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Cabo Girão - Fog Hunter - Madeira

Câmara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 75.0%

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread12.7°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity45%
Wind Speed1.8m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast predicts when temperature inversions and cloud formations create Madeira's signature above-cloud and below-cloud fog photography opportunities. We track overnight cooling, humidity, Atlantic weather patterns, and elevation to identify when fog fills valleys while peaks emerge above the cloud line.

Madeira's elevation changes—rising from sea level to 1,818 meters at Pico do Arieiro—create extraordinary temperature inversions. Prevailing northeast trade winds mean cloud formations are frequent and predictable. Volcanic peaks pierce clouds while laurel forest levadas disappear into mist.

What makes Madeira fog photography special:

  • Above-cloud peaks - Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo rise above the cloud line at sunrise, creating sea-of-clouds vistas
  • Levada mist - Ancient irrigation channels through laurel forest become atmospheric trails when fog drifts through valleys
  • Coastal fog layers - Funchal's amphitheater setting means fog fills the harbour while hills remain clear, or vice versa
  • Temperature inversions - Trade wind clouds create a stable cloud base around 1,200-1,500 meters for above-cloud photography

Pico do Arieiro at sunrise offers the iconic composition—arrive before dawn to photograph the volcanic peak above an endless white cloud sea, with Pico Ruivo visible as an island in the mist. Funchal's harbour and botanical gardens create stunning compositions when morning fog pools in the valley while upper terraces remain clear. Ribeira Brava's deep valley traps fog that burns off dramatically. The levada trails become magical when fog drifts through ancient laurel forest. São Vicente's north valley frequently fills with fog when the south remains clear due to rain shadow effect. Winter and spring provide the most reliable inversions.

