Skip to content
PhotoWeather
Get started
More Fog Hunter in Kyushu
Create your own alerts
Rule Fog Hunter

Nagasaki - Fog Hunter - Kyushu

Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

No opportunities right now
Here’s what usually blocks matches

No Fog Hunter opportunities in the next 14 days

Get notified
Free alerts · takes 30 seconds
Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 75.0%

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

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread3.7°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity79%
Wind Speed0.8m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Asia/Tokyo

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 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.

Create your own Fog Hunter alerts

Get notified when these conditions match at your own locations.

Get this template

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
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Tokyo
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sat, May 23
22:000%
23:000%
Sun, May 24
24:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:000%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:000%
22:000%
23:000%
Mon, May 25
24:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:000%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:000%
22:000%
23:000%
Tue, May 26
24:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:000%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:000%
22:000%
23:000%
Wed, May 27
24:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:000%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
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, May 24 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 19:18
22:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 79% 0cm -27° 23°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.79m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 80% 0cm -33° 23°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 0.31m/s 0.19m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 19:18
24:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 82% 0cm -36° 22°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.88m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 84% 0cm -35° 22°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 88% 0cm -31° 21°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0mm 89% 0cm -24° 21°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 0.91m/s 0.8m/s
04:00 ☾
2% 19°C 0mm 90% 0cm -14° 21°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
05:00 ☾
3% 19°C 0mm 90% 0cm -3.8° 21°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
06:00 ☾
5% 19°C 0mm 89% 0cm 7.8° 21°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.7m/s
07:00 ☾
8% 19°C 0mm 83% 0cm 20° 22°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 3m/s 1.9m/s
08:00 ☾
10% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm 32° 24°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.6m/s
09:00
13% 19°C 0mm 69% 0cm 45° 25°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.42m/s
10:00
32% 19°C 0mm 65% 0cm 57° 26°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 0.71m/s 0.9m/s
11:00
50% 19°C 0mm 64% 0cm 69° 26°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2m/s
12:00
69% 19°C 0mm 63% 0cm 78° 26°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.8m/s
13:00
62% 19°C 0mm 60% 0cm 75° 27°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.5m/s
14:00
56% 18°C 0mm 59% 0cm 64° 27°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 2.2m/s
15:00
49% 19°C 0mm 60% 0cm 52° 27°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.6m/s
16:00
50% 19°C 0mm 61% 0cm 40° 27°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.7m/s
17:00
51% 19°C 0mm 64% 0cm 27° 26°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 3.4m/s
18:00
52% 20°C 0mm 74% 0cm 15° 25°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 2.8m/s
19:00
51% 20°C 0mm 82% 0cm 3° 23°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
20:00 ☾
50% 19°C 0mm 83% 0cm -8.4° 22°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
21:00 ☾
49% 19°C 0mm 83% 0cm -18° 22°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.93m/s
22:00 ☾
46% 19°C 0mm 84% 0cm -27° 22°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
42% 19°C 0mm 85% 0cm -33° 22°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 19:18
24:00 ☾
39% 19°C 0mm 86% 0cm -36° 21°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.71m/s
01:00 ☾
