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Diamond Beach - Storm Chaser - Iceland Coast

Hofn, East, Iceland

Dramatic storm conditions — from atmospheric builds to active thunderstorms

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Storm Intensity · ≥ 55.0% Cloud Drama Score · ≥ 55.0% CAPE · ≥ 1200.0J/kg Lifted Index · ≤ -2.0°C

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
CAPE 100% failing
Storm Intensity 99% failing
Cloud Drama Score 61% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover100%
Wind Gusts11.1m/s
Precipitation Chance80%
Air Pressure990.7hPa
CAPE2
Lifted Index8.4°C
Wind Gusts11.1m/s
Precipitation0.1mm

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik

No opportunities in the next 10 days

See the blocker timeline below to understand which conditions are preventing matches.

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks North Atlantic storm systems hitting Iceland's volcanic coastline, identifying when conditions create dramatic—but photographable—opportunities. We monitor storm intensity, wave height, wind speed, and post-storm clearing to predict optimal storm photography windows.

Iceland's position in the North Atlantic storm track means powerful weather systems regularly batter its shores. These storms create some of the most dramatic coastal photography opportunities on Earth, with massive waves crashing against black sand, icebergs, and basalt formations. The key is timing—shooting after peak storm intensity when conditions remain dramatic but become safer.

What makes Iceland's coast special for storm photography:

  • North Atlantic power - Powerful storm systems generate massive waves hitting volcanic shores
  • Sneaker wave drama - Reynisfjara's notorious sneaker waves create spectacular but dangerous conditions
  • Storm-driven waterfalls - Coastal waterfalls like Svartifoss and Seljalandsfoss become more dramatic in storms
  • Black sand contrast - Dark volcanic beaches make white storm waves and spray even more dramatic

