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Rule Fog Hunter

Wayanad - Fog Hunter - Kerala

Kalpatta, Kerala, India

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread0.6°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity96%
Wind Speed1.0m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Asia/Kolkata
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Wayanad
Fri, May 29 · 19:30–24:30 · 5h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌫️Fog Probability77.1-86%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.4°C
Visibility: 7676 (Moderate)
Relative Humidity: 97%
Wind Speed: 0.4m/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
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
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Time
Asia/Kolkata
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sat, May 23
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Sun, May 24
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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 06:01 Sunset 18:43
18:30
0% 23°C 0mm 96% 0cm 2.7° 24°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1m/s
19:30
0% 23°C 0mm 97% 0cm -11° 24°C 0.19mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.1m/s
20:30
0% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -24° 23°C 0.44mm 0.05kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.78m/s
21:30
0% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -37° 23°C 1mm 0.05kPa 16742m 0.91m/s 0.23m/s
22:30
0% 23°C 1.5mm 98% 0cm -47° 23°C 2.3mm 0.06kPa 4857m 0.9m/s 0.45m/s
23:30
0% 23°C 2mm 99% 0cm -55° 23°C 5.1mm 0.04kPa 5679m 1.2m/s 0.5m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:43
24:30
0% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -57° 23°C 0.44mm 0.05kPa 16345m 1.4m/s 1m/s
01:30
1% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -54° 23°C 0.5mm 0.07kPa 18976m 0.62m/s 0.56m/s
02:30
1% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -45° 23°C 0.5mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.49m/s
03:30
1% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -34° 23°C 0.5mm 0.06kPa 24134m 0.3m/s 0.07m/s
04:30
1% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -21° 22°C 0.5mm 0.05kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.48m/s
05:30
1% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -7.8° 22°C 0.5mm 0.05kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.25m/s
06:30
5% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm 22°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 0.41m/s 0.24m/s
07:30
8% 23°C 0mm 94% 0cm 20° 24°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.48m/s
08:30
12% 23°C 0mm 85% 0cm 34° 25°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 0.91m/s
09:30
12% 22°C 0mm 75% 0cm 48° 27°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.4m/s
10:30
13% 22°C 0mm 65% 0cm 61° 29°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
11:30
13% 22°C 0mm 62% 0cm 74° 30°C 0.06mm 1.6kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2.1m/s
12:30
10% 22°C 0mm 63% 0cm 80° 29°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.4m/s
13:30
6% 23°C 0.02mm 72% 0cm 71° 28°C 0.19mm 1.1kPa 21770m 2.6m/s 2.3m/s
14:30
3% 24°C 0mm 85% 0cm 58° 26°C 1.2mm 0.5kPa 14741m 2.8m/s 1.7m/s
15:30
2% 23°C 0mm 83% 0cm 44° 26°C 2.3mm 0.58kPa 14062m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
16:30
1% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm 30° 26°C 2.7mm 0.53kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
17:30
0% 23°C 0mm 89% 0cm 16° 25°C 3.2mm 0.35kPa 17239m 2.4m/s 1.4m/s
18:30
1% 23°C 0mm 95% 0cm 2.7° 24°C 0.38mm 0.15kPa 23590m 2.3m/s 1.1m/s
19:30
1% 23°C 0mm 96% 0cm -11° 24°C 0.75mm 0.11kPa 22793m 1m/s 0.78m/s
20:30
2% 23°C 0mm 96% 0cm -24° 23°C 1.5mm 0.11kPa 13478m 0.51m/s 0.21m/s
21:30
2% 23°C 0mm 97% 0cm -36° 23°C 1.5mm 0.09kPa 13022m 1.1m/s 0.89m/s
22:30
1% 22°C 0mm 97% 0cm -47° 23°C 1.5mm 0.08kPa 15307m 1.1m/s 1m/s
23:30
