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Porto Moniz - Fog Hunter - Madeira

Porto Moniz, 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 Spread6.4°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity67%
Wind Speed4.3m/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 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Madeira
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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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
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 21:19
15:00
100% 16°C 0mm 67% 0cm 75° 22°C 0mm 0.89kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 4.3m/s
16:00
100% 16°C 0mm 68% 0cm 64° 22°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 4.8m/s
17:00
100% 16°C 0mm 70% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4.8m/s
18:00
100% 16°C 0mm 72% 0cm 39° 21°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24135m 4.8m/s 4.7m/s
19:00
100% 16°C 0mm 73% 0cm 27° 21°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 4.9m/s
20:00
100% 16°C 0mm 73% 0cm 15° 21°C 0mm 0.69kPa 24134m 5.8m/s 4.9m/s
21:00
100% 17°C 0mm 77% 0cm 3.2° 21°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24134m 6.6m/s 5.2m/s
22:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm -8° 20°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 4.7m/s
23:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 83% 0cm -18° 20°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 7.2m/s 4.2m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 21:19
24:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 84% 0cm -26° 20°C 0mm 0.36kPa 6316m 6.9m/s 3.4m/s
01:00 ☾
100% 18°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm -32° 20°C 0mm 0.28kPa 5069m 6.8m/s 4.6m/s
02:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm -35° 20°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 5.4m/s
03:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 80% 0cm -34° 20°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 5.1m/s
04:00 ☾
100% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm -29° 20°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24134m 7.4m/s 5.2m/s
05:00 ☾
99% 17°C 0mm 83% 0cm -22° 20°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 7.5m/s 5.3m/s
06:00 ☾
97% 17°C 0mm 83% 0cm -13° 20°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 7.2m/s 5.1m/s
07:00 ☾
96% 17°C 0mm 82% 0cm -2.1° 20°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 4.8m/s
08:00
76% 16°C 0mm 80% 0cm 9.3° 20°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 4.9m/s
09:00
55% 16°C 0mm 80% 0cm 21° 20°C 0mm 0.45kPa 6492m 6.3m/s 4.9m/s
10:00
35% 16°C 0mm 76% 0cm 34° 20°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24135m 6.3m/s 5.4m/s
11:00
33% 16°C 0mm 69% 0cm 46° 22°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24134m 6.1m/s 6m/s
12:00
32% 15°C 0mm 66% 0cm 59° 22°C 0mm 0.9kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 6.4m/s
13:00
30% 15°C 0mm 65% 0cm 71° 22°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 6.2m/s
14:00
41% 16°C 0mm 64% 0cm 79° 23°C 0mm 0.97kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 5.9m/s
15:00
51% 16°C 0.01mm 68% 0cm 75° 22°C 0mm 0.88kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 6m/s
16:00
62% 16°C 0mm 70% 0cm 64° 22°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 6.1m/s
17:00
63% 16°C 0mm 70% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24134m 5.9m/s 5.9m/s
18:00
64% 16°C 0mm 70% 0cm 39° 22°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 6m/s
19:00
65% 16°C 0mm 72% 0cm 27° 22°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 5.7m/s 5.5m/s
20:00
65% 17°C 0mm 74% 0cm 15° 21°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24134m 5m/s 4.9m/s
21:00
65% 17°C 0mm 78% 0cm 3.1° 21°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 4.1m/s
22:00 ☾
65% 16°C 0mm 79% 0cm -8.1° 20°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 4m/s
23:00 ☾