Reynisfjara black sand beach becomes Iceland's most dramatic—and most dangerous—storm location. The beach's gently sloping profile allows waves to rush far up the sand with little warning. Multiple tourists have been killed here by "sneaker waves" that arrive without warning during storm conditions. Our forecast helps identify post-storm windows when seas remain photogenic but the worst danger has passed—never turn your back on the ocean here. Diamond Beach offers similar drama with the added element of icebergs being tossed by storm waves. Stokksnes combines storm seas with the dramatic Vestrahorn mountain backdrop. Icelandic storms also supercharge coastal waterfalls—wind-driven spray and increased flow create spectacular conditions. Safety is absolutely paramount—maintain safe distances, watch wave patterns for several minutes before positioning, and be prepared to retreat quickly.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Storm Intensity
≥ 55.0%
Cloud Drama Score
≥ 55.0%
CAPE
OR1·B1
≥ 1200.0J/kg
Lifted Index
OR1·B2
≤ -2.0°C
Visibility
≥ 2500.0m
Wind Gusts
≤ 22.0m/s
Sat, Feb 21
19:000%58%8J/kg12°C6324m8.4m/s
20:0018%0%6J/kg11°C385m9.6m/s
21:0034%0%5J/kg11°C205m9.2m/s
22:0024%0%0J/kg12°C2683m9.9m/s
23:0024%0.2%3J/kg12°C4901m10m/s
Sun, Feb 22
24:0018%0%10J/kg12°C5577m11m/s
01:0012%0%0J/kg11°C15120m9m/s
02:0012%0%0J/kg11°C24134m10m/s
03:0015%0%0J/kg10°C24135m10m/s
04:000%0%1J/kg9.2°C7998m10m/s
05:0018%0%3J/kg8.7°C724m9.4m/s
06:0019%0.1%4J/kg8.6°C677m11m/s
07:0015%75%1J/kg9.4°C2995m10m/s
08:0018%93%1J/kg9°C412m11m/s
09:0022%88%2J/kg9°C509m11m/s
10:0030%71%1J/kg8.9°C999m11m/s
11:0015%65%1J/kg9°C7679m10m/s
12:0015%67%1J/kg9.2°C11259m10m/s
13:000%65%3J/kg7.8°C5706m11m/s
14:000%76%4J/kg8°C6242m11m/s
15:0017%77%3J/kg8°C3506m11m/s
16:0028%91%4J/kg8.2°C1463m12m/s
17:0018%74%1J/kg8.2°C1211m12m/s
18:0028%72%1J/kg8.4°C1833m12m/s
19:0016%62%2J/kg8.4°C4012m11m/s
20:000%0.5%0J/kg8.7°C12364m12m/s
21:0015%1.2%0J/kg8.8°C23180m11m/s
22:000%2.7%0J/kg8.8°C23069m9.3m/s
23:000%5.3%0J/kg8.6°C23526m8.8m/s
Mon, Feb 23
24:0013%10%0J/kg8.3°C24135m8.4m/s
01:000%7.4%0J/kg8.3°C24135m7.7m/s
02:000%5.9%0J/kg8.3°C24135m7.3m/s
03:0012%6.4%0J/kg8°C24135m6.2m/s
04:000%8.9%0J/kg7.5°C24134m4.8m/s
05:000%11%0J/kg7.2°C24135m4.2m/s
06:009.8%12%0J/kg6.9°C24134m4.1m/s
07:000%62%0J/kg6.6°C24135m4.2m/s
08:000%65%0J/kg6.3°C24134m3.7m/s
09:000%56%0J/kg5.8°C24135m3.5m/s
10:000%36%0J/kg5.2°C24134m3.6m/s
11:0011%35%3J/kg5°C3902m2.9m/s
12:0015%40%4J/kg4.8°C97m2.5m/s
13:0014%41%1J/kg4.7°C730m2.5m/s
14:000%36%2J/kg4.9°C5098m1.9m/s
15:0013%63%1J/kg4.8°C3183m2.2m/s
16:0013%43%5J/kg4.8°C1774m1.5m/s
17:0013%63%15J/kg5°C965m3.1m/s
18:0015%54%16J/kg5.2°C2272m5.4m/s
19:000%58%20J/kg5.6°C21113m5.8m/s
20:000%0%14J/kg5.6°C21200m6.2m/s
21:0014%0%13J/kg6°C21172m7.2m/s
22:000%0%14J/kg6.1°C21196m7.3m/s
23:000%0%13J/kg7.9°C21149m7.5m/s
Tue, Feb 24
24:0016%0.1%14J/kg9.5°C21137m7.8m/s
01:000%0%16J/kg11°C21113m7.5m/s
