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Saksun - Cloudscapes - Faroe Islands

Saksun, Streymoy

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover100%
Wind Gusts8.4m/s
Precipitation Chance57%
Air Pressure980.8hPa

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Times shown in Atlantic/Faroe
Next opportunity
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset
Saksun
Today · 17:00–19:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
64%
☁️Cloud Drama Score75.9%
Cloud Cover: 86%
Wind Gusts: 7.7m/s
Precipitation Chance: 56%
Air Pressure: 980.7hPa
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Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset
Saksun
Tomorrow · 17:00–18:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:77.7%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama
Saksun
Tomorrow · 19:00–20:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:81.8%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama
Saksun
Tue, Feb 24 · 09:00–10:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:77%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama
Saksun
Thu, Feb 26 · 10:00–12:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:79.3-84.5%
Low
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Striking Cloud Drama
Saksun
Thu, Feb 26 · 13:00–15:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:75.4-81.9%
Low
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Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Saksun
Thu, Feb 26 · 18:00–19:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:89.6%
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Faroe
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
Sat, Feb 21
19:0060%100%100%98%24135m
20:000%100%100%76%24134m
21:000%100%100%45%23394m
22:000%100%100%76%993m
23:000.1%100%5%23%189m
Sun, Feb 22
24:000%100%5%75%107m
01:000%100%82%67%217m
02:000%100%100%0%223m
03:000%95%100%0.2%127m
04:000%98%100%4%304m
05:000.5%93%100%0%183m
06:000.1%93%100%0%109m
07:0057%100%100%0%60m
08:0066%99%100%0%87m
09:0063%100%100%0%143m
10:0064%100%50%0%265m
11:0037%100%5%0%264m
12:0039%100%5%0%298m
13:0036%100%5%0%11321m
14:0035%100%5%0%15157m
15:0035%92%8%0%696m
16:0069%86%35%0%810m
17:0096%75%74%0%5082m
18:0076%86%81%3%9716m
19:0067%100%48%5%19573m
20:007.8%100%52%7.4%566m
21:008.8%100%24%11%238m
22:008.2%100%22%11%209m
23:009%100%6.1%8.5%255m
Mon, Feb 23
24:0011%97%4.9%6.4%309m
01:0013%98%5%5%920m
02:0012%100%5%5%666m
03:0010%96%4.9%0.1%1186m
04:0012%65%5%0%17923m
05:0014%57%4.4%0%24135m
06:0014%65%2.3%0%24134m
07:0038%94%0%0%24135m
08:0036%100%0%0%24134m
09:0039%91%0%0%24135m
10:0061%47%0%0%24134m
11:0054%20%0%0%24134m
12:0031%5.3%0%0%24135m
13:0054%22%0%0%24134m
14:0051%25%0%0%24135m
15:0058%43%0%0%24135m