65% 16°C 0mm 78% 0cm -18° 19°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 4.2m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 21:19
24:00 ☾
66% 16°C 0mm 81% 0cm -26° 19°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 4.2m/s
01:00 ☾
66% 16°C 0mm 84% 0cm -32° 19°C 0mm 0.35kPa 5079m 5.8m/s 4.3m/s
02:00 ☾
50% 17°C 0mm 84% 0cm -35° 19°C 0mm 0.35kPa 5083m 5.8m/s 4.4m/s
03:00 ☾
35% 16°C 0mm 84% 0cm -34° 19°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 4.4m/s
04:00 ☾
19% 16°C 0mm 83% 0cm -29° 19°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24134m 5.2m/s 4m/s
05:00 ☾
14% 16°C 0mm 84% 0cm -22° 19°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 4m/s
06:00 ☾
10% 17°C 0mm 86% 0cm -13° 19°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 3.8m/s
07:00 ☾
5% 17°C 0mm 87% 0cm -2.2° 19°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 3.8m/s
08:00
8% 17°C 0mm 87% 0cm 9.2° 20°C 0mm 0.29kPa 5163m 4.9m/s 3.6m/s
09:00
12% 17°C 0mm 83% 0cm 21° 20°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 3.5m/s
10:00
15% 18°C 0mm 80% 0cm 34° 21°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 4.1m/s
11:00
17% 18°C 0mm 77% 0cm 46° 22°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24134m 4.5m/s 4.3m/s
12:00
18% 18°C 0mm 77% 0cm 59° 23°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24134m 4.9m/s 5.1m/s
13:00
20% 18°C 0mm 77% 0cm 70° 23°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 5.6m/s
14:00
33% 19°C 0mm 78% 0cm 79° 23°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.8m/s
15:00
46% 19°C 0.01mm 79% 0cm 75° 23°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24134m 5.8m/s 6m/s
16:00
59% 19°C 0mm 80% 0cm 64° 23°C 0mm 0.56kPa 24134m 6m/s 6.1m/s
17:00
62% 19°C 0mm 81% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 6.1m/s
18:00
65% 19°C 0.01mm 83% 0cm 39° 22°C 0mm 0.46kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 5.9m/s
19:00
68% 19°C 0mm 85% 0cm 27° 22°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5.5m/s
20:00
67% 19°C 0.003mm 82% 0cm 15° 22°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5.3m/s
21:00
65% 18°C 0.007mm 79% 0cm 3.1° 22°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5.2m/s
22:00 ☾
64% 18°C 0.01mm 75% 0cm -8.1° 23°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5m/s
23:00 ☾
63% 18°C 0.007mm 75% 0cm -18° 22°C 0.02mm 0.68kPa 24135m 5.7m/s 5.1m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 21:19
24:00 ☾
61% 18°C 0.003mm 74% 0cm -26° 22°C 0.04mm 0.69kPa 24135m 5.6m/s 5.1m/s
01:00 ☾
60% 17°C 0mm 74% 0cm -32° 22°C 0.06mm 0.69kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 5.2m/s
02:00 ☾
57% 17°C 0.003mm 73% 0cm -35° 22°C 0.06mm 0.71kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 5.1m/s
03:00 ☾
53% 17°C 0.007mm 73% 0cm -34° 22°C 0.06mm 0.72kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 5.1m/s
04:00 ☾
50% 17°C 0.01mm 72% 0cm -29° 22°C 0.06mm 0.74kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 5m/s
05:00 ☾
48% 17°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm -22° 22°C 0.08mm 0.69kPa 24135m 4.8m/s 5.3m/s
06:00 ☾
47% 18°C 0.003mm 76% 0cm -13° 22°C 0.1mm 0.65kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 5.5m/s
07:00 ☾
45% 18°C 0mm 77% 0cm -2.4° 22°C 0.13mm 0.6kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.8m/s
08:00
46% 18°C 0.003mm 77% 0cm 9.1° 22°C 0.13mm 0.6kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.7m/s
09:00
48% 18°C 0.007mm 77% 0cm 21° 22°C 0.13mm 0.6kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.6m/s
10:00
49% 18°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm 33° 22°C 0.13mm 0.6kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 5.5m/s
11:00
49% 17°C 0.02mm 75% 0cm 46° 22°C 0.15mm 0.66kPa 24135m 5.1m/s 5.1m/s
12:00
50% 17°C 0.02mm 73% 0cm 59° 22°C 0.17mm 0.71kPa 24135m 4.8m/s 4.8m/s
13:00
50% 17°C 0.03mm 71% 0cm 70° 22°C 0.19mm 0.77kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 4.4m/s
14:00
60% 17°C 0.02mm 74% 0cm 79° 22°C 0.17mm 0.69kPa 24012m 4.8m/s 4.6m/s
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