02:000%0%10J/kg11°C21113m7.4m/s
03:0020%0%3J/kg12°C21080m6.8m/s
04:000%0%5J/kg12°C16983m6.5m/s
05:0030%0%0J/kg12°C1869m7m/s
06:0044%0%0J/kg11°C777m7.4m/s
07:0036%58%0J/kg12°C645m7.9m/s
08:0036%70%1J/kg12°C1008m8.8m/s
09:0052%70%1J/kg12°C606m8.9m/s
10:0047%70%0J/kg13°C628m11m/s
11:0047%65%0J/kg12°C188m11m/s
12:0060%65%0J/kg12°C111m12m/s
13:0029%65%0J/kg11°C3761m11m/s
14:0029%66%0J/kg10°C23887m11m/s
15:0038%64%0J/kg9°C23826m12m/s
16:0019%62%0J/kg8.5°C18377m11m/s
17:0019%67%0J/kg9.1°C24113m11m/s
18:0033%67%0J/kg9.7°C24135m12m/s
19:000%55%0J/kg9.6°C24134m12m/s
20:0015%0%0J/kg9.5°C24134m13m/s
21:0026%0%0J/kg9°C24134m13m/s
22:0014%5.6%0J/kg8.9°C24134m12m/s
23:0014%10%0J/kg9°C24134m13m/s
Wed, Feb 25
24:0030%15%0J/kg8.2°C24135m13m/s
01:0015%0%0J/kg11°C24135m9.7m/s
02:000%0%0J/kg13°C24135m6.6m/s
03:0020%0%0J/kg15°C24135m3.6m/s
04:000%0%0J/kg15°C24135m3m/s
05:000%0%0J/kg14°C24135m2.4m/s
06:0019%0%0J/kg13°C24135m1.7m/s
07:000%59%0J/kg13°C24135m1.5m/s
08:000%87%0J/kg13°C24135m1.3m/s
09:0019%98%0J/kg13°C24135m1.1m/s
10:000%81%0J/kg13°C24135m1.7m/s
11:000%56%0J/kg13°C24135m2.2m/s
12:0020%43%0J/kg13°C24135m2.8m/s
13:000%52%0J/kg12°C24135m2.7m/s
14:000%55%0J/kg12°C24135m2.7m/s
15:0019%55%0J/kg12°C24135m2.7m/s
16:000%57%0J/kg12°C24121m2.6m/s
17:000%59%0J/kg11°C24107m2.5m/s
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/Reykjavik
Air Pressure
hPa
CAPE
J/kg
High Clouds
%
Lifted Index
°C
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Precipitation Chance
%
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Showers
mm
Simulated Reflectivity
dBZ
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Total Precipitation
mm
Wind Shear 0-3 km
m/s
Wind Shear 0-6 km
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Feb 22 Sunrise 08:33 Sunset 17:56
19:00
991hPa 2J/kg 92% 8.4°C 85% 100% 80% 0.06mm 90% 0.05mm 1.6dBZ -7.4° 100% 0.13mm - - 7.6m/s
20:00
991hPa 0J/kg 55% 8.7°C 85% 100% 70% 0.02mm 89% 0.03mm -2dBZ -14° 100% 0.19mm - - 7.7m/s
21:00
991hPa 0J/kg 21% 8.8°C 77% 100% 60% 0.01mm 84% 0.02mm -5.6dBZ -20° 100% 0.19mm 2m/s 11m/s 7.5m/s
22:00
992hPa 0J/kg 26% 8.8°C 32% 100% 64% 0.01mm 83% 0.03mm -9.8dBZ -26° 100% 0.25mm - - 6.8m/s
23:00
992hPa 0J/kg 40% 8.6°C 14% 100% 67% 0.02mm 77% 0.01mm -14dBZ -31° 100% 0.25mm - - 6.3m/s
Mon, Feb 23 Sunrise 08:30 Sunset 17:59
24:00
992hPa 0J/kg 10% 8.3°C 11% 97% 71% 0.01mm 74% 0mm -18dBZ -34° 97% 0.25mm 2.8m/s 11m/s 6.5m/s
01:00
992hPa 0J/kg 48% 8.3°C 11% 52% 66% 0mm 72% 0mm -19dBZ -36° 54% 0mm - - 6.2m/s
02:00
992hPa 0J/kg 73% 8.3°C 11% 70% 61% 0mm 73% 0mm -19dBZ -35° 73% 0mm - - 6.1m/s
03:00
992hPa 0J/kg 46% 8°C 12% 52% 56% 0mm 71% 0mm -20dBZ -32° 53% 0mm 4.1m/s 10m/s 5.9m/s
04:00
992hPa 0J/kg 60% 7.5°C 10% 42% 66% 0mm 70% 0mm -20dBZ -28° 61% 0mm - - 5.6m/s
05:00
993hPa 0J/kg 77% 7.2°C 12% 53% 75% 0mm 69% 0mm -20dBZ -23° 77% 0mm - - 5.2m/s
06:00
993hPa 0J/kg 7% 6.9°C 73% 11% 84% 0mm 70% 0mm -20dBZ -17° 73% 0mm 4.8m/s 11m/s 5.1m/s
07:00
