82° 26°C 6.7mm 0.59kPa 6220m 2.5m/s 2.3m/s
12:00
16% 23°C 0.66mm 86% 0cm 83° 25°C 8.3mm 0.46kPa 6565m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
13:00
17% 23°C 0.44mm 86% 0cm 69° 25°C 6.9mm 0.46kPa 6751m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
14:00
18% 22°C 0.22mm 86% 0cm 54° 25°C 5.4mm 0.45kPa 6938m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
15:00
19% 22°C 0mm 86% 0cm 39° 25°C 3.9mm 0.44kPa 7124m 1m/s 0.72m/s
16:00
19% 22°C 0.22mm 87% 0cm 24° 25°C 5mm 0.41kPa 8742m 1.3m/s 0.97m/s
17:00
18% 22°C 0.44mm 88% 0cm 9.6° 24°C 6.1mm 0.37kPa 10359m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
18:00 ☾
18% 22°C 0.66mm 89% 0cm -5° 24°C 7.3mm 0.34kPa 11977m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
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