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Aoshima - Fog Hunter - Kyushu

Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread10.1°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity53%
Wind Speed7.9m/s (moderate winds)

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Times shown in Asia/Tokyo

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast predicts when Kyushu's volcanic steam, subtropical humidity, and mountainous terrain create atmospheric photography conditions. We track temperature inversions, humidity patterns, and geothermal activity to identify when mist transforms calderas, forests, and onsen villages.

Kyushu's subtropical climate and active volcanism create fog conditions unlike anywhere else in Japan. Mount Aso's massive caldera traps morning mist around its active crater, while Yakushima's ancient cedars remain wrapped in perpetual cloud. Yufuin's onsen village sees lake mist rising from thermal springs beneath Mount Yufu's twin peaks.

What makes Kyushu fog photography special:

  • Volcanic steam mixing with natural fog - Mount Aso's active crater sends white plumes into morning mist creating otherworldly layers
  • Subtropical forest clouds - Yakushima's 3,000-year-old cedars emerge from moss-draped mist receiving 250+ inches annual rainfall
  • Onsen village atmospherics - Thermal springs in Yufuin and Beppu create steam rising from streets and ponds blending with natural fog
  • Crater lake mysteries - Kirishima's volcanic lakes develop morning fog banks isolated between peaks

Lake Kinrinko in Yufuin produces spectacular morning mist November through March when cold air meets thermal waters—arrive before dawn for steam rising across mirror-calm surface with Mount Yufu reflected. Mount Aso's caldera rim offers views into fog-filled volcanic bowls with Nakadake crater's steam plume above. Yakushima's forest trails become mystical when fog drifts through moss-covered ancient trees. Best conditions occur on clear cold winter mornings, though Yakushima's fog is reliably year-round.