993hPa 0J/kg 5% 6.6°C 78% 5% 84% 0mm 70% 0mm -19dBZ -10° 78% 0mm - - 5.1m/s
08:00
994hPa 0J/kg 2% 6.3°C 75% 5% 83% 0mm 70% 0mm -18dBZ -3.8° 75% 0mm - - 4.6m/s
09:00
994hPa 0J/kg 0% 5.8°C 74% 1% 82% 0mm 71% 0mm -17dBZ 2.4° 74% 0mm 4.1m/s 9.4m/s 4.5m/s
10:00
994hPa 0J/kg 0% 5.2°C 96% 0% 87% 0.01mm 73% 0mm -12dBZ 7.6° 96% 0mm - - 4.3m/s
11:00
995hPa 3J/kg 0% 5°C 100% 0% 91% 0.09mm 80% 0mm -7.5dBZ 12° 100% 0.06mm - - 3.7m/s
12:00
995hPa 4J/kg 0% 4.8°C 100% 5% 95% 0.21mm 96% 0mm -2.6dBZ 15° 100% 0.19mm 4.4m/s 7.5m/s 2.8m/s
13:00
995hPa 1J/kg 5% 4.7°C 100% 5% 87% 0.02mm 96% 0mm -7.4dBZ 16° 100% 0.13mm - - 3m/s
14:00
995hPa 2J/kg 0% 4.9°C 99% 5% 79% 0.01mm 92% 0mm -12dBZ 16° 99% 0.19mm - - 2m/s
15:00
994hPa 1J/kg 0% 4.8°C 59% 0% 71% 0mm 90% 0.01mm -17dBZ 13° 59% 0.19mm 6.3m/s 8.3m/s 2.6m/s
16:00
994hPa 5J/kg 4% 4.8°C 99% 4% 78% 0.01mm 83% 0.02mm -7.8dBZ 9.9° 99% 0.25mm - - 1.8m/s
17:00
994hPa 15J/kg 52% 5°C 100% 0% 84% 0.03mm 75% 0.08mm 1.2dBZ 5.1° 100% 0.31mm - - 0.34m/s
18:00
993hPa 16J/kg 100% 5.2°C 96% 6% 90% 0mm 74% 0.09mm 10dBZ -0.43° 100% 0.44mm 7.1m/s 8.4m/s 1.9m/s
19:00
993hPa 20J/kg 100% 5.6°C 100% 100% 91% 0mm 74% 0.09mm 12dBZ -7.1° 100% 0.13mm - - 2.1m/s
20:00
993hPa 14J/kg 100% 5.6°C 100% 100% 92% 0.01mm 73% 0.07mm 14dBZ -14° 100% 0.19mm - - 3.3m/s
21:00
993hPa 13J/kg 100% 6°C 100% 100% 94% 0.03mm 74% 0.09mm 15dBZ -20° 100% 0.38mm 11m/s 12m/s 4.8m/s
22:00
992hPa 14J/kg 90% 6.1°C 100% 100% 94% 0.01mm 74% 0.06mm 16dBZ -26° 100% 0.56mm - - 5.5m/s
23:00
991hPa 13J/kg 100% 7.9°C 100% 100% 95% 0.01mm 75% 0.06mm 16dBZ -30° 100% 0.69mm - - 5.9m/s
Tue, Feb 24 Sunrise 08:26 Sunset 18:02
24:00
991hPa 14J/kg 100% 9.5°C 100% 100% 95% 0.02mm 76% 0.08mm 16dBZ -34° 100% 0.81mm 11m/s 13m/s 6m/s
01:00
990hPa 16J/kg 100% 11°C 100% 100% 96% 0.01mm 76% 0.08mm 18dBZ -35° 100% 0.13mm - - 5.4m/s
02:00
989hPa 10J/kg 100% 11°C 100% 100% 98% 0.02mm 76% 0.04mm 20dBZ -35° 100% 0.25mm - - 5.2m/s
03:00
988hPa 3J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 99% 0.06mm 78% 0.03mm 23dBZ -32° 100% 0.38mm 14m/s 21m/s 4.8m/s
04:00
987hPa 5J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 99% 0.16mm 82% 0.05mm 28dBZ -28° 100% 0.63mm - - 4.7m/s
05:00
985hPa 0J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 100% 0.36mm 85% 0.05mm 33dBZ -23° 100% 1.1mm - - 5.5m/s
06:00
984hPa 0J/kg 100% 11°C 100% 100% 100% 0.9mm 91% 0.04mm 38dBZ -16° 100% 1.9mm 11m/s 18m/s 5.7m/s
07:00
982hPa 0J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 99% 1mm 92% 0.08mm 39dBZ -10° 100% 1.3mm - - 5.9m/s
08:00
981hPa 1J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 99% 0.83mm 91% 0.07mm 41dBZ -3.5° 100% 2.3mm - - 6.6m/s
09:00
979hPa 1J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 98% 1.9mm 95% 0.13mm 42dBZ 2.8° 100% 3.9mm 15m/s 22m/s 6.5m/s
10:00
977hPa 0J/kg 100% 13°C 100% 100% 98% 2.1mm 95% 0.06mm 37dBZ 100% 6.1mm - - 7.3m/s
11:00
975hPa 0J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 98% 2.4mm 97% 0.02mm 32dBZ 12° 100% 8.3mm - - 7.7m/s
