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Funchal - Fog Hunter - Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

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 Spread0.7°C
Visibility190 (Dense fog)
Relative Humidity96%
Wind Speed5.4m/s (moderate winds)

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Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira

No opportunities in the next 10 days

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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 74 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Madeira
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Thu, Apr 9
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:0017%
09:000%
10:000%
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14:006.1%
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22:0034%
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Fri, Apr 10
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02:0028%
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20:0024%
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Sat, Apr 11
24:0027%
01:0034%
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08:0051%
09:0015%
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Sun, Apr 12
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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
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 07:45 Sunset 20:33
09:00
55% 7.7°C 0mm 96% 0cm 15° 8.4°C 1mm 0.05kPa 190m 9.1m/s 5.4m/s
10:00
41% 7.7°C 0mm 93% 0cm 27° 8.8°C 1.6mm 0.08kPa 527m 8.7m/s 5.1m/s
11:00
49% 8.1°C 0mm 89% 0cm 40° 9.9°C 2.3mm 0.14kPa 345m 9.6m/s 5.2m/s
12:00
56% 8.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm 51° 9.9°C 3.1mm 0.13kPa 232m 9.2m/s 5.2m/s
13:00
64% 8.7°C 0.03mm 93% 0cm 60° 9.8°C 3.7mm 0.09kPa 125m 8.7m/s 4.9m/s
14:00
75% 8.4°C 0mm 93% 0cm 65° 9.5°C 0.63mm 0.09kPa 345m 7.6m/s 4.9m/s
15:00
86% 8.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm 62° 10°C 1.1mm 0.14kPa 2106m 6.8m/s 4.6m/s
16:00
97% 7.9°C 0mm 90% 0cm 54° 9.4°C 1.3mm 0.11kPa 5265m 5.8m/s 3.9m/s
17:00
98% 7.2°C 0mm 83% 0cm 43° 9.9°C 1.3mm 0.2kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 3.6m/s
18:00
99% 6.8°C 0mm 74% 0cm 31° 11°C 1.4mm 0.35kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 3.8m/s
19:00
100% 6.8°C 0mm 79% 0cm 19° 10°C 1.5mm 0.27kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 3.4m/s
20:00
98% 7°C 0mm 85% 0cm 6.3° 9.4°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 3.2m/s
21:00 ☾
97% 6.6°C 0mm 93% 0cm -6.3° 7.7°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 3.4m/s
22:00 ☾
95% 6.3°C 0mm 94% 0cm -18° 7.2°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 3.2m/s
23:00 ☾
85% 5.3°C 0mm 91% 0cm -29° 6.6°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24134m 5m/s 3m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 07:45 Sunset 20:33
24:00 ☾
74% 4.8°C 0mm 88% 0cm -39° 6.6°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 2.7m/s
01:00 ☾
64% 5.5°C 0.03mm 90% 0cm -46° 7.1°C 0.13mm 0.1kPa 23509m 3.9m/s 2.4m/s
02:00 ☾
54% 7.9°C 0mm 94% 0cm -49° 8.9°C 0.38mm 0.07kPa 89m 5.2m/s 3.1m/s
03:00 ☾
43% 8.8°C 0mm 96% 0cm -48° 9.3°C 1mm 0.04kPa 319m 5.9m/s 3.6m/s
04:00 ☾
33% 8.7°C 0mm 95% 0cm -42° 9.5°C 1.4mm 0.06kPa 313m 5.9m/s 3.6m/s
05:00 ☾
26% 8.9°C 0mm 96% 0cm -33° 9.6°C 1.8mm 0.05kPa 156m 6.2m/s 3.6m/s
06:00 ☾
19% 9.2°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm -22° 9.6°C 2.3mm 0.03kPa 91m 6.7m/s 4m/s
07:00 ☾
12% 9.3°C 0mm 97% 0cm -9.9° 9.8°C 2.9mm 0.03kPa 151m 7.4m/s 4.3m/s
08:00
10% 9.1°C 0mm 96% 0cm 2.7° 9.8°C 0.44mm 0.05kPa 199m 7.8m/s 4.5m/s
09:00
7% 9°C 0mm 94% 0cm 15° 9.9°C 0.81mm 0.07kPa 306m 7.3m/s 4.4m/s
10:00
5% 9.3°C 0.01mm 93% 0cm 28° 10°C 1mm 0.08kPa 173m 6.9m/s 4.2m/s
11:00
6% 9.4°C 0mm 92% 0cm 40° 11°C 1.3mm 0.1kPa 177m 6.3m/s 3.9m/s
12:00
6% 9.4°C 0mm 86% 0cm 51° 12°C 1.4mm 0.18kPa 181m 6.3m/s 3.9m/s
13:00
7% 9.4°C 0mm 78% 0cm 61° 13°C 1.6mm 0.34kPa 141m 6.1m/s 3.7m/s
14:00
10% 9.6°C 0mm 74% 0cm 65° 14°C 0.13mm 0.41kPa 82m 5.4m/s 3.3m/s
