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Kumamoto - Fog Hunter - Kyushu

Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 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 Spread3.1°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity81%
Wind Speed1.8m/s (calm conditions)

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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 79 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
Sun, Apr 5 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:39
22:00 ☾
99% 9.3°C 0mm 81% 0cm -39° 12°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.8m/s
23:00 ☾
99% 8.9°C 0mm 81% 0cm -47° 12°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.6m/s
Mon, Apr 6 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:39
24:00 ☾
100% 8°C 0mm 79% 0cm -51° 12°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2m/s
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99% 6.5°C 0mm 73% 0cm -50° 11°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
02:00 ☾
97% 4.8°C 0mm 66% 0cm -44° 11°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
96% 3.2°C 0mm 60% 0cm -35° 11°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
04:00 ☾
65% 2.2°C 0mm 56% 0cm -25° 11°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
05:00 ☾
34% 2°C 0mm 54% 0cm -13° 11°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
06:00 ☾
3% 2.4°C 0mm 56% 0cm -0.24° 11°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
07:00 ☾
2% 4.6°C 0mm 60% 0cm 12° 12°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
08:00 ☾
1% 5.9°C 0mm 56% 0cm 24° 15°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 0.4m/s 0.5m/s
09:00 ☾
0% 6.6°C 0mm 50% 0cm 37° 17°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24134m 0.62m/s 0.27m/s
10:00 ☾
0% 7.2°C 0mm 46% 0cm 48° 19°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.4m/s
11:00 ☾
0% 7°C 0mm 43% 0cm 58° 20°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2m/s
12:00 ☾
0% 8.1°C 0mm 43% 0cm 63° 21°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2m/s
13:00 ☾
0% 8.6°C 0mm 42% 0cm 62° 22°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 2.3m/s
14:00 ☾
0% 8.6°C 0mm 42% 0cm 55° 22°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 2.5m/s
15:00 ☾
0% 8.7°C 0mm 43% 0cm 44° 22°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.6m/s
16:00 ☾
0% 9.4°C 0mm 50% 0cm 33° 20°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 2.8m/s
17:00 ☾
0% 10°C 0mm 53% 0cm 20° 20°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 11°C 0mm 60% 0cm 7.8° 19°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.94m/s
19:00 ☾
0% 10°C 0mm 61% 0cm -4.8° 18°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.15m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 10°C 0mm 63% 0cm -17° 17°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24134m 0.71m/s 0.43m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 10°C 0mm 65% 0cm -28° 17°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
0% 10°C 0.01mm 67% 0cm -39° 17°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.73m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 11°C 0mm 68% 0cm -46° 17°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
Tue, Apr 7 Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:40
24:00 ☾
0% 11°C 0.08mm 71% 0cm -50° 16°C 0.06mm 0.52kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
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0% 12°C 0.94mm 80% 0cm -49° 15°C 0.44mm 0.35kPa 11507m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
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0% 13°C 1.4mm 92% 0cm -44° 14°C 2mm 0.14kPa 9784m 0.92m/s 0.75m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 13°C 2.9mm 94% 0cm -35° 14°C 4.1mm 0.09kPa 5237m 3.3m/s 1.7m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 12°C 2.4mm 95% 0cm -24° 13°C 3.1mm 0.08kPa 6719m 3.7m/s 1.9m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 12°C 1.1mm 96% 0cm -13° 13°C 4.8mm 0.06kPa 11533m 5.4m/s 2.4m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 12°C 0.88mm 95% 0cm 0.11° 13°C 5.7mm 0.07kPa 13108m 2.6m/s 1.2m/s
07:00 ☾
0% 12°C 0.36mm 95% 0cm 12° 13°C 6.1mm 0.08kPa 18666m 2.7m/s 1.5m/s
08:00 ☾
0% 12°C 0.51mm 94% 0cm 25° 13°C 6.6mm 0.09kPa 16373m 5m/s 2.9m/s
09:00 ☾
0% 12°C 0.18mm 93% 0cm 37° 13°C 7mm 0.1kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 2.9m/s
10:00 ☾
3% 12°C 0mm 88% 0cm 48° 14°C 0.13mm 0.19kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 2m/s
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7% 10°C 0mm 71% 0cm 58° 15°C 0.13mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
12:00 ☾
10% 8.3°C 0mm 55% 0cm 64° 17°C 0.13mm 0.88kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 2.7m/s
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14% 3.8°C 0mm 37% 0cm 62° 19°C 0.13mm 1.4kPa 24134m 5.9m/s 4.4m/s
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17% 2.1°C 0mm 32% 0cm 55° 19°C 0.13mm 1.5kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 4.3m/s
15:00 ☾
21% 0.6°C 0mm 29% 0cm 45° 19°C 0.13mm 1.6kPa 24134m 7.7m/s 4.9m/s
16:00 ☾
46% 0.7°C 0mm 31% 0cm 33° 18°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 7.3m/s 5.2m/s
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72% 1.8°C 0mm 37% 0cm 20° 17°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 6m/s 5.2m/s
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97% 1.7°C 0mm 41% 0cm 7.9° 15°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 4.1m/s
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98% 0.9°C 0mm 44% 0cm -4.6° 13°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24134m 6.8m/s 3.1m/s
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98% 1°C 0mm 48% 0cm -17° 12°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24134m 6.1m/s 2.5m/s
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99% 1.4°C 0mm 52% 0cm -28° 11°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 1.7m/s
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99% 1.9°C 0mm 57% 0cm -38° 10°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.4m/s
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100% 2.1°C 0mm 61% 0cm -46° 9.3°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
Wed, Apr 8 Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:41
24:00 ☾
100% 2.1°C 0mm 63% 0cm -50° 8.7°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
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99% 1.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -49° 8.3°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
02:00 ☾
99% 1.3°C 0mm 63% 0cm -44° 7.9°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
98% 0.7°C 0mm 62% 0cm -35° 7.6°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.5m/s
04:00 ☾
96% 0.7°C 0mm 51% 0cm -24° 11°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
05:00 ☾
93% -0.1°C 0mm 39% 0cm -12° 13°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
06:00 ☾
91% -2°C 0mm 28% 0cm 0.33° 16°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.8m/s
07:00 ☾
91% -2.5°C 0mm 27% 0cm 12° 17°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.2m/s
08:00 ☾
91% -3.1°C 0mm 25% 0cm 25° 17°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.5m/s
09:00 ☾
91% -3.7°C 0mm 24% 0cm 37° 17°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.8m/s
10:00 ☾
90% -2.1°C 0mm 28% 0cm 49° 17°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.8m/s
11:00 ☾
90% -0.7°C 0mm 32% 0cm 58° 16°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.7m/s
12:00 ☾
89% 0.5°C 0mm 36% 0cm 64° 16°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.6m/s
13:00 ☾
86% 1.5°C 0mm 40% 0cm 63° 15°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.1m/s
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84% 2.3°C 0mm 44% 0cm 55° 14°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.5m/s
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81% 3°C 0mm 49% 0cm 45° 14°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 0.96m/s
16:00 ☾
76% 3.7°C 0mm 52% 0cm 33° 13°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
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72% 4.3°C 0mm 56% 0cm 21° 13°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
18:00 ☾
67% 4.9°C 0mm 60% 0cm 8° 12°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
19:00 ☾
70% 5°C 0mm 62% 0cm -4.5° 12°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
20:00 ☾
74% 5.1°C 0mm 64% 0cm -17° 12°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
21:00 ☾
77% 5.2°C 0mm 66% 0cm -28° 11°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.7m/s
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