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Machico - Fog Hunter - Madeira

Machico, 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 Spread4.7°C
Visibility23503 (Clear)
Relative Humidity74%
Wind Speed11.9m/s (moderate winds)

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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 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
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Time
Atlantic/Madeira
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
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 20:32
02:00 ☾
74% 9°C 0mm 74% 0cm -50° 14°C 0.38mm 0.41kPa 23503m 16m/s 12m/s
03:00 ☾
72% 8.7°C 0mm 72% 0cm -48° 14°C 0.69mm 0.43kPa 23561m 17m/s 13m/s
04:00 ☾
69% 8.4°C 0mm 71% 0cm -42° 14°C 0.88mm 0.45kPa 23642m 18m/s 13m/s
05:00 ☾
64% 8.8°C 0mm 73% 0cm -33° 14°C 1.2mm 0.41kPa 23481m 18m/s 13m/s
06:00 ☾
58% 9.7°C 0.01mm 78% 0cm -22° 13°C 1.7mm 0.34kPa 23423m 17m/s 13m/s
07:00 ☾
53% 9.9°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm -10° 14°C 2.2mm 0.36kPa 22939m 17m/s 13m/s
08:00
49% 10°C 0mm 78% 0cm 2.6° 14°C 0.5mm 0.34kPa 11132m 16m/s 12m/s
09:00
45% 10°C 0mm 79% 0cm 15° 14°C 1.2mm 0.33kPa 9556m 15m/s 11m/s
10:00
41% 11°C 0mm 79% 0cm 27° 14°C 1.9mm 0.34kPa 10264m 14m/s 11m/s
11:00
50% 11°C 0.07mm 82% 0cm 40° 14°C 2.8mm 0.3kPa 10083m 14m/s 11m/s
12:00
58% 11°C 0.06mm 81% 0cm 51° 14°C 3.5mm 0.3kPa 22915m 15m/s 12m/s
13:00
67% 11°C 0.01mm 82% 0cm 60° 14°C 4.3mm 0.3kPa 9859m 14m/s 11m/s
14:00
76% 11°C 0.01mm 76% 0cm 65° 15°C 0.5mm 0.39kPa 16876m 13m/s 11m/s
15:00
86% 10°C 0mm 73% 0cm 62° 15°C 0.56mm 0.45kPa 24134m 12m/s 9.9m/s
16:00
95% 9.9°C 0mm 70% 0cm 54° 15°C 0.63mm 0.53kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.4m/s
17:00
96% 10°C 0mm 70% 0cm 43° 15°C 0.69mm 0.52kPa 24134m 11m/s 9.2m/s
18:00
98% 10°C 0mm 71% 0cm 31° 15°C 0.75mm 0.5kPa 24134m 11m/s 9.2m/s
19:00
99% 9.9°C 0mm 72% 0cm 19° 15°C 0.75mm 0.48kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.3m/s
20:00
98% 9.6°C 0mm 73% 0cm 6.1° 14°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.1m/s
21:00 ☾
98% 9.1°C 0mm 72% 0cm -6.4° 14°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 10m/s 8.3m/s
22:00 ☾
97% 9°C 0mm 72% 0cm -18° 14°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24134m 11m/s 8.4m/s
23:00 ☾
91% 10°C 0.04mm 79% 0cm -30° 14°C 0.06mm 0.33kPa 24027m 9.8m/s 7.8m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 07:45 Sunset 20:32
24:00 ☾
85% 12°C 0mm 84% 0cm -39° 15°C 0.5mm 0.27kPa 22531m 12m/s 9.4m/s
01:00 ☾
79% 12°C 0.01mm 83% 0cm -46° 15°C 1mm 0.28kPa 23062m 12m/s 10m/s
02:00 ☾
58% 12°C 0mm 84% 0cm -49° 15°C 0.38mm 0.27kPa 23679m 12m/s 9.6m/s
03:00 ☾
38% 12°C 0mm 83% 0cm -48° 15°C 0.56mm 0.28kPa 24086m 12m/s 9.5m/s
04:00 ☾
17% 12°C 0mm 84% 0cm -41° 15°C 0.81mm 0.27kPa 24089m 12m/s 9.4m/s
05:00 ☾
14% 12°C 0mm 84% 0cm -32° 15°C 1.1mm 0.26kPa 22773m 12m/s 9.6m/s
06:00 ☾
10% 12°C 0.04mm 86% 0cm -22° 15°C 1.6mm 0.24kPa 23920m 13m/s 10m/s
07:00 ☾
7% 13°C 0.07mm 87% 0cm -9.8° 15°C 2.1mm 0.22kPa 22392m 15m/s 11m/s
08:00
11% 12°C 0.02mm 87% 0cm 2.8° 15°C 0.56mm 0.21kPa 22582m 15m/s 11m/s
09:00
16% 12°C 0mm 85% 0cm 15° 15°C 1mm 0.25kPa 23271m 14m/s 11m/s
10:00
20% 12°C 0mm 84% 0cm 28° 15°C 1.4mm 0.27kPa 10883m 13m/s 10m/s
11:00
17% 13°C 0mm 83% 0cm 40° 16°C 1.8mm 0.31kPa 24134m 12m/s 9.3m/s
12:00
13% 13°C 0mm 79% 0cm 51° 16°C 1.9mm 0.38kPa 24120m 11m/s 9m/s
13:00
10% 12°C 0mm 79% 0cm 61° 16°C 2mm 0.38kPa 24129m 11m/s 8.9m/s
14:00
15% 13°C 0mm 77% 0cm 65° 17°C 0.13mm 0.43kPa 24134m 9.9m/s 8.4m/s
15:00