12:00
973hPa 0J/kg 100% 12°C 100% 100% 98% 2mm 97% 0mm 26dBZ 15° 100% 10mm 15m/s 23m/s 7.3m/s
13:00
971hPa 0J/kg 100% 11°C 100% 100% 85% 0.29mm 91% 0mm 25dBZ 16° 100% 0.88mm - - 8.1m/s
14:00
969hPa 0J/kg 100% 10°C 100% 100% 72% 0.26mm 76% 0mm 24dBZ 16° 100% 1.1mm - - 10m/s
15:00
968hPa 0J/kg 100% 9°C 100% 100% 59% 0.37mm 77% 0mm 22dBZ 14° 100% 1.4mm 20m/s 20m/s 10m/s
16:00
969hPa 0J/kg 100% 8.5°C 100% 100% 58% 0.59mm 77% 0mm 20dBZ 10° 100% 1.9mm - - 7.6m/s
17:00
969hPa 0J/kg 100% 9.1°C 100% 100% 56% 0.23mm 73% 0mm 17dBZ 5.4° 100% 2.3mm - - 6.5m/s
18:00
969hPa 0J/kg 100% 9.7°C 100% 100% 54% 0mm 69% 0mm 14dBZ 0.05° 100% 2.3mm 6.5m/s 20m/s 7.1m/s
19:00
970hPa 0J/kg 100% 9.6°C 100% 100% 36% 0mm 69% 0mm 2.7dBZ -6.8° 100% 0mm - - 7.3m/s
20:00
971hPa 0J/kg 100% 9.5°C 29% 100% 18% 0mm 65% 0mm -8.7dBZ -13° 100% 0mm - - 9.1m/s
21:00
973hPa 0J/kg 100% 9°C 0% 100% 0% 0mm 64% 0mm -20dBZ -20° 100% 0mm 8.7m/s 15m/s 11m/s
22:00
975hPa 0J/kg 100% 8.9°C 0% 100% 17% 0mm 65% 0mm -20dBZ -25° 100% 0mm - - 11m/s
23:00
976hPa 0J/kg 100% 9°C 3% 100% 33% 0mm 61% 0mm -20dBZ -30° 100% 0mm - - 11m/s
Wed, Feb 25 Sunrise 08:23 Sunset 18:05
24:00
978hPa 0J/kg 100% 8.2°C 5% 12% 50% 0mm 57% 0mm -20dBZ -33° 100% 0mm 15m/s 24m/s 11m/s
01:00
965hPa 0J/kg 100% 11°C 3% 16% 50% 0mm 56% 0mm -20dBZ -35° 100% 0mm - - 9.1m/s
02:00
953hPa 0J/kg 100% 13°C 2% 20% 50% 0mm 55% 0mm -20dBZ -34° 100% 0mm - - 6.8m/s
03:00
940hPa 0J/kg 100% 15°C 0% 24% 50% 0mm 53% 0mm -20dBZ -32° 100% 0mm 19m/s 31m/s 4.4m/s
04:00
941hPa 0J/kg 100% 15°C 0% 29% 67% 0mm 57% 0mm -20dBZ -28° 100% 0mm - - 3.6m/s
05:00
942hPa 0J/kg 100% 14°C 0% 34% 83% 0mm 61% 0mm -20dBZ -22° 100% 0mm - - 2.8m/s
06:00
942hPa 0J/kg 100% 13°C 0% 39% 100% 0mm 64% 0mm -20dBZ -16° 100% 0mm 21m/s 30m/s 2m/s
07:00
942hPa 0J/kg 80% 13°C 0% 35% 73% 0mm 66% 0mm -20dBZ -9.6° 82% 0mm - - 1.8m/s
08:00
942hPa 0J/kg 61% 13°C 0% 32% 46% 0mm 68% 0mm -20dBZ -3.1° 64% 0mm - - 1.5m/s
09:00
941hPa 0J/kg 41% 13°C 0% 28% 19% 0mm 70% 0mm -20dBZ 3.1° 46% 0mm 20m/s 31m/s 1.2m/s
10:00
941hPa 0J/kg 61% 13°C 0% 52% 18% 0mm 67% 0mm -20dBZ 8.3° 64% 0mm - - 1.9m/s
11:00
941hPa 0J/kg 80% 13°C 0% 76% 17% 0mm 64% 0mm -20dBZ 13° 82% 0mm - - 2.5m/s
12:00
940hPa 0J/kg 100% 13°C 0% 100% 17% 0mm 61% 0mm -20dBZ 16° 100% 0mm 13m/s 29m/s 3.2m/s
13:00
939hPa 0J/kg 97% 12°C 23% 85% 17% 0mm 63% 0mm -20dBZ 17° 97% 0mm - - 3.2m/s
14:00
939hPa 0J/kg 94% 12°C 46% 71% 17% 0mm 64% 0mm -20dBZ 16° 94% 0mm - - 3.2m/s
15:00
938hPa 0J/kg 91% 12°C 68% 56% 17% 0mm 65% 0mm -20dBZ 14° 91% 0mm 12m/s 24m/s 3.2m/s
16:00
937hPa 0J/kg 94% 12°C 61% 71% 20% 0mm 70% 0mm -20dBZ 11° 94% 0mm - - 3.1m/s
17:00
936hPa 0J/kg 97% 11°C 53% 85% 24% 0mm 76% 0mm -20dBZ 5.7° 97% 0mm - - 2.9m/s
18:00
935hPa 0J/kg 100% 11°C 45% 100% 27% 0mm 81% 0mm -20dBZ 0.32° 100% 0mm 12m/s 22m/s 2.8m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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