1% 22°C 0mm 96% 0cm -55° 23°C 1.6mm 0.11kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.77m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:44
24:30
1% 22°C 0mm 96% 0cm -57° 23°C 0.69mm 0.11kPa 16770m 0.41m/s 0.22m/s
01:30
0% 22°C 0mm 96% 0cm -53° 23°C 1.4mm 0.12kPa 24134m 0.81m/s 0.93m/s
02:30
0% 22°C 0mm 95% 0cm -45° 23°C 1.5mm 0.13kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
03:30
0% 21°C 0mm 94% 0cm -34° 22°C 1.5mm 0.15kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
04:30
1% 21°C 0mm 94% 0cm -21° 22°C 1.5mm 0.15kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
05:30
1% 20°C 0mm 93% 0cm -7.8° 21°C 1.5mm 0.19kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
06:30
1% 20°C 0mm 91% 0cm 22°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 0.41m/s 0.15m/s
07:30
2% 20°C 0mm 91% 0cm 20° 22°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.21m/s
08:30
2% 21°C 0mm 93% 0cm 34° 22°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 0.42m/s 0.28m/s
09:30
2% 22°C 0mm 94% 0cm 48° 23°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.38m/s
10:30
1% 22°C 0mm 93% 0cm 61° 23°C 0.06mm 0.21kPa 24134m 0.81m/s 0.33m/s
11:30
1% 22°C 0mm 80% 0cm 74° 26°C 0.06mm 0.67kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
12:30
2% 22°C 0mm 67% 0cm 80° 28°C 0.06mm 1.3kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
13:30
2% 21°C 0.01mm 61% 0cm 71° 29°C 0.06mm 1.6kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
14:30
3% 21°C 0mm 60% 0cm 58° 30°C 0.06mm 1.7kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2m/s
15:30
2% 22°C 0mm 68% 0cm 44° 28°C 0.13mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
16:30
1% 22°C 0mm 76% 0cm 30° 27°C 0.19mm 0.86kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 2.2m/s
17:30
0% 23°C 0mm 84% 0cm 16° 26°C 0.38mm 0.52kPa 22089m 2.5m/s 1.8m/s
18:30
0% 23°C 0mm 94% 0cm 2.8° 24°C 0.44mm 0.18kPa 20390m 2.3m/s 1.3m/s
19:30
1% 23°C 0mm 97% 0cm -11° 23°C 0.94mm 0.08kPa 21057m 1.4m/s 0.93m/s
20:30
1% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -24° 23°C 1.3mm 0.05kPa 2383m 1.3m/s 0.95m/s
21:30
1% 23°C 0mm 98% 0cm -36° 23°C 1.5mm 0.04kPa 732m 1.6m/s 1m/s
22:30
0% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -47° 23°C 2.1mm 0.05kPa 1023m 1.4m/s 0.8m/s
23:30
0% 22°C 0mm 98% 0cm -55° 23°C 2.3mm 0.06kPa 7986m 1.3m/s 0.73m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:44
24:30
0% 22°C 0mm 93% 0cm -57° 24°C 1.5mm 0.2kPa 13369m 1.4m/s 0.92m/s
01:30
0% 22°C 0mm 88% 0cm -53° 24°C 0.79mm 0.36kPa 18752m 1.6m/s 1.1m/s
02:30
0% 22°C 0mm 84% 0cm -45° 25°C 0.06mm 0.52kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
03:30
0% 22°C 0.003mm 79% 0cm -33° 26°C 0.13mm 0.71kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
04:30
0% 22°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm -21° 27°C 0.19mm 0.91kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
05:30
0% 22°C 0.01mm 70% 0cm -7.7° 28°C 0.25mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
06:30
1% 22°C 0.007mm 75% 0cm 27°C 0.48mm 0.91kPa 18800m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
07:30
1% 23°C 0.003mm 80% 0cm 20° 26°C 0.71mm 0.7kPa 13465m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
08:30
2% 23°C 0mm 85% 0cm 34° 26°C 0.94mm 0.51kPa 8130m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
09:30
2% 23°C 0.09mm 88% 0cm 48° 25°C 1.8mm 0.37kPa 10272m 2.5m/s 1.7m/s
10:30
1% 23°C 0.18mm 92% 0cm 61° 24°C 2.6mm 0.24kPa 12414m 2.3m/s 1.5m/s
11:30
1% 23°C 0.27mm 96% 0cm 74° 23°C 3.4mm 0.12kPa 14557m 2.1m/s 1.2m/s
12:30
1% 23°C 0.21mm 96% 0cm 80° 23°C 2.8mm 0.11kPa 10137m 2m/s 1.1m/s
13:30
0% 22°C 0.14mm 97% 0cm 71° 23°C 2.1mm 0.09kPa 5718m 1.9m/s 1m/s
14:30
0% 22°C 0.08mm 97% 0cm 58° 23°C 1.5mm 0.07kPa 1298m 1.7m/s 0.96m/s
15:30
0% 22°C 0.06mm 97% 0cm 44° 22°C 1.5mm 0.07kPa 5111m 1.4m/s 0.77m/s
16:30
0% 22°C 0.04mm 98% 0cm 30° 22°C 1.6mm 0.07kPa 8924m 1.1m/s 0.57m/s
17:30
0% 22°C 0.02mm 98% 0cm 16° 22°C 1.6mm 0.06kPa 12737m 0.77m/s 0.38m/s
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