20% 13°C 0mm 77% 0cm 63° 17°C 0.19mm 0.44kPa 24134m 9.6m/s 8.3m/s
16:00
25% 13°C 0mm 79% 0cm 54° 16°C 0.31mm 0.39kPa 24132m 9.5m/s 8.4m/s
17:00
22% 13°C 0.01mm 80% 0cm 43° 16°C 0.38mm 0.38kPa 24133m 9.9m/s 8.8m/s
18:00
18% 13°C 0.01mm 81% 0cm 31° 16°C 0.44mm 0.35kPa 24135m 10m/s 8.9m/s
19:00
15% 13°C 0mm 82% 0cm 19° 16°C 0.56mm 0.33kPa 24135m 11m/s 9m/s
20:00
13% 13°C 0mm 84% 0cm 6.3° 16°C 0.06mm 0.28kPa 24126m 11m/s 8.9m/s
21:00 ☾
11% 13°C 0mm 83% 0cm -6.2° 15°C 0.19mm 0.29kPa 24134m 11m/s 8.9m/s
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9% 12°C 0mm 81% 0cm -18° 15°C 0.19mm 0.32kPa 24135m 11m/s 9m/s
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10% 12°C 0mm 81% 0cm -29° 15°C 0.25mm 0.33kPa 24134m 11m/s 9.1m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 07:43 Sunset 20:33
24:00 ☾
10% 12°C 0mm 81% 0cm -39° 15°C 0.25mm 0.32kPa 24135m 12m/s 9.7m/s
01:00 ☾
11% 11°C 0mm 78% 0cm -46° 15°C 0.25mm 0.36kPa 24134m 12m/s 9.7m/s
02:00 ☾
32% 10°C 0mm 76% 0cm -49° 15°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 12m/s 9.9m/s
03:00 ☾
54% 10°C 0mm 75% 0cm -47° 14°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 12m/s 10m/s
04:00 ☾
75% 9.9°C 0mm 74% 0cm -41° 14°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 12m/s 9.7m/s
05:00 ☾
66% 10°C 0mm 76% 0cm -32° 14°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.4m/s
06:00 ☾
56% 10°C 0mm 77% 0cm -21° 14°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 11m/s 9.1m/s
07:00 ☾
47% 11°C 0mm 82% 0cm -9.5° 14°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 11m/s 8.8m/s
08:00
32% 12°C 0mm 80% 0cm 3° 15°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 7.2m/s
09:00
18% 13°C 0mm 78% 0cm 15° 17°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5.7m/s
10:00
3% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm 28° 18°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 4.1m/s
11:00
2% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm 40° 18°C 0.02mm 0.51kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 3.3m/s
12:00
2% 13°C 0mm 75% 0cm 52° 18°C 0.04mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.5m/s
13:00
1% 13°C 0mm 74% 0cm 61° 18°C 0.06mm 0.54kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.7m/s
14:00
17% 13°C 0.003mm 75% 0cm 66° 18°C 0.1mm 0.51kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.1m/s
15:00
33% 13°C 0.007mm 76% 0cm 63° 18°C 0.15mm 0.49kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.5m/s
16:00
49% 13°C 0.01mm 76% 0cm 55° 17°C 0.19mm 0.47kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.9m/s
17:00
47% 12°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm 44° 17°C 0.21mm 0.51kPa 24135m 4m/s 4.4m/s
18:00
46% 12°C 0.003mm 71% 0cm 31° 17°C 0.23mm 0.56kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 5.9m/s
19:00
44% 11°C 0mm 68% 0cm 19° 17°C 0.25mm 0.61kPa 24135m 7m/s 7.3m/s
20:00
45% 10°C 0mm 67% 0cm 6.4° 16°C 0.17mm 0.61kPa 24135m 6.8m/s 7.4m/s
21:00 ☾
46% 9.8°C 0mm 66% 0cm -6.1° 16°C 0.08mm 0.61kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 7.4m/s
22:00 ☾
47% 9.4°C 0mm 66% 0cm -18° 16°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24135m 6.4m/s 7.4m/s
23:00 ☾
42% 9.4°C 0mm 66% 0cm -29° 16°C 0.02mm 0.61kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 7.4m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 07:42 Sunset 20:33
24:00 ☾
38% 9.3°C 0mm 66% 0cm -39° 16°C 0.04mm 0.6kPa 24135m 7m/s 7.5m/s
01:00 ☾
33% 9.3°C 0mm 67% 0cm -46° 16°C 0.06mm 0.59kPa 24135m 7.3m/s 7.5m/s
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