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Corfe Castle - Fog Hunter - Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Corfe Castle, England, United Kingdom

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 Spread2.3°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity86%
Wind Speed2.8m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/London

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies when mist and fog conditions create atmospheric photography opportunities across Dorset's varied landscape. We track temperature, humidity, and wind patterns to predict when valley mist at Corfe Castle and sea fog along the coast will create moody, atmospheric scenes.

Dorset's geography creates distinctive fog opportunities—inland valleys that funnel mist around hilltop Corfe Castle, and coastal locations where sea fog rolls over limestone arches and cliff formations. These conditions transform familiar landmarks into mysterious, layered compositions.

What makes Dorset special for fog photography:

  • Corfe Castle - Ruined hilltop fortress emerges from valley mist, creating dramatic atmospheric layers
  • Coastal sea fog - Marine layer rolls over Durdle Door and along the Jurassic Coast
  • Kimmeridge Bay - Fog drifts across ledge formations extending into the sea
  • Portland - Sea fog wraps around the limestone peninsula and lighthouse

Corfe Castle offers Dorset's most dramatic fog photography—the ruined medieval fortress perched on a hilltop becomes even more evocative when valley mist swirls around its ramparts. Autumn and winter mornings (October-March) provide the best conditions when temperature inversions trap mist in the Purbeck valleys. Sea fog along the coast creates ethereal conditions at Durdle Door—the limestone arch appears and disappears through drifting layers. Portland Bill lighthouse cutting through sea fog creates moody maritime compositions. Lulworth Cove's horseshoe bay can fill completely with fog while surrounding cliffs remain visible. The key is monitoring overnight temperature drops that create mist, then being positioned at dawn when fog is densest and first light adds dimension. Fog typically burns off by mid-morning, so early starts are essential.

