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Vagamon - Fog Hunter - Kerala

Vagamon, Kerala, India

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread0.9°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity94%
Wind Speed1.7m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Asia/Kolkata
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Vagamon
Tue, May 26 · 24:30–03:30 · 3h window
Medium confidence
51%
🌫️Fog Probability75.8-88.6%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.2°C
Visibility: 6855 (Moderate)
Relative Humidity: 99%
Wind Speed: 0.9m/s (calm conditions)

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast predicts when morning fog and mist conditions create atmospheric scenes across Kerala's Western Ghats highlands. We track overnight cooling, humidity patterns, and elevation to identify when fog shrouds tea plantations, coffee estates, and mountain ridges while valleys fill with layered mist.

Kerala's Western Ghats hill stations—particularly Munnar, Wayanad, and Vagamon—experience regular morning fog throughout the year, with peak conditions during the monsoon (June-September) and post-monsoon (October-November) periods. The combination of elevation, tropical moisture, and rapid overnight cooling creates ideal inversion conditions where highland plantations emerge from fog-filled valleys.

What makes Kerala fog photography special:

  • Tea plantation mystery - Munnar's geometrically planted tea bushes emerge from rolling fog banks, creating layered green compositions
  • Spice estate atmosphere - Wayanad and Thekkady's cardamom and coffee plantations gain ethereal quality when mist drifts through tropical forest
  • Highland ridges - Vagamon's pine-forested meadows and Western Ghats peaks rise above fog-filled valleys like islands in white seas
  • Wildlife atmosphere - Thekkady's Periyar Lake and surrounding forests become hauntingly beautiful under morning mist

