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Rule Fog Hunter

Fog Hunter Forecast for Funchal, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Funchal's white hillside neighbourhoods descend in dense tiers toward the harbour. Cable cars, subtropical gardens, and red roofs break the urban slope into distinct foreground and middle-distance layers.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread2.9°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity84%
Wind Speed2.6m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira
fog weather icon
Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Funchal
Tue, Aug 18 · 05:00–07:00 · 2h window
High confidence
88%
🌫️Fog Probability100%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.6°C
Visibility: 882 (Fog)
Relative Humidity: 96%
Wind Speed: 1.6m/s (calm conditions)
fog weather icon
Dense Fog at Sunrise
Funchal
Tue, Aug 18 · 07:00–09:00
🌫️Fog Probability:100%
High

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Fog Hunter conditions across Madeira. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Funchal.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Funchal during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
2
recorded matching windows · 85% average confidence
Last 90 days
33
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Last 365 days
40
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 9 of 40 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

June, with 22 of 40 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Madeira
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Sat, Aug 15
08:000%
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Sun, Aug 16
24:000%
01:0049%
02:0055%
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04:0040%
05:0061%
06:000%
07:0030%
08:0055%
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22:0055%
23:0071%
Mon, Aug 17
24:0071%
01:0071%
02:0067%
03:0069%
04:0055%
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06:0055%
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22:0055%
23:0053%
Tue, Aug 18
24:000%
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Wed, Aug 19
24:000%
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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, Aug 16 Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 20:51
09:00
66% 14°C 0mm 84% 0cm 17° 16°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.6m/s
10:00
89% 13°C 0mm 71% 0cm 30° 18°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.4m/s
11:00
80% 13°C 0mm 62% 0cm 42° 21°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 2.2m/s
12:00
71% 13°C 0.01mm 57% 0cm 54° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2m/s
13:00
62% 14°C 0mm 59% 0cm 65° 22°C 0.06mm 1.1kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.5m/s
14:00
48% 14°C 0.01mm 59% 0cm 71° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.2m/s
15:00
33% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 68° 22°C 0.06mm 1kPa 2893m 1.4m/s 0.95m/s
16:00
19% 14°C 0mm 64% 0cm 59° 21°C 0.06mm 0.91kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.85m/s
17:00
17% 15°C 0mm 70% 0cm 47° 21°C 0.13mm 0.72kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
18:00
16% 16°C 0mm 79% 0cm 35° 19°C 0.19mm 0.46kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.4m/s
19:00
14% 15°C 0.06mm 86% 0cm 22° 18°C 0.31mm 0.28kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.3m/s
20:00
28% 15°C 0mm 90% 0cm 9.8° 17°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 890m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
41% 15°C 0mm 91% 0cm -2.4° 16°C 0.06mm 0.17kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 1.7m/s
22:00
55% 14°C 0mm 96% 0cm -14° 15°C 0.13mm 0.07kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2m/s
23:00
50% 14°C 0mm 98% 0cm -25° 14°C 0.13mm 0.03kPa 13685m 3m/s 2.1m/s
Mon, Aug 17 Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 20:51
24:00
46% 14°C 0mm 97% 0cm -34° 14°C 0.13mm 0.04kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.1m/s
01:00
41% 14°C 0mm 97% 0cm -41° 14°C 0.19mm 0.05kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.2m/s
02:00
31% 14°C 0mm 97% 0cm -44° 14°C 0mm 0.05kPa 3454m 3.1m/s 2.2m/s
03:00
20% 14°C 0mm 96% 0cm -42° 15°C 0mm 0.07kPa 894m 3.2m/s 2.3m/s
04:00
10% 14°C 0mm 95% 0cm -37° 15°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.4m/s
05:00
7% 13°C 0mm 94% 0cm -29° 14°C 0.06mm 0.1kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.2m/s
06:00
5% 12°C 0mm 96% 0cm -19° 13°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
2% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -7.3° 13°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
8% 12°C 0mm 93% 0cm 4.9° 13°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
09:00
14% 13°C 0mm 78% 0cm 17° 16°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