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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
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Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
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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
Europe/London
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
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:53
08:00
21% 9.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm 14° 12°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 6.8m/s 2.8m/s
09:00
11% 10°C 0mm 80% 0cm 23° 13°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.1m/s
10:00
0% 10°C 0mm 76% 0cm 32° 15°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 3.5m/s
11:00
0% 10°C 0mm 70% 0cm 39° 16°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 7.5m/s 5.2m/s
12:00
0% 8.1°C 0mm 61% 0cm 45° 16°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24134m 8m/s 6m/s
13:00
0% 8.7°C 0mm 66% 0cm 47° 15°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 9.2m/s 6.7m/s
14:00
0% 11°C 0mm 73% 0cm 46° 15°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 9.2m/s 7.4m/s
15:00
0% 8.8°C 0mm 77% 0cm 41° 13°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 9.6m/s 7.2m/s
16:00
0% 6.5°C 0mm 70% 0cm 35° 12°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.1m/s
17:00
0% 6.1°C 0mm 69% 0cm 26° 12°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24134m 11m/s 7.2m/s
18:00
0% 5.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm 17° 10°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.2m/s
19:00
0% 4.2°C 0mm 74% 0cm 7.7° 8.6°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 12m/s 7.1m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 3.4°C 0mm 75% 0cm -1.6° 7.5°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.3m/s
21:00 ☾
2% 2.5°C 0mm 74% 0cm -11° 6.9°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 12m/s 6.5m/s
22:00 ☾
3% 1.7°C 0mm 72% 0cm -19° 6.5°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 12m/s 5.9m/s
23:00 ☾
2% 0.9°C 0mm 67% 0cm -25° 6.5°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 13m/s 7.1m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:53
24:00 ☾
1% 0.5°C 0mm 66% 0cm -30° 6.4°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 13m/s 8.1m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 0.3°C 0mm 66% 0cm -31° 6.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 12m/s 7.5m/s
02:00 ☾
0% -0.2°C 0mm 63% 0cm -30° 6.3°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 11m/s 6.3m/s
03:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 63% 0cm -27° 5.7°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 10m/s 4.6m/s
04:00 ☾
0% -0.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -21° 5.3°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 2.9m/s
05:00 ☾
0% -0.9°C 0mm 67% 0cm -13° 4.7°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 2.1m/s
06:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 69% 0cm -4.6° 4.5°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
0% 0.2°C 0mm 71% 0cm 4.8° 5.1°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
0% 0.7°C 0mm 69% 0cm 14° 5.9°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.1m/s
09:00
0% 1.1°C 0mm 67% 0cm 24° 6.8°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
0% 1.5°C 0mm 65% 0cm 32° 7.7°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
11:00
0% 1.6°C 0mm 63% 0cm 40° 8.2°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 62% 0cm 45° 8.7°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4.2m/s
13:00
0% 1.9°C 0mm 60% 0cm 47° 9.1°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 4.6m/s
14:00
0% 1.9°C 0mm 60% 0cm 46° 9.3°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 4.8m/s
15:00
0% 2.3°C 0mm 62% 0cm 42° 9.2°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.1m/s
16:00
0% 3.4°C 0.26mm 70% 0cm 35° 8.5°C 0.06mm 0.33kPa 22757m 4.9m/s 5.1m/s
17:00
0% 4.7°C 0.64mm 85% 0cm 26° 7.1°C 0.69mm 0.16kPa 13868m 3.2m/s 3.3m/s
18:00
0% 5.2°C 0.01mm 92% 0cm 17° 6.5°C 0.94mm 0.08kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 4.7m/s
19:00
0% 5.2°C 0mm 91% 0cm 7.9° 6.5°C 0.94mm 0.09kPa 24134m 8.3m/s 5.7m/s
20:00 ☾
1% 5.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm -1.4° 6.9°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.9m/s
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1% 5.2°C 0mm 85% 0cm -10° 7.5°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24135m 11m/s 5.4m/s
22:00 ☾
2% 5.3°C 0mm 84% 0cm -18° 7.8°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 14m/s 7m/s
23:00 ☾
2% 6°C 0mm 86% 0cm -25° 8.2°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 14m/s 7.4m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:54
24:00 ☾
2% 7.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm -29° 9°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 14m/s 7.4m/s
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2% 7.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm -31° 9.5°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24134m 14m/s 6.6m/s
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1% 7.3°C 0mm 85% 0cm -30° 9.8°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 15m/s 7.1m/s
03:00 ☾
1% 7.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm -26° 9.9°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 13m/s 6.8m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 8.6°C 0mm 91% 0cm -20° 9.9°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 12m/s 6.5m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 8.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm -13° 9.9°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 12m/s 6.5m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 8.3°C 0.01mm 90% 0cm -4.2° 9.8°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 13m/s 6.8m/s
07:00
0% 8.9°C 0.1mm 92% 0cm 5.1° 10°C 0.06mm 0.09kPa 24135m 12m/s 7.8m/s
08:00
0% 6.7°C 0.02mm 85% 0cm 15° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 14m/s 7.5m/s
09:00
1% 5.4°C 0mm 79% 0cm 24° 8.9°C 0.06mm 0.24kPa 24134m 14m/s 8.3m/s
10:00
1% 4.8°C 0mm 83% 0cm 33° 7.5°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 11m/s 7.1m/s
11:00
1% 3.1°C 0mm 80% 0cm 40° 6.4°C 0.13mm 0.2kPa 24135m 12m/s 6.1m/s
12:00
2% 2.7°C 0mm 69% 0cm 45° 8.1°C 0.19mm 0.34kPa 24135m 12m/s 9.4m/s
13:00
2% 2.8°C 0mm 68% 0cm 48° 8.3°C 0.25mm 0.35kPa 21167m 12m/s 9.1m/s
14:00
25% 3.7°C 0.003mm 71% 0cm 47° 8.6°C 0.35mm 0.32kPa 22156m 14m/s 11m/s
15:00
49% 4.5°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm 42° 8.9°C 0.46mm 0.3kPa 23146m 16m/s 13m/s
16:00
72% 5.3°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm 35° 9.2°C 0.56mm 0.27kPa 24135m 18m/s 15m/s
17:00
72% 5.6°C 0.03mm 78% 0cm 27° 9.2°C 0.67mm 0.25kPa 23183m 18m/s 15m/s
18:00
71% 5.9°C 0.04mm 80% 0cm 18° 9.1°C 0.77mm 0.23kPa 22230m 19m/s 16m/s
19:00
71% 6.1°C 0.06mm 81% 0cm 8.1° 9.1°C 0.88mm 0.22kPa 21278m 19m/s 16m/s
20:00 ☾
64% 6.3°C 0.04mm 82% 0cm -1.1° 9.2°C 0.77mm 0.21kPa 19888m 18m/s 15m/s
21:00 ☾
56% 6.4°C 0.02mm 82% 0cm -10° 9.3°C 0.67mm 0.21kPa 18499m 17m/s 15m/s
22:00 ☾
49% 6.6°C 0mm 82% 0cm -18° 9.5°C 0.56mm 0.21kPa 17109m 17m/s 14m/s
23:00 ☾
48% 6.4°C 0.03mm 81% 0cm -24° 9.5°C 0.77mm 0.22kPa 19215m 16m/s 13m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 19:56
24:00 ☾
47% 6.2°C 0.06mm 80% 0cm -29° 9.5°C 0.98mm 0.24kPa 21321m 15m/s 12m/s
01:00 ☾
46% 6°C 0.09mm 79% 0cm -31° 9.5°C 1.2mm 0.25kPa 23427m 14m/s 11m/s
02:00 ☾
49% 5.8°C 0.07mm 78% 0cm -30° 9.5°C 0.92mm 0.26kPa 23663m 14m/s 11m/s
03:00 ☾
52% 5.5°C 0.05mm 77% 0cm -26° 9.5°C 0.65mm 0.28kPa 23899m 13m/s 11m/s
04:00 ☾
55% 5.3°C 0.03mm 75% 0cm -20° 9.4°C 0.38mm 0.29kPa 24135m 13m/s 11m/s
05:00 ☾
53% 5.2°C 0.03mm 74% 0cm -13° 9.6°C 0.4mm 0.31kPa 24135m 13m/s 11m/s
06:00 ☾
51% 5.1°C 0.02mm 73% 0cm -3.9° 9.7°C 0.42mm 0.32kPa 24135m 13m/s 10m/s
07:00
49% 5°C 0.02mm 72% 0cm 5.4° 9.8°C 0.44mm 0.34kPa 24135m 12m/s 10m/s
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