Munnar delivers Kerala's most spectacular fog photography—multiple viewpoints overlook vast tea estates where morning mist creates layers through rolling hills, with tea pickers or estate buildings emerging as focal points. Wayanad's Chembra Peak and surrounding coffee estates experience fog throughout monsoon and post-monsoon periods, with mist moving through tropical forest canopy. Vagamon's pine forests and meadows gain European-alpine character under fog, unusual for tropical Kerala. Thekkady's Periyar Lake becomes atmospheric when morning mist hangs over water and cardamom-forested hills. Top Station near Munnar provides classic viewpoints above fog inversions. Fog conditions are most reliable early morning (5:00-8:00 AM) during monsoon and post-monsoon months—arrive before dawn for best conditions.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching hours in the next 78 hoursJump to next match
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Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Kolkata
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sun, May 24
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Mon, May 25
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Tue, May 26
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Wed, May 27
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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
Asia/Kolkata
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
Sun, May 24 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:37
18:30
11% 21°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm 1.3° 22°C 0.44mm 0.15kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 1.7m/s
19:30
16% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -13° 21°C 0.5mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 0.69m/s
20:30
22% 21°C 0mm 96% 0cm -26° 22°C 0.56mm 0.11kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.21m/s
21:30
19% 21°C 0mm 96% 0cm -38° 22°C 0.56mm 0.11kPa 24134m 0.81m/s 0.59m/s
22:30
15% 21°C 0mm 96% 0cm -49° 21°C 0.56mm 0.09kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.4m/s
23:30
12% 21°C 0mm 97% 0cm -57° 21°C 0.56mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.69m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:37
24:30
9% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -59° 21°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.72m/s
01:30
6% 21°C 0mm 97% 0cm -55° 21°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 0.82m/s 0.52m/s
02:30
3% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -46° 21°C 0mm 0.05kPa 23735m 1.1m/s 0.75m/s
03:30
3% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -34° 21°C 0mm 0.03kPa 23764m 1.1m/s 0.7m/s
04:30
2% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -21° 20°C 0mm 0.03kPa 23779m 1.1m/s 0.68m/s
05:30
2% 20°C 0mm 98% 0cm -7.8° 20°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23927m 1.1m/s 0.69m/s
06:30
2% 20°C 0mm 96% 0cm 6.1° 21°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 0.71m/s 0.32m/s
07:30
2% 20°C 0mm 90% 0cm 20° 22°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 0.7m/s
08:30
2% 21°C 0mm 83% 0cm 34° 24°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 1.7m/s
09:30
2% 21°C 0mm 78% 0cm 48° 25°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 2m/s
10:30
1% 21°C 0mm 76% 0cm 61° 25°C 0.13mm 0.77kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2m/s
11:30
1% 21°C 0mm 73% 0cm 74° 26°C 0.38mm 0.91kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.1m/s
12:30
1% 21°C 0mm 68% 0cm 78° 28°C 0.5mm 1.2kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3m/s
13:30
2% 21°C 0mm 70% 0cm 70° 27°C 1.1mm 1.1kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 3.4m/s
14:30
2% 22°C 0mm 76% 0cm 57° 26°C 1.8mm 0.82kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3.1m/s
15:30
2% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm 43° 25°C 2.4mm 0.63kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.8m/s
16:30
1% 22°C 0.01mm 83% 0cm 29° 25°C 2.6mm 0.52kPa 21995m 4m/s 2.5m/s
17:30
1% 21°C 0mm 88% 0cm 15° 23°C 3mm 0.33kPa 9989m 3.1m/s 1.8m/s
18:30
5% 21°C 0mm 94% 0cm 1.4° 22°C 0.25mm 0.17kPa 23507m 3.1m/s 1.5m/s
19:30
9% 21°C 0.22mm 95% 0cm -13° 22°C 0.63mm 0.13kPa 23888m 1.1m/s 0.67m/s
20:30
13% 21°C 0mm 96% 0cm -26° 22°C 0.69mm 0.09kPa 23730m 2.5m/s 1.2m/s
21:30
13% 21°C 0mm 97% 0cm -38° 21°C 0.75mm 0.07kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.1m/s
22:30
12% 21°C 0mm 97% 0cm -49° 21°C 0.81mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 0.97m/s
23:30
12% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -57° 21°C 0.81mm 0.04kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 0.92m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:37
24:30
11% 21°C 0mm 99% 0cm -59° 21°C 0mm 0.03kPa 6855m 2m/s 0.88m/s
01:30
10% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -55° 21°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 7494m 1.1m/s 0.59m/s
02:30
9% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -46° 20°C 0.06mm 0.02kPa 18833m 1.7m/s 0.94m/s
03:30
8% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -34° 20°C 0.06mm 0.03kPa 23714m 1.2m/s 0.74m/s
04:30
7% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -21° 20°C 0.13mm 0.03kPa 18029m 1.2m/s 0.68m/s
05:30
6% 20°C 0mm 98% 0cm -7.8° 20°C 0.13mm 0.04kPa 17910m 1.3m/s 0.74m/s
06:30
7% 20°C 0mm 98% 0cm 6.1° 21°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24084m 1.4m/s 0.65m/s
07:30
7% 20°C 0mm 93% 0cm 20° 22°C 0.06mm 0.17kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 0.79m/s
08:30
8% 21°C 0mm 88% 0cm 34° 23°C 0.06mm 0.34kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 1.4m/s
09:30
7% 21°C 0mm 84% 0cm 48° 24°C 0.13mm 0.46kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 1.9m/s
10:30
6% 21°C 0mm 81% 0cm 61° 24°C 0.19mm 0.57kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 1.9m/s
11:30
5% 21°C 0mm 76% 0cm 73° 26°C 0.31mm 0.78kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.1m/s
12:30
4% 21°C 0mm 73% 0cm 78° 26°C 0.06mm 0.88kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.2m/s
13:30
2% 21°C 0mm 74% 0cm 70° 26°C 0.13mm 0.86kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.3m/s
14:30
1% 21°C 0mm 79% 0cm 57° 25°C 0.5mm 0.65kPa 21072m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
15:30
1% 21°C 0mm 86% 0cm 43° 24°C 1.2mm 0.41kPa 23850m 2.6m/s 1.8m/s
16:30
0% 21°C 0mm 91% 0cm 29° 23°C 1.9mm 0.25kPa 18643m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
17:30
0% 22°C 0mm 96% 0cm 15° 22°C 2.2mm 0.12kPa 20376m 3.3m/s 1.9m/s
18:30
1% 21°C 0mm 97% 0cm 1.4° 22°C 0.31mm 0.07kPa 7621m 2.7m/s 1.4m/s
19:30
1% 21°C 0mm 98% 0cm -13° 21°C 0.44mm 0.06kPa 9895m 3.2m/s 1.6m/s
20:30
2% 21°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm -26° 21°C 0.56mm 0.04kPa 3843m 2.1m/s 1m/s
21:30
3% 21°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm -38° 21°C 0.63mm 0.04kPa 11915m 1.9m/s 1m/s
22:30
3% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -49° 21°C 0.69mm 0.03kPa 23383m 1.2m/s 0.65m/s
23:30
4% 20°C 0mm 99% 0cm -57° 21°C 0.75mm 0.03kPa 19331m 1.9m/s 1m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:38
24:30
3% 21°C 0mm 94% 0cm -59° 22°C 0.52mm 0.15kPa 20932m 1.7m/s 0.97m/s
01:30
3% 21°C 0mm 90% 0cm -55° 23°C 0.29mm 0.29kPa 22534m 1.5m/s 0.93m/s
02:30
2% 21°C 0mm 85% 0cm -45° 24°C 0.06mm 0.44kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 0.9m/s
03:30
2% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm -34° 25°C 0.15mm 0.64kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
04:30
1% 22°C 0mm 75% 0cm -21° 26°C 0.23mm 0.86kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.6m/s
05:30
1% 21°C 0mm 70% 0cm -7.8° 27°C 0.31mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2m/s
06:30
3% 22°C 0mm 72% 0cm 6.1° 27°C 0.58mm 0.99kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2m/s
07:30
6% 22°C 0mm 75% 0cm 20° 27°C 0.85mm 0.88kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2m/s
08:30
8% 22°C 0mm 77% 0cm 34° 26°C 1.1mm 0.77kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.1m/s
09:30
7% 22°C 0.04mm 83% 0cm 48° 25°C 1.5mm 0.55kPa 16394m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
10:30
7% 22°C 0.09mm 88% 0cm 61° 24°C 1.8mm 0.36kPa 8653m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
11:30
6% 22°C 0.13mm 94% 0cm 73° 23°C 2.2mm 0.18kPa 912m 2.3m/s 1.5m/s
12:30
5% 22°C 0.09mm 95% 0cm 78° 23°C 1.5mm 0.14kPa 924m 2m/s 1.2m/s
13:30
4% 22°C 0.04mm 96% 0cm 69° 23°C 0.9mm 0.1kPa 936m 1.6m/s 0.99m/s
14:30
3% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm 57° 23°C 0.25mm 0.07kPa 948m 1.2m/s 0.74m/s
15:30
3% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm 43° 23°C 0.35mm 0.06kPa 818m 1.2m/s 0.7m/s
16:30
2% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm 29° 22°C 0.46mm 0.06kPa 687m 1.1m/s 0.65m/s
17:30
2% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm 15° 22°C 0.56mm 0.06kPa 557m 1.1m/s 0.61m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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