15:00
14% 9.8°C 0mm 74% 0cm 63° 14°C 0.25mm 0.44kPa 76m 4.8m/s 2.9m/s
16:00
17% 10°C 0mm 76% 0cm 54° 14°C 0.38mm 0.4kPa 65m 5.1m/s 3.2m/s
17:00
14% 10°C 0.01mm 79% 0cm 43° 14°C 0.44mm 0.32kPa 78m 4.8m/s 3.1m/s
18:00
12% 10°C 0.02mm 83% 0cm 31° 13°C 0.5mm 0.26kPa 91m 5m/s 3.1m/s
19:00
9% 10°C 0.02mm 87% 0cm 19° 12°C 0.69mm 0.18kPa 100m 5.3m/s 3.3m/s
20:00
11% 10°C 0mm 92% 0cm 6.4° 12°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 102m 5.5m/s 3.4m/s
21:00 ☾
14% 9.9°C 0mm 95% 0cm -6.1° 11°C 0.19mm 0.06kPa 124m 5.6m/s 3.4m/s
22:00 ☾
16% 9.6°C 0mm 95% 0cm -18° 10°C 0.19mm 0.06kPa 386m 6m/s 3.7m/s
23:00 ☾
18% 8.9°C 0mm 94% 0cm -29° 9.8°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 1715m 6.2m/s 3.9m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 07:44 Sunset 20:33
24:00 ☾
21% 8.7°C 0mm 94% 0cm -39° 9.6°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 3.8m/s
01:00 ☾
23% 8.2°C 0mm 94% 0cm -46° 9.2°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 24134m 5.6m/s 3.5m/s
02:00 ☾
40% 7.4°C 0mm 92% 0cm -49° 8.6°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 3.3m/s
03:00 ☾
58% 7°C 0mm 92% 0cm -47° 8.3°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 5.2m/s 3.3m/s
04:00 ☾
75% 6.3°C 0mm 89% 0cm -41° 7.9°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 3.2m/s
05:00 ☾
59% 6°C 0mm 89% 0cm -32° 7.8°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 3.4m/s
06:00 ☾
43% 6.3°C 0mm 90% 0cm -21° 7.7°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 3.1m/s
07:00 ☾
27% 6.6°C 0mm 90% 0cm -9.6° 8.2°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 4.8m/s 3.1m/s
08:00
20% 7.8°C 0mm 94% 0cm 2.9° 8.8°C 0mm 0.07kPa 181m 4.7m/s 3m/s
09:00
14% 8.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm 15° 11°C 0mm 0.14kPa 260m 4.7m/s 3.2m/s
10:00
7% 8.7°C 0mm 81% 0cm 28° 12°C 0.06mm 0.26kPa 2902m 4.3m/s 2.8m/s
11:00
5% 8.8°C 0mm 74% 0cm 40° 13°C 0.06mm 0.39kPa 579m 4.5m/s 3.2m/s
12:00
4% 8.6°C 0mm 70% 0cm 52° 14°C 0.13mm 0.48kPa 376m 3.6m/s 2.6m/s
13:00
2% 8.7°C 0mm 68% 0cm 61° 15°C 0.13mm 0.53kPa 818m 3.5m/s 2.7m/s
14:00
12% 10°C 0.007mm 70% 0cm 66° 15°C 0.15mm 0.53kPa 8590m 4.4m/s 4m/s
15:00
21% 11°C 0.01mm 72% 0cm 63° 16°C 0.17mm 0.53kPa 16363m 5.3m/s 5.3m/s
16:00
31% 12°C 0.02mm 73% 0cm 55° 17°C 0.19mm 0.52kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 6.5m/s
17:00
28% 12°C 0.02mm 71% 0cm 44° 17°C 0.21mm 0.55kPa 24135m 6.9m/s 7.2m/s
18:00
26% 11°C 0.01mm 69% 0cm 32° 16°C 0.23mm 0.58kPa 24135m 7.6m/s 7.8m/s
19:00
23% 10°C 0.01mm 67% 0cm 19° 16°C 0.25mm 0.6kPa 24135m 8.2m/s 8.5m/s
20:00
28% 9.8°C 0.007mm 67% 0cm 6.5° 16°C 0.17mm 0.59kPa 24135m 8m/s 8.3m/s
21:00 ☾
33% 9.5°C 0.003mm 67% 0cm -6° 16°C 0.08mm 0.57kPa 24135m 7.8m/s 8.1m/s
22:00 ☾
38% 9.3°C 0mm 68% 0cm -18° 15°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 7.5m/s 7.9m/s
23:00 ☾
32% 8.8°C 0mm 66% 0cm -29° 15°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 7.8m/s 8.1m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 07:43 Sunset 20:34
24:00 ☾
27% 8.4°C 0mm 65% 0cm -39° 15°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24135m 8m/s 8.4m/s
01:00 ☾
21% 7.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm -46° 15°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 8.2m/s 8.6m/s
02:00 ☾
19% 7.9°C 0mm 63% 0cm -49° 15°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 8.5m/s
03:00 ☾
18% 7.8°C 0mm 62% 0cm -47° 15°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 8.3m/s
04:00 ☾
16% 7.7°C 0mm 61% 0cm -41° 15°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 8.1m/s
05:00 ☾
16% 7.9°C 0mm 61% 0cm -32° 15°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 7.1m/s
06:00 ☾
15% 8.1°C 0mm 60% 0cm -21° 16°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 6.1m/s
07:00 ☾
15% 8.3°C 0mm 60% 0cm -9.4° 16°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 5m/s 5.1m/s
08:00
16% 8.4°C 0mm 60% 0cm 3.1° 16°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.8m/s
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