16:0079%46%0%7.7%24134m
17:0078%67%0%69%24134m
18:00100%43%5.5%34%24134m
19:0082%26%8.6%46%24135m
20:003.4%14%69%73%24135m
21:004%9.7%3.1%56%24135m
22:001.9%14%42%100%4181m
23:000.4%16%65%100%1902m
Tue, Feb 24
24:000.2%18%100%100%1206m
01:000%9.9%100%100%24134m
02:000%15%100%100%2393m
03:000%15%100%100%2400m
04:000%9.3%100%100%24135m
05:000%100%100%100%20812m
06:000%100%100%100%934m
07:0060%100%100%100%580m
08:0073%100%100%100%5886m
09:0077%100%100%100%7095m
10:0074%100%100%100%661m
11:0072%100%100%100%456m
12:0072%100%100%100%471m
13:0072%100%100%95%403m
14:0070%100%10%75%415m
15:0057%100%0%56%339m
16:0041%95%0%4.9%299m
17:0035%99%0%0%611m
18:0042%100%0%0.2%4116m
19:0036%100%0%0%1054m
20:000.5%100%0%0%1110m
21:000%100%0%0%21477m
22:000%100%100%0.1%24134m
23:001.5%100%100%0%24134m
Wed, Feb 25
24:000.1%98%14%1%24135m
01:000%79%11%7.1%24135m
02:000%60%7.7%13%24135m
03:000%41%4.8%19%24135m
04:000%60%4.9%46%24135m
05:000%80%4.9%73%24135m
06:000%99%5%99%24135m
07:0064%99%36%100%24135m
08:0062%100%68%100%24135m
09:0056%100%99%100%24135m
10:0055%100%99%100%18718m
11:0055%100%100%100%13300m
12:0055%100%100%100%7882m
13:0055%98%100%100%8978m
14:0057%97%100%100%10074m
15:0057%95%100%100%11169m
16:0062%97%100%100%15491m
17:0062%98%100%100%19813m
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
Atlantic/Faroe
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
Sun, Feb 22 Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 17:31
19:00
981hPa 5% 48% 57% 90% -11° 100% 8.4m/s 7.2m/s
20:00
981hPa 7% 52% 57% 94% -18° 100% 9.3m/s 7.9m/s
21:00
981hPa 11% 24% 58% 95% -24° 100% 11m/s 9.4m/s
22:00
982hPa 10% 22% 66% 95% -30° 100% 12m/s 11m/s
23:00
982hPa 8% 6% 74% 93% -34° 100% 12m/s 11m/s
Mon, Feb 23 Sunrise 07:51 Sunset 17:33
24:00
982hPa 6% 5% 82% 92% -37° 97% 12m/s 10m/s
01:00
982hPa 5% 5% 67% 89% -38° 98% 11m/s 9.9m/s
02:00
983hPa 5% 5% 53% 89% -36° 100% 11m/s 9.6m/s
03:00
983hPa 0% 5% 39% 86% -32° 96% 11m/s 9.5m/s
04:00
983hPa 0% 5% 39% 78% -27° 65% 10m/s 9.1m/s
05:00
984hPa 0% 4% 39% 74% -20° 57% 10m/s 9.4m/s
06:00
984hPa 0% 2% 39% 72% -14° 65% 11m/s 9.2m/s
07:00
985hPa 0% 0% 29% 69% -6.5° 94% 10m/s 8.8m/s
08:00
986hPa 0% 0% 20% 67% 0.62° 100% 10m/s 8.6m/s
09:00
987hPa 0% 0% 10% 66% 6.4° 91% 9.3m/s 8.2m/s
10:00
988hPa 0% 0% 14% 67% 12° 47% 9m/s 7.9m/s
11:00
989hPa 0% 0% 18% 67% 15° 20% 8.6m/s 7.7m/s
12:00
990hPa 0% 0% 22% 67% 18° 5% 7.9m/s 7.1m/s
13:00
991hPa 0% 0% 17% 67% 18° 22% 6.7m/s 6m/s
14:00
991hPa 0% 0% 12% 67% 17° 25% 6.4m/s 5.6m/s
15:00
991hPa 0% 0% 7% 67% 13° 43% 5.9m/s 4.9m/s
16:00
991hPa 8% 0% 5% 70% 8.7° 46% 6.5m/s 5.2m/s
17:00
992hPa 69% 0% 2% 72% 3.1° 71% 5.8m/s 4.3m/s
18:00
992hPa 34% 6% 0% 72% -3.6° 44% 7m/s 5.2m/s
19:00
993hPa 46% 9% 8% 76% -11° 46% 7.1m/s 4.7m/s
20:00
992hPa 72% 69% 16% 80% -17° 76% 7m/s 4.3m/s
