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West Bay - Fog Hunter - Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Bridport, England, United Kingdom

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 Spread9.4°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity56%
Wind Speed4.3m/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
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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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
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
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 21:23
15:00
96% 14°C 0mm 56% 0cm 55° 24°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 4.3m/s
16:00
94% 14°C 0mm 55% 0cm 48° 24°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3.8m/s
17:00
95% 14°C 0mm 56% 0cm 39° 24°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 4m/s 4.1m/s
18:00
97% 14°C 0mm 59% 0cm 29° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4m/s 4m/s
19:00
98% 14°C 0mm 59% 0cm 20° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
20:00
99% 14°C 0mm 58% 0cm 11° 23°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
99% 13°C 0mm 60% 0cm 2.5° 21°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.9m/s
22:00 ☾
100% 12°C 0mm 66% 0cm -5° 19°C 0mm 0.75kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.4m/s
23:00 ☾
100% 12°C 0mm 68% 0cm -11° 18°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.8m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 21:23
24:00 ☾
100% 11°C 0mm 69% 0cm -15° 17°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 3.4m/s
01:00 ☾
100% 11°C 0mm 68% 0cm -17° 17°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 3.3m/s
02:00 ☾
98% 11°C 0mm 69% 0cm -16° 16°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 3.4m/s
03:00 ☾
95% 11°C 0mm 74% 0cm -13° 16°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 3.2m/s
04:00 ☾
93% 12°C 0mm 79% 0cm -8.4° 15°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.9m/s
05:00 ☾
90% 12°C 0mm 82% 0cm -1.7° 15°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.7m/s
06:00
88% 12°C 0mm 80% 0cm 6.1° 15°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.9m/s
07:00
85% 12°C 0mm 70% 0cm 15° 18°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
88% 12°C 0mm 58% 0cm 24° 20°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 2.7m/s
09:00
90% 12°C 0mm 49% 0cm 33° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2m/s 2.4m/s
10:00
93% 12°C 0mm 45% 0cm 43° 25°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 0.6m/s 1.3m/s
11:00
88% 12°C 0mm 41% 0cm 51° 27°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.49m/s
12:00
82% 12°C 0mm 39% 0cm 58° 27°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.3m/s
13:00
77% 12°C 0mm 40% 0cm 61° 27°C 0mm 2.2kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 3.7m/s
14:00
66% 12°C 0mm 41% 0cm 60° 27°C 0mm 2.1kPa 24134m 3m/s 4.4m/s
15:00
56% 13°C 0mm 43% 0cm 55° 26°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 4.3m/s
16:00
45% 13°C 0mm 44% 0cm 47° 26°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 3.4m/s
17:00
41% 13°C 0mm 43% 0cm 38° 26°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 2m/s 2.7m/s
18:00
37% 12°C 0mm 43% 0cm 29° 26°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
19:00
33% 12°C 0mm 43% 0cm 20° 25°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
20:00
30% 13°C 0mm 49% 0cm 11° 24°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.1m/s
21:00
28% 11°C 0mm 50% 0cm 2.4° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
22:00 ☾
25% 10°C 0mm 50% 0cm -5.1° 21°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 3m/s 3.1m/s
23:00 ☾
23% 10°C 0mm 54% 0cm -11° 20°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.8m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 21:22
24:00 ☾
20% 11°C 0mm 61% 0cm -15° 19°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.8m/s
01:00 ☾
18% 12°C 0mm 68% 0cm -17° 18°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 3.6m/s
02:00 ☾
20% 13°C 0mm 74% 0cm -16° 17°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 3m/s
03:00 ☾
21% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm -14° 17°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2.8m/s
04:00 ☾
23% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm -8.6° 17°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 3.3m/s
05:00 ☾
26% 12°C 0mm 74% 0cm -1.9° 17°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3.5m/s
06:00
29% 12°C 0mm 70% 0cm 5.9° 17°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 3.5m/s
07:00
32% 12°C 0mm 62% 0cm 15° 19°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 3.3m/s
08:00
47% 12°C 0mm 52% 0cm 24° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.9m/s
09:00
62% 13°C 0mm 46% 0cm 33° 25°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3m/s
10:00
77% 14°C 0mm 44% 0cm 43° 27°C 0mm 2kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
77% 15°C 0mm 47% 0cm 51° 27°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 4.5m/s 3.9m/s
12:00
77% 16°C 0mm 49% 0cm 58° 27°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 5.2m/s
13:00
77% 16°C 0mm 48% 0cm 61° 27°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.4m/s
14:00
69% 16°C 0mm 48% 0cm 60° 28°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 5.4m/s
15:00
62% 16°C 0mm 49% 0cm 55° 27°C 0mm 1.9kPa 24134m 5.8m/s 5.5m/s
16:00
54% 16°C 0mm 50% 0cm 47° 27°C 0mm 1.8kPa 24134m 5.8m/s 5.3m/s
17:00
57% 15°C 0mm 52% 0cm 38° 26°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 4m/s
18:00
60% 15°C 0mm 53% 0cm 29° 25°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.2m/s
19:00
63% 15°C 0mm 53% 0cm 20° 25°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
20:00
71% 15°C 0mm 62% 0cm 11° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2.4m/s
21:00
80% 15°C 0mm 71% 0cm 2.3° 21°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 3.1m/s
22:00 ☾
88% 15°C 0mm 80% 0cm -5.2° 19°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 3.7m/s
23:00 ☾
89% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm -11° 19°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4.2m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 21:22
24:00 ☾
89% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm -15° 19°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 4.7m/s
01:00 ☾
90% 14°C 0mm 78% 0cm -17° 18°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 6.9m/s 5.3m/s
02:00 ☾
93% 15°C 0mm 78% 0cm -16° 19°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 4.7m/s
03:00 ☾
97% 15°C 0mm 77% 0cm -14° 19°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 4.1m/s
04:00 ☾
100% 15°C 0mm 77% 0cm -8.7° 19°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 3.5m/s
05:00 ☾
100% 15°C 0mm 77% 0cm -2° 19°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 5m/s 3.7m/s
06:00
100% 15°C 0mm 76% 0cm 5.8° 20°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 4m/s
07:00
100% 15°C 0mm 75% 0cm 14° 20°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 4.2m/s
08:00
96% 16°C 0mm 75% 0cm 24° 20°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 3.5m/s
09:00
93% 16°C 0mm 76% 0cm 33° 20°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.7m/s
10:00
89% 16°C 0mm 76% 0cm 42° 20°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2m/s
11:00
86% 16°C 0mm 75% 0cm 51° 20°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.1m/s
12:00
82% 16°C 0mm 73% 0cm 58° 21°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
13:00
79% 16°C 0mm 72% 0cm 61° 21°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.3m/s
14:00
73% 16°C 0mm 73% 0cm 60° 21°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.5m/s
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