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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
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Madeira
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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
Atlantic/Madeira
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 07:04 Sunset 21:05
14:00
33% 11°C 0mm 45% 0cm 78° 23°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
15:00
38% 11°C 0mm 44% 0cm 73° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
16:00
42% 11°C 0mm 46% 0cm 62° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.6m/s
17:00
38% 11°C 0mm 49% 0cm 49° 22°C 0mm 1.4kPa 22724m 2.9m/s 2m/s
18:00
35% 11°C 0mm 55% 0cm 37° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 1.7m/s
19:00
31% 11°C 0mm 63% 0cm 24° 18°C 0mm 0.78kPa 1936m 2.4m/s 1.6m/s
20:00
27% 12°C 0mm 73% 0cm 12° 17°C 0mm 0.51kPa 1786m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
22% 11°C 0mm 82% 0cm 0.71° 14°C 0mm 0.29kPa 3361m 2.8m/s 2.2m/s
22:00 ☾
18% 10°C 0mm 80% 0cm -11° 14°C 0mm 0.32kPa 2583m 2.7m/s 2.1m/s
23:00 ☾
17% 9.6°C 0mm 78% 0cm -21° 13°C 0mm 0.35kPa 2113m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 21:05
24:00 ☾
17% 9.5°C 0mm 77% 0cm -29° 13°C 0mm 0.35kPa 1794m 3m/s 2m/s
01:00 ☾
16% 9.7°C 0mm 79% 0cm -34° 13°C 0mm 0.32kPa 1868m 2.7m/s 2m/s
02:00 ☾
15% 9.2°C 0mm 78% 0cm -36° 13°C 0mm 0.33kPa 2637m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
03:00 ☾
15% 8.3°C 0mm 73% 0cm -35° 13°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
04:00 ☾
14% 7.5°C 0mm 71% 0cm -30° 13°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
05:00 ☾
13% 7.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm -22° 12°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
06:00 ☾
13% 7.5°C 0mm 72% 0cm -12° 12°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
07:00 ☾
12% 7.8°C 0mm 75% 0cm -1.3° 12°C 0mm 0.35kPa 2364m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
12% 9.1°C 0mm 76% 0cm 10° 13°C 0mm 0.37kPa 1747m 2.8m/s 2m/s
09:00
12% 9.1°C 0mm 62% 0cm 22° 16°C 0mm 0.69kPa 1850m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
10:00
12% 9.6°C 0mm 58% 0cm 35° 18°C 0mm 0.87kPa 1938m 1.7m/s 1.2m/s
11:00
11% 10°C 0mm 54% 0cm 48° 20°C 0mm 1kPa 2031m 1.3m/s 0.83m/s
12:00
10% 11°C 0mm 53% 0cm 60° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 0.89m/s
13:00
9% 11°C 0mm 51% 0cm 71° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
14:00
8% 12°C 0mm 50% 0cm 78° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
15:00
6% 13°C 0mm 51% 0cm 73° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1m/s
16:00
5% 13°C 0mm 53% 0cm 62° 23°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 0.88m/s
17:00
6% 13°C 0mm 55% 0cm 50° 23°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 0.76m/s
18:00
6% 13°C 0mm 59% 0cm 37° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.81m/s
19:00
7% 13°C 0mm 63% 0cm 24° 20°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24134m 0.6m/s 0.67m/s
20:00
9% 14°C 0mm 75% 0cm 12° 18°C 0mm 0.52kPa 1870m 0.61m/s 0.52m/s
21:00
12% 13°C 0mm 89% 0cm 0.82° 15°C 0mm 0.19kPa 14821m 0.41m/s 0.41m/s
22:00 ☾
14% 13°C 0mm 91% 0cm -11° 14°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 0.79m/s
23:00 ☾
14% 13°C 0mm 90% 0cm -20° 14°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.76m/s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 21:06
24:00 ☾
15% 12°C 0mm 91% 0cm -29° 14°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 0.72m/s 0.73m/s
01:00 ☾
15% 12°C 0mm 90% 0cm -34° 14°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24135m 0.72m/s 0.68m/s
02:00 ☾
20% 11°C 0mm 85% 0cm -36° 14°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 0.51m/s 0.31m/s
03:00 ☾
25% 11°C 0mm 83% 0cm -35° 14°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.3m/s
04:00 ☾
30% 10°C 0mm 81% 0cm -30° 13°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 0.62m/s 0.46m/s
05:00 ☾
29% 9.4°C 0mm 76% 0cm -22° 14°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24134m 0.6m/s 0.58m/s
06:00 ☾
29% 8.8°C 0.01mm 73% 0cm -12° 14°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24134m 0.41m/s 0.35m/s
07:00 ☾
28% 8.5°C 0.01mm 73% 0cm -1.2° 13°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 0.51m/s 0.43m/s
08:00
21% 9.3°C 0mm 68% 0cm 10° 15°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 0.6m/s 0.51m/s
09:00
15% 9.9°C 0.01mm 57% 0cm 22° 19°C 0mm 0.93kPa 24135m 0.62m/s 0.56m/s
10:00
8% 9.8°C 0.01mm 48% 0cm 35° 21°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.09m/s
11:00
6% 11°C 0mm 46% 0cm 48° 23°C 0mm 1.5kPa 22855m 1m/s 0.34m/s
12:00
5% 11°C 0mm 46% 0cm 60° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 22749m 1m/s 0.4m/s
13:00
3% 12°C 0.01mm 45% 0cm 72° 24°C 0mm 1.7kPa 21377m 1.3m/s 0.53m/s
14:00
2% 12°C 0mm 46% 0cm 78° 25°C 0mm 1.6kPa 21351m 1.2m/s 0.63m/s
15:00
2% 13°C 0mm 49% 0cm 73° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 22848m 1.3m/s 0.66m/s
16:00
1% 13°C 0.01mm 48% 0cm 62° 25°C 0mm 1.6kPa 22748m 1.3m/s 0.6m/s
17:00
1% 13°C 0.02mm 50% 0cm 50° 24°C 0mm 1.5kPa 22756m 1.3m/s 0.62m/s
18:00
1% 14°C 0.01mm 56% 0cm 37° 23°C 0mm 1.2kPa 22848m 1.2m/s 0.37m/s
19:00
1% 14°C 0mm 61% 0cm 25° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 22884m 1.6m/s 0.56m/s
20:00
5% 15°C 0mm 68% 0cm 12° 21°C 0mm 0.79kPa 23301m 2.1m/s 1.2m/s
21:00
8% 15°C 0mm 74% 0cm 0.93° 20°C 0mm 0.59kPa 23718m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
22:00 ☾
12% 16°C 0mm 81% 0cm -10° 19°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.6m/s
23:00 ☾
11% 15°C 0mm 80% 0cm -20° 19°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 2.5m/s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 21:06
24:00 ☾
10% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm -28° 19°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
9% 15°C 0mm 78% 0cm -34° 19°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.2m/s
02:00 ☾
10% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm -36° 19°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.9m/s
03:00 ☾
12% 15°C 0mm 80% 0cm -34° 19°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.5m/s
04:00 ☾
13% 16°C 0mm 82% 0cm -29° 19°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 4.2m/s
05:00 ☾
11% 16°C 0mm 82% 0cm -22° 19°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3.8m/s
06:00 ☾
9% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm -12° 19°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 3m/s 3.4m/s
07:00 ☾
7% 16°C 0mm 84% 0cm -1.1° 18°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 3.1m/s
08:00
6% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm 10° 19°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 4.8m/s
09:00
5% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm 23° 19°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 6.5m/s
10:00
4% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm 35° 19°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 8.3m/s
11:00
4% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm 48° 19°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 8m/s
12:00
5% 16°C 0mm 82% 0cm 60° 19°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 8.5m/s 7.8m/s
13:00
5% 16°C 0mm 81% 0cm 72° 19°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 8.6m/s 7.5m/s
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