21:00
992hPa 56% 3% 25% 82% -24° 56% 6.2m/s 4.1m/s
22:00
992hPa 100% 42% 44% 82% -30° 100% 6.2m/s 4.2m/s
23:00
991hPa 100% 65% 64% 84% -34° 100% 8m/s 4.8m/s
Tue, Feb 24 Sunrise 07:48 Sunset 17:36
24:00
991hPa 100% 100% 84% 85% -37° 100% 9.6m/s 4.9m/s
01:00
990hPa 100% 100% 89% 86% -37° 100% 11m/s 5.5m/s
02:00
989hPa 100% 100% 95% 88% -35° 100% 9.3m/s 5.2m/s
03:00
988hPa 100% 100% 100% 88% -32° 100% 8.4m/s 5m/s
04:00
986hPa 100% 100% 100% 87% -26° 100% 8.6m/s 5.4m/s
05:00
985hPa 100% 100% 100% 89% -20° 100% 8.5m/s 5m/s
06:00
984hPa 100% 100% 100% 92% -13° 100% 8.6m/s 4.9m/s
07:00
982hPa 100% 100% 94% 94% -6.2° 100% 12m/s 5.3m/s
08:00
981hPa 100% 100% 87% 90% 0.92° 100% 18m/s 9.1m/s
09:00
979hPa 100% 100% 81% 90% 6.8° 100% 19m/s 10m/s
10:00
978hPa 100% 100% 85% 91% 12° 100% 21m/s 11m/s
11:00
977hPa 100% 100% 89% 93% 16° 100% 22m/s 13m/s
12:00
977hPa 100% 100% 93% 92% 18° 100% 22m/s 14m/s
13:00
976hPa 95% 100% 72% 92% 18° 100% 22m/s 14m/s
14:00
976hPa 75% 10% 52% 93% 17° 100% 22m/s 13m/s
15:00
975hPa 56% 0% 31% 94% 14° 100% 21m/s 13m/s
16:00
975hPa 5% 0% 33% 94% 95% 21m/s 14m/s
17:00
975hPa 0% 0% 35% 92% 3.4° 99% 21m/s 14m/s
18:00
975hPa 0% 0% 37% 90% -3.3° 100% 21m/s 14m/s
19:00
975hPa 0% 0% 30% 90% -10° 100% 22m/s 14m/s
20:00
974hPa 0% 0% 24% 90% -17° 100% 22m/s 14m/s
21:00
973hPa 0% 0% 17% 89% -24° 100% 23m/s 15m/s
22:00
972hPa 0% 100% 45% 87% -29° 100% 24m/s 15m/s
23:00
971hPa 0% 100% 72% 87% -34° 100% 25m/s 17m/s
Wed, Feb 25 Sunrise 07:45 Sunset 17:39
24:00
971hPa 1% 14% 100% 86% -36° 98% 23m/s 16m/s
01:00
976hPa 7% 11% 100% 84% -37° 80% 16m/s 12m/s
02:00
982hPa 13% 8% 100% 82% -35° 62% 10m/s 6.9m/s
03:00
988hPa 19% 5% 100% 80% -31° 44% 3.7m/s 2.2m/s
04:00
988hPa 46% 5% 100% 78% -26° 62% 3m/s 2m/s
05:00
989hPa 73% 5% 100% 76% -20° 81% 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
06:00
990hPa 99% 5% 100% 74% -13° 100% 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
07:00
990hPa 100% 36% 71% 75% -5.8° 100% 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
08:00
990hPa 100% 68% 42% 75% 1.2° 100% 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
09:00
990hPa 100% 99% 14% 75% 7.1° 100% 1.3m/s 0.86m/s
10:00
990hPa 100% 99% 21% 79% 12° 100% 3m/s 2.2m/s
11:00
990hPa 100% 100% 29% 83% 16° 100% 4.6m/s 3.6m/s
12:00
989hPa 100% 100% 37% 86% 18° 100% 6.3m/s 4.9m/s
13:00
988hPa 100% 100% 37% 86% 19° 100% 6.5m/s 4.8m/s
14:00
987hPa 100% 100% 37% 86% 17° 100% 6.8m/s 4.7m/s
15:00
986hPa 100% 100% 37% 86% 14° 100% 7m/s 4.6m/s
16:00
985hPa 100% 100% 40% 87% 9.4° 100% 6.3m/s 4.4m/s
17:00
983hPa 100% 100% 44% 89% 3.7° 100% 5.6m/s 4.2m/s
18:00
982hPa 100% 100% 47% 90% -3° 100% 4.9m/s 4m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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