Rule Cloudscapes

Cloudscapes Forecast for Pico do Arieiro, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

High ridges radiate from Pico do Arieiro above deeply cut volcanic valleys. Jagged summits and stair-like trails create strong diagonals from the elevated viewpoints, especially when cloud separates the ridge levels.

13 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Cloud Drama Score

39%

Cloud Cover77%

Wind Gusts15.1m/s

Precipitation Chance0%

Air Pressure829.9hPa

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira

First upcoming window

Dramatic Cloud Drama

Pico do Arieiro

Sun, Oct 11 · 09:00–10:00 · 1h window

Medium confidence

72%

☁️Cloud Drama Score94.3%

Cloud Cover: 79%

Wind Gusts: 9.4m/s

Precipitation Chance: 0%

Air Pressure: 827.1hPa

Striking Cloud Drama

Pico do Arieiro

Mon, Oct 12 · 11:00–12:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:77%

Low

Striking Cloud Drama

Pico do Arieiro

Tue, Oct 13 · 14:00–15:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:75.9%

Low

Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunrise

Pico do Arieiro

Wed, Oct 14 · 08:00–09:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:89.7%

Medium

Dramatic Cloud Drama

Pico do Arieiro

Wed, Oct 14 · 09:00–10:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:85.8%

Low

Dramatic Cloud Drama

Pico do Arieiro

Wed, Oct 14 · 17:00–19:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:77-87.1%