10:00
20% 12°C 0mm 64% 0cm 30° 19°C 0mm 0.82kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
11:00
21% 13°C 0mm 56% 0cm 42° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 0.92m/s
12:00
22% 14°C 0mm 56% 0cm 54° 23°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 0.7m/s
13:00
23% 14°C 0mm 57% 0cm 65° 23°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 0.56m/s
14:00
32% 15°C 0mm 61% 0cm 70° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.57m/s
15:00
40% 15°C 0mm 67% 0cm 68° 22°C 0.06mm 0.87kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1m/s
16:00
49% 16°C 0mm 72% 0cm 59° 21°C 0.06mm 0.69kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
17:00
51% 16°C 0mm 74% 0cm 47° 20°C 0.06mm 0.62kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.6m/s
18:00
53% 16°C 0mm 72% 0cm 35° 21°C 0.13mm 0.67kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
19:00
55% 15°C 0mm 75% 0cm 22° 20°C 0.19mm 0.59kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.2m/s
20:00
53% 15°C 0mm 81% 0cm 9.6° 19°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
21:00
51% 16°C 0mm 92% 0cm -2.6° 17°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.5m/s
22:00
49% 15°C 0mm 96% 0cm -14° 15°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
23:00
50% 14°C 0mm 95% 0cm -25° 15°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 20:50
24:00
50% 14°C 0mm 93% 0cm -34° 15°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
01:00
51% 14°C 0mm 92% 0cm -41° 15°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
02:00
58% 14°C 0mm 92% 0cm -44° 15°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
03:00
65% 14°C 0mm 93% 0cm -43° 15°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
04:00
72% 14°C 0mm 94% 0cm -37° 15°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
05:00
68% 15°C 0mm 96% 0cm -29° 15°C 0mm 0.07kPa 882m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
06:00
63% 15°C 0mm 97% 0cm -19° 15°C 0mm 0.05kPa 130m 2m/s 1.6m/s
07:00
59% 15°C 0mm 97% 0cm -7.4° 16°C 0mm 0.05kPa 274m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
08:00
41% 16°C 0mm 96% 0cm 4.8° 16°C 0mm 0.07kPa 727m 2.9m/s 2m/s
09:00
22% 15°C 0mm 86% 0cm 17° 18°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
10:00
4% 15°C 0mm 72% 0cm 30° 20°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.3m/s
11:00
5% 15°C 0mm 62% 0cm 42° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 0.9m/s
12:00
5% 15°C 0mm 58% 0cm 54° 24°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.78m/s
13:00
6% 15°C 0mm 56% 0cm 64° 25°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 0.92m/s 0.7m/s
14:00
29% 17°C 0mm 63% 0cm 70° 24°C 0.02mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
15:00
51% 18°C 0mm 70% 0cm 67° 24°C 0.04mm 0.92kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
16:00
74% 20°C 0mm 76% 0cm 58° 24°C 0.06mm 0.71kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
17:00
70% 19°C 0mm 75% 0cm 47° 24°C 0.06mm 0.75kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
18:00
67% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm 35° 24°C 0.06mm 0.79kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
19:00
63% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm 22° 24°C 0.06mm 0.82kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
20:00
55% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm 9.4° 24°C 0.04mm 0.83kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
21:00
47% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm -2.9° 24°C 0.02mm 0.84kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
22:00
39% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm -15° 24°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
23:00
37% 19°C 0mm 72% 0cm -25° 24°C 0mm 0.82kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 20:49
24:00
35% 19°C 0mm 73% 0cm -35° 24°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
01:00
33% 19°C 0mm 73% 0cm -41° 24°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
02:00
38% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -44° 24°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
03:00
44% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -43° 24°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
04:00
49% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -38° 24°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.6m/s
05:00
50% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -29° 24°C 0mm 0.75kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
06:00
51% 19°C 0mm 74% 0cm -19° 24°C 0mm 0.74kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
52% 19°C 0mm 75% 0cm -7.6° 23°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
08:00
52% 19°C 0mm 73% 0cm 4.7° 24°C 0.02mm 0.77kPa 16976m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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