40% 19°C 0mm 87% 0cm -35° 21°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 0.81m/s 0.69m/s
02:00 ☾
40% 18°C 0mm 87% 0cm -31° 21°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
03:00 ☾
41% 18°C 0mm 87% 0cm -24° 20°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
04:00 ☾
35% 18°C 0mm 87% 0cm -14° 20°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.88m/s
05:00 ☾
30% 18°C 0mm 89% 0cm -3.7° 20°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 0.81m/s 0.82m/s
06:00 ☾
24% 18°C 0mm 88% 0cm 7.9° 20°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1m/s
07:00 ☾
20% 18°C 0mm 84% 0cm 20° 21°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24099m 1.6m/s 0.97m/s
08:00 ☾
15% 18°C 0mm 84% 0cm 32° 21°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 0.96m/s
09:00
11% 18°C 0mm 75% 0cm 45° 22°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.4m/s
10:00
9% 17°C 0.01mm 74% 0cm 57° 22°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 2.3m/s
11:00
7% 17°C 0.01mm 78% 0cm 69° 21°C 0.06mm 0.55kPa 24135m 6.4m/s 1.6m/s
12:00
5% 18°C 0mm 79% 0cm 78° 21°C 0.06mm 0.52kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 1.6m/s
13:00
4% 17°C 0mm 70% 0cm 75° 23°C 0.06mm 0.86kPa 24134m 6.9m/s 2.4m/s
14:00
2% 18°C 0mm 72% 0cm 64° 23°C 0.06mm 0.78kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 1.9m/s
15:00
1% 18°C 0.14mm 75% 0cm 52° 23°C 0.13mm 0.69kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 0.61m/s
16:00
1% 19°C 0.28mm 86% 0cm 40° 21°C 0.38mm 0.35kPa 22875m 1.1m/s 0.65m/s
17:00
0% 19°C 0.1mm 86% 0cm 27° 21°C 0.5mm 0.35kPa 24135m 0.92m/s 0.22m/s
18:00
0% 19°C 7.8mm 94% 0cm 15° 20°C 4.6mm 0.13kPa 2900m 2.7m/s 0.74m/s
19:00
0% 19°C 0.6mm 96% 0cm 3.1° 20°C 7.8mm 0.1kPa 15303m 10m/s 3.1m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 19°C 1.2mm 94% 0cm -8.2° 20°C 8.6mm 0.14kPa 8641m 11m/s 4.7m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 19°C 1.6mm 96% 0cm -18° 19°C 11mm 0.09kPa 9009m 9.5m/s 3m/s
22:00 ☾
0% 19°C 1.4mm 96% 0cm -27° 19°C 1.3mm 0.09kPa 9216m 10m/s 2.6m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 19°C 5.5mm 96% 0cm -33° 19°C 3.8mm 0.1kPa 3894m 11m/s 3.3m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 19:19
24:00 ☾
0% 19°C 4.4mm 96% 0cm -36° 19°C 11mm 0.08kPa 4679m 11m/s 4.1m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 18°C 4mm 96% 0cm -35° 19°C 14mm 0.09kPa 4447m 13m/s 5.1m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 18°C 3.4mm 96% 0cm -31° 19°C 19mm 0.08kPa 5843m 13m/s 4.7m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 18°C 4.9mm 96% 0cm -24° 19°C 22mm 0.09kPa 3982m 13m/s 4.8m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 18°C 3.3mm 94% 0cm -14° 19°C 15mm 0.12kPa 8211m 9.9m/s 3.9m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 19°C 1.7mm 93% 0cm -3.6° 20°C 8.2mm 0.15kPa 12439m 6.7m/s 3.1m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0.02mm 92% 0cm 7.9° 20°C 1.4mm 0.19kPa 16668m 3.5m/s 2.3m/s
07:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm 20° 22°C 1.5mm 0.34kPa 19157m 3.9m/s 2.3m/s
08:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0.007mm 81% 0cm 32° 23°C 1.5mm 0.51kPa 21646m 4.3m/s 2.3m/s
09:00
0% 19°C 0mm 76% 0cm 45° 24°C 1.5mm 0.7kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 2.3m/s
10:00
0% 19°C 0mm 76% 0cm 57° 24°C 1mm 0.72kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 2.1m/s
11:00
0% 19°C 0mm 75% 0cm 69° 24°C 0.5mm 0.73kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 1.9m/s
12:00
0% 19°C 0mm 75% 0cm 78° 24°C 0mm 0.75kPa 24135m 3m/s 1.7m/s
13:00
0% 19°C 0.003mm 77% 0cm 75° 23°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.6m/s
14:00
0% 19°C 0.007mm 80% 0cm 65° 22°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.5m/s
15:00
0% 18°C 0.01mm 82% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
16:00
0% 19°C 0.02mm 83% 0cm 40° 21°C 0.02mm 0.42kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
17:00
0% 19°C 0.02mm 84% 0cm 27° 21°C 0.04mm 0.4kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
18:00
0% 19°C 0.03mm 85% 0cm 15° 21°C 0.06mm 0.37kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
19:00
0% 19°C 0.04mm 87% 0cm 3.3° 21°C 0.08mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
20:00 ☾
0% 19°C 0.05mm 89% 0cm -8.1° 21°C 0.1mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 20°C 0.06mm 91% 0cm -18° 21°C 0.13mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

Get Notified of Opportunities

Create your own custom alerts for this location and more.

Create Free Account