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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
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Time
Asia/Tokyo
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
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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
Asia/Tokyo
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
Thu, Apr 16 Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:43
11:00
75% 11°C 0mm 53% 0cm 62° 21°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 10m/s 7.9m/s
12:00
97% 12°C 0mm 53% 0cm 68° 22°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 10m/s 8.3m/s
13:00
98% 11°C 0mm 52% 0cm 66° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 9.5m/s 8.1m/s
14:00
99% 11°C 0mm 50% 0cm 57° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 9.8m/s 8.3m/s
15:00
100% 11°C 0mm 52% 0cm 46° 22°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 9.5m/s 8.1m/s
16:00
100% 11°C 0mm 53% 0cm 34° 21°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 9m/s 7.4m/s
17:00
100% 11°C 0mm 55% 0cm 21° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 8.6m/s 6.3m/s
18:00
100% 12°C 0mm 60% 0cm 8.4° 20°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24134m 8.7m/s 5.4m/s
19:00 ☾
100% 12°C 0mm 64% 0cm -4.1° 19°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 8.1m/s 4.8m/s
20:00 ☾
100% 12°C 0mm 66% 0cm -16° 18°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 4.2m/s
21:00 ☾
100% 11°C 0mm 68% 0cm -27° 17°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 3.4m/s
22:00 ☾
96% 11°C 0mm 70% 0cm -37° 17°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24134m 4.2m/s 2.6m/s
23:00 ☾
91% 11°C 0mm 70% 0cm -44° 16°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.3m/s
Fri, Apr 17 Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:43
24:00 ☾
87% 11°C 0mm 70% 0cm -48° 16°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 2.7m/s
01:00 ☾
80% 11°C 0mm 70% 0cm -46° 16°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24134m 5.7m/s 2.9m/s
02:00 ☾
73% 11°C 0mm 73% 0cm -41° 16°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 5.4m/s 2.7m/s
03:00 ☾
66% 11°C 0mm 75% 0cm -32° 16°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 5m/s 2.9m/s
04:00 ☾
52% 11°C 0mm 72% 0cm -21° 16°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 2.5m/s
05:00 ☾
37% 11°C 0mm 73% 0cm -9.8° 16°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 3.2m/s
06:00 ☾
23% 12°C 0mm 75% 0cm 2.8° 16°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 3.2m/s
07:00 ☾
16% 12°C 0mm 73% 0cm 15° 17°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24134m 4.6m/s 2.5m/s
08:00 ☾
9% 13°C 0mm 71% 0cm 28° 19°C 0.13mm 0.62kPa 23304m 5.1m/s 2.3m/s
09:00
2% 15°C 0mm 73% 0cm 40° 20°C 0.25mm 0.63kPa 20783m 6.2m/s 3.7m/s
10:00
2% 15°C 0mm 71% 0cm 52° 20°C 0.13mm 0.69kPa 24134m 6.7m/s 5.4m/s
11:00
3% 14°C 0mm 68% 0cm 63° 20°C 0.25mm 0.76kPa 24040m 6.7m/s 5.6m/s
12:00
3% 15°C 0mm 68% 0cm 68° 21°C 0.44mm 0.78kPa 22683m 6.5m/s 5.7m/s
13:00
2% 15°C 0mm 67% 0cm 66° 21°C 0.63mm 0.8kPa 24134m 7.1m/s 6.1m/s
14:00
2% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 57° 21°C 0.75mm 0.93kPa 24135m 6.8m/s 6.6m/s
15:00
1% 14°C 0mm 68% 0cm 46° 20°C 0.81mm 0.76kPa 24134m 7.2m/s 6.7m/s
16:00
3% 14°C 0mm 66% 0cm 34° 20°C 0.13mm 0.78kPa 24134m 7.2m/s 6.5m/s
17:00
5% 13°C 0mm 66% 0cm 21° 20°C 0.25mm 0.77kPa 24135m 6.4m/s 5m/s
18:00
7% 13°C 0mm 66% 0cm 8.6° 19°C 0.38mm 0.76kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 4.7m/s
19:00 ☾
6% 13°C 0mm 66% 0cm -3.9° 19°C 0.44mm 0.75kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 4.3m/s
20:00 ☾
6% 13°C 0mm 67% 0cm -16° 19°C 0.44mm 0.74kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 4.3m/s
21:00 ☾
5% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm -27° 19°C 0.5mm 0.61kPa 24134m 7.3m/s 5.4m/s
22:00 ☾
4% 14°C 0mm 74% 0cm -37° 19°C 0.13mm 0.55kPa 21910m 6m/s 3.9m/s
23:00 ☾
3% 14°C 0mm 77% 0cm -44° 18°C 0.38mm 0.5kPa 21777m 4.6m/s 2.8m/s
Sat, Apr 18 Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:44
24:00 ☾
2% 15°C 0mm 78% 0cm -47° 19°C 0.63mm 0.47kPa 16891m 4m/s 2.4m/s
01:00 ☾
1% 15°C 0.01mm 79% 0cm -46° 18°C 0.94mm 0.44kPa 18316m 4.1m/s 2.6m/s
02:00 ☾
1% 15°C 0mm 81% 0cm -40° 18°C 1.1mm 0.41kPa 21027m 4.7m/s 3.1m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 15°C 0mm 81% 0cm -32° 18°C 1.4mm 0.4kPa 15545m 4.5m/s 3m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 15°C 0mm 81% 0cm -21° 18°C 0.31mm 0.4kPa 17597m 4.4m/s 2.9m/s
05:00 ☾
1% 15°C 0mm 80% 0cm -9.5° 18°C 0.56mm 0.41kPa 22890m 4.9m/s 3.3m/s
06:00 ☾
1% 15°C 0mm 80% 0cm 3° 18°C 0.69mm 0.43kPa 24134m 4.7m/s 2.9m/s
07:00 ☾
1% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm 15° 19°C 0.88mm 0.45kPa 24063m 4.6m/s 3.1m/s
08:00 ☾
2% 15°C 0mm 78% 0cm 28° 19°C 1mm 0.48kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 2.8m/s
09:00
2% 15°C 0mm 78% 0cm 41° 19°C 1.1mm 0.49kPa 24134m 4m/s 3m/s
10:00
3% 15°C 0mm 76% 0cm 53° 19°C 0.13mm 0.53kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3m/s
11:00
5% 15°C 0mm 74% 0cm 63° 19°C 0.25mm 0.58kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.7m/s
12:00
6% 15°C 0mm 74% 0cm 69° 19°C 0.38mm 0.58kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.7m/s
13:00
5% 14°C 0mm 73% 0cm 66° 19°C 0.44mm 0.6kPa 24134m 4m/s 3m/s
14:00
5% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm 58° 19°C 0.44mm 0.64kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.7m/s
15:00
4% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm 46° 19°C 0.5mm 0.64kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 2.7m/s
16:00
4% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm 34° 19°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.3m/s
17:00
5% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm 21° 19°C 0.06mm 0.61kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 1.9m/s
18:00
5% 14°C 0mm 74% 0cm 8.7° 19°C 0.06mm 0.57kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 1.9m/s
19:00 ☾
5% 14°C 0mm 75% 0cm -3.8° 19°C 0.06mm 0.53kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 2.5m/s
20:00 ☾
5% 14°C 0mm 78% 0cm -16° 18°C 0.06mm 0.46kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.3m/s
21:00 ☾
5% 14°C 0mm 80% 0cm -27° 18°C 0.06mm 0.39kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.6m/s
22:00 ☾
10% 14°C 0mm 83% 0cm -37° 17°C 0.04mm 0.33kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
23:00 ☾
14% 13°C 0mm 85% 0cm -44° 16°C 0.02mm 0.27kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 2.1m/s
Sun, Apr 19 Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:45
24:00 ☾
19% 13°C 0mm 87% 0cm -47° 15°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
19% 13°C 0mm 81% 0cm -46° 16°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
02:00 ☾
20% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm -40° 18°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.6m/s
03:00 ☾
20% 13°C 0mm 69% 0cm -31° 19°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 1.4m/s
04:00 ☾
31% 13°C 0mm 68% 0cm -21° 19°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
05:00 ☾
41% 14°C 0mm 67% 0cm -9.3° 20°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3m/s
06:00 ☾
52% 14°C 0mm 66% 0cm 3.2° 20°C 0mm 0.82kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 3.7m/s
07:00 ☾
52% 14°C 0mm 66% 0cm 16° 21°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 3.5m/s
08:00 ☾
53% 14°C 0mm 65% 0cm 28° 21°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 3m/s 3.2m/s
09:00
53% 14°C 0mm 65% 0cm 41° 21°C 0mm 0.84kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.9m/s
10:00
55% 14°C 0mm 68% 0cm 53° 20°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.6m/s
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