Low

Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset

Pico do Arieiro

Wed, Oct 14 · 19:00–20:00

☁️Cloud Drama Score:79.3%

Low

+6 more windows in the next 14 days

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Atlantic/Madeira.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Atlantic/Madeira)	Air Pressure	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Precipitation Chance	Relative Humidity	Solar Elevation	Total Cloud Coverage	Visibility	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 08:07 · Sunset 19:41
14:00	830hPa	0%	77%	0%	0%	80%	51°	77%	23620m	15m/s	3.9m/s
15:00	830hPa	0%	79%	0%	0%	83%	48°	79%	19120m	14m/s	4m/s
16:00	829hPa	0%	81%	0%	5%	83%	41°	81%	16760m	13m/s	3.8m/s
17:00	829hPa	0%	91%	0%	3%	88%	31°	91%	12240m	13m/s	4m/s
18:00	828hPa	0%	93%	0%	5%	90%	20°	93%	3620m	13m/s	3.9m/s
19:00	828hPa	0%	77%	0%	5%	93%	8°	77%	1100m	13m/s	3.5m/s
20:00 Night	828hPa	0%	79%	0%	5%	95%	-4.5°	79%	2360m	14m/s	3.2m/s
21:00 Night	828hPa	0%	78%	0%	5%	98%	-17°	78%	740m	14m/s	3.2m/s
22:00 Night	829hPa	0%	77%	0%	0%	98%	-30°	77%	800m	14m/s	3.1m/s
23:00 Night	829hPa	0%	76%	0%	0%	98%	-42°	76%	780m	13m/s	3m/s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 08:08 · Sunset 19:40
24:00 Night	829hPa	0%	64%	0%	0%	97%	-53°	64%	1160m	11m/s	2.7m/s
01:00 Night	828hPa	0%	65%	0%	0%	97%	-61°	65%	1820m	9.6m/s	2.7m/s
02:00 Night	828hPa	0%	65%	0%	0%	98%	-64°	65%	860m	9.1m/s	2.7m/s
03:00 Night	828hPa	0%	62%	0%	0%	97%	-60°	62%	1340m	9.1m/s	2.7m/s
04:00 Night	828hPa	0%	68%	0%	0%	99%	-51°	68%	680m	9.2m/s	2.6m/s
05:00 Night	828hPa	0%	49%	0%	0%	96%	-40°	49%	4360m	8.8m/s	2.3m/s
06:00 Night	827hPa	0%	53%	0%	0%	96%	-28°	53%	2540m	7.5m/s	2.4m/s
07:00 Night	828hPa	0%	75%	0%	0%	98%	-15°	75%	1260m	6.6m/s	2.5m/s
08:00 Night	828hPa	0%	84%	0%	0%	99%	-2.4°	84%	540m	6.4m/s	2.6m/s
09:00	829hPa	0%	83%	0%	3%	97%	10°	83%	360m	6.7m/s	2.3m/s
10:00	830hPa	0%	78%	0%	0%	92%	22°	78%	560m	6m/s	2.3m/s
11:00	831hPa	0%	77%	0%	0%	87%	33°	77%	15380m	6.4m/s	2.5m/s
12:00	831hPa	0%	75%	0%	0%	82%	42°	75%	18380m	6.3m/s	2m/s
13:00	831hPa	100%	81%	0%	0%	77%	48°	100%	22940m	5.5m/s	1.6m/s
14:00	831hPa	72%	81%	0%	0%	78%	50°	94%	21500m	5.1m/s	1.8m/s
15:00	830hPa	97%	96%	0%	0%	82%	48°	99%	19500m	5.6m/s	1.8m/s
16:00	829hPa	100%	85%	0%	0%	81%	41°	100%	20520m	6.1m/s	1.5m/s
17:00	829hPa	100%	84%	0%	3%	84%	31°	100%	17300m	7.7m/s	2m/s
18:00	829hPa	100%	80%	0%	3%	88%	20°	100%	13080m	8.3m/s	1.8m/s
19:00	828hPa	100%	81%	0%	0%	90%	7.7°	100%	5020m	9.2m/s	2m/s
20:00 Night	828hPa	100%	83%	34%	0%	95%	-4.8°	100%	1480m	8.9m/s	1.8m/s
21:00 Night	828hPa	100%	55%	0%	0%	95%	-17°	100%	460m	8.6m/s	2.3m/s
22:00 Night	827hPa	27%	53%	0%	0%	97%	-30°	59%	600m	9.3m/s	2.3m/s
23:00 Night	827hPa	44%	48%	0%	0%	97%	-42°	70%	520m	9.7m/s	2.4m/s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 08:08 · Sunset 19:39
24:00 Night	827hPa	97%	0%	0%	0%	90%	-53°	97%	13220m	9.6m/s	2.2m/s
01:00 Night	827hPa	17%	0%	0%	0%	70%	-61°	17%	36800m	9.5m/s	2.1m/s
02:00 Night	827hPa	18%	58%	0%	0%	95%	-64°	58%	16420m	9.8m/s	2.3m/s
03:00 Night	827hPa	0%	43%	0%	0%	94%	-60°	43%	3920m	9.9m/s	2.2m/s
04:00 Night	826hPa	2%	0%	0%	0%	81%	-51°	2%	32000m	9.9m/s	2.4m/s
05:00 Night	826hPa	0%	40%	0%	0%	84%	-40°	40%	29980m	10m/s	2.2m/s
06:00 Night	826hPa	14%	71%	0%	3%	93%	-28°	71%	18420m	10m/s	2.3m/s
07:00 Night	826hPa	56%	64%	0%	0%	96%	-15°	82%	9740m	10m/s	2.2m/s
08:00 Night	826hPa	57%	66%	0%	0%	97%	-2.5°	82%	3780m	10m/s	2.1m/s
09:00	827hPa	23%	79%	0%	0%	97%	9.8°	79%	300m	9.4m/s	1.8m/s
10:00	828hPa	53%	80%	0%	0%	93%	22°	91%	260m	9.5m/s	2m/s
11:00	829hPa	59%	84%	0%	0%	87%	33°	89%	7520m	9.7m/s	2.1m/s
12:00	830hPa	53%	90%	0%	0%	81%	42°	91%	18500m	9.2m/s	1.8m/s
13:00	830hPa	41%	85%	0%	0%	78%	48°	85%	21780m	8.3m/s	1.6m/s
14:00	829hPa	80%	79%	0%	0%	78%	50°	96%	25020m	7.6m/s	1.2m/s
15:00	829hPa	100%	75%	0%	0%	76%	47°	100%	25900m	7.2m/s	1.2m/s
16:00	828hPa	27%	77%	0%	0%	78%	40°	84%	26560m	7.2m/s	1.2m/s
17:00	828hPa	63%	84%	0%	0%	79%	31°	90%	28760m	7.6m/s	1.3m/s
18:00	828hPa	60%	73%	0%	0%	81%	19°	85%	29180m	7.8m/s	1.5m/s
19:00	827hPa	80%	77%	0%	0%	84%	7.5°	93%	24420m	7.4m/s	1.5m/s
20:00 Night	826hPa	73%	74%	0%	0%	92%	-5°	92%	15760m	6.5m/s	1.2m/s
21:00 Night	826hPa	50%	57%	0%	0%	98%	-18°	77%	2320m	5.1m/s	1.5m/s
22:00 Night	826hPa	12%	57%	0%	0%	98%	-30°	57%	1120m	5.2m/s	1.5m/s
23:00 Night	827hPa	0%	77%	0%	0%	100%	-42°	77%	500m	4.8m/s	1.3m/s
Mon, Oct 12, 2026Sunrise 08:09 · Sunset 19:38
24:00 Night	827hPa	0%	100%	0%	0%	100%	-53°	100%	560m	4.2m/s	1.1m/s
01:00 Night	826hPa	0%	94%	0%	0%	100%	-62°	94%	1320m	3.7m/s	0.9m/s
02:00 Night	826hPa	0%	65%	0%	0%	98%	-65°	65%	5360m	3.2m/s	0.7m/s
03:00 Night	826hPa	4%	80%	0%	0%	98%	-60°	80%	7660m	2.5m/s	0.95m/s
04:00 Night	825hPa	25%	78%	0%	0%	98%	-51°	78%	3440m	2.1m/s	0.82m/s
05:00 Night	825hPa	19%	58%	0%	0%	97%	-40°	66%	8500m	2m/s	1m/s
06:00 Night	825hPa	27%	35%	0%	0%	96%	-28°	55%	6960m	2m/s	0.85m/s
07:00 Night	825hPa	19%	8%	0%	0%	93%	-15°	26%	18740m	1.5m/s	0.89m/s
08:00 Night	825hPa	9%	0%	0%	0%	89%	-2.7°	9%	21800m	1.6m/s	0.95m/s
09:00	826hPa	2%	0%	0%	0%	90%	9.6°	2%	23120m	2m/s	0.95m/s
10:00	827hPa	0%	33%	0%	0%	85%	21°	33%	19760m	2.8m/s	0.64m/s
11:00	828hPa	16%	64%	0%	0%	80%	32°	70%	26080m	3.5m/s	0.51m/s
12:00	829hPa	0%	84%	0%	0%	72%	41°	84%	32240m	3.9m/s	0.6m/s
13:00	830hPa	3%	91%	0%	0%	67%	48°	92%	35860m	3.7m/s	0.41m/s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Cloudscapes conditions across Madeira. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Pico do Arieiro.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

08:00 local time, shared by 11 of 91 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

September, with 37 of 91 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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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.

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