Cloudscapes Forecast for Etosha Pan, Namibia
Etosha Pan creates an exceptionally level, pale horizon for minimalist wildlife photographs. Animals and sparse acacias remain visually separated against salt textures and the vast uncluttered background.
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When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
No opportunities in the next 14 days
See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.
Most common blockers (86-hour forecast)
- Cloud Drama Score100% of hours
How this forecast is evaluated
See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Cloudscapes conditions across Namibia. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Etosha Pan.
Explore Cloudscapes conditions across Namibia →Recorded match history
Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Etosha Pan during the last 365 days.
17:00 local time, shared by 3 of 10 matches recorded in the last 365 days.
March, with 6 of 10 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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86-hour requirements breakdown
When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 86-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.
Time Africa/Windhoek | Cloud Drama Score ≥ 75.0% |
|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 22 | |
| 06:00 | 12% |
| 07:00 | 19% |
| 08:00 | 20% |
| 09:00 | 30% |
| 10:00 | 29% |
| 11:00 | 68% |
| 12:00 | 30% |
| 13:00 | 21% |
| 14:00 | 32% |
| 15:00 | 38% |
| 16:00 | 33% |
| 17:00 | 49% |
| 18:00 | 71% |
| 19:00 | 30% |
| 20:00 | 14% |
| 21:00 | 15% |
| 22:00 | 14% |
| 23:00 | 14% |
| Sun, Aug 23 | |
| 24:00 | 6.6% |
| 01:00 | 6.7% |
| 02:00 | 6.4% |
| 03:00 | 1.3% |
| 04:00 | 1% |
| 05:00 | 0.8% |
| 06:00 | 0.2% |
| 07:00 | 6.6% |
| 08:00 | 12% |
| 09:00 | 12% |
| 10:00 | 10% |
| 11:00 | 10% |
| 12:00 | 8.1% |
| 13:00 | 8% |
| 14:00 | 8% |
| 15:00 | 5.8% |
| 16:00 | 5.8% |
| 17:00 | 6.5% |
| 18:00 | 6.5% |
| 19:00 | 6.5% |
| 20:00 | 0% |
| 21:00 | 0% |
| 22:00 | 0% |
| 23:00 | 0.4% |
| Mon, Aug 24 | |
| 24:00 | 0.9% |
| 01:00 | 2% |
| 02:00 | 1.1% |
| 03:00 | 4.8% |
| 04:00 | 5% |
| 05:00 | 4.7% |
| 06:00 | 12% |
| 07:00 | 19% |
| 08:00 | 20% |
| 09:00 | 21% |
| 10:00 | 55% |
| 11:00 | 59% |
| 12:00 | 14% |
| 13:00 | 8.9% |
| 14:00 | 14% |
| 15:00 | 17% |
| 16:00 | 27% |
| 17:00 | 26% |
| 18:00 | 32% |
| 19:00 | 68% |
| 20:00 | 15% |
| 21:00 | 14% |
| 22:00 | 15% |
| 23:00 | 13% |
| Tue, Aug 25 | |
| 24:00 | 14% |
| 01:00 | 15% |
| 02:00 | 15% |
| 03:00 | 0% |
| 04:00 | 0% |
| 05:00 | 0% |
| 06:00 | 0% |
| 07:00 | 9.1% |
| 08:00 | 6.5% |
| 09:00 | 48% |
| 10:00 | 43% |
| 11:00 | 20% |
| 12:00 | 20% |
| 13:00 | 14% |
| 14:00 | 20% |
| 15:00 | 20% |
| 16:00 | 20% |
| 17:00 | 22% |
| 18:00 | 22% |
| 19:00 | 22% |
What does Cloud Drama Score mean?
Inputs that drive the scoreThis 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 Africa/Windhoek | Air Pressure hPa | High Clouds % | Low Clouds % | Mid-Level Clouds % | Precipitation Chance % | Relative Humidity % | Solar Elevation ° | Total Cloud Coverage % | Visibility m | Wind Gusts m/s | Wind Speed m/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 22
Sunrise 07:12
Sunset 18:46 | |||||||||||
| 22:00
☾
| 894hPa | 65% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% | -46° | 65% | 24135m | 3.1m/s | 3m/s |
| 23:00
☾
| 894hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% | -60° | 5% | 24135m | 3.2m/s | 3.2m/s |
| Sun, Aug 23
Sunrise 07:12
Sunset 18:46 | |||||||||||
| 24:00
☾
| 894hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 18% | -74° | 5% | 24134m | 3.7m/s | 3.6m/s |
| 01:00
☾
| 894hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | -82° | 5% | 24134m | 5.5m/s | 4.3m/s |
| 02:00
☾
| 893hPa | 17% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 21% | -73° | 17% | 24134m | 4.6m/s | 3.9m/s |
| 03:00
☾
| 893hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 21% | -60° | 5% | 24134m | 3.1m/s | 3m/s |
| 04:00
☾
| 893hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | -46° | 5% | 24134m | 3.3m/s | 3.2m/s |
| 05:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | -32° | 0% | 24134m | 3.3m/s | 3.3m/s |
| 06:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% | -18° | 0% | 24134m | 3.6m/s | 3.6m/s |
| 07:00
☾
| 894hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | -3.4° | 0% | 24135m | 3.5m/s | 3.4m/s |
| 08:00 | 895hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 10° | 0% | 24135m | 8.7m/s | 3.1m/s |
| 09:00 | 895hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 24° | 0% | 24135m | 12m/s | 5m/s |
| 10:00 | 895hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 36° | 0% | 24134m | 12m/s | 6.7m/s |
| 11:00 | 895hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 48° | 0% | 24134m | 9.8m/s | 7.7m/s |
| 12:00 | 894hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 56° | 0% | 24134m | 7m/s | 8m/s |
| 13:00 | 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 59° | 0% | 24135m | 6.5m/s | 7.5m/s |
| 14:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 56° | 0% | 24135m | 5.8m/s | 6.3m/s |
| 15:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 47° | 0% | 24135m | 5.1m/s | 5m/s |
| 16:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 36° | 0% | 24134m | 4.5m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 17:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 23° | 0% | 24135m | 3.9m/s | 2.8m/s |
| 18:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 10° | 0% | 24135m | 1.7m/s | 1.5m/s |
| 19:00
☾
| 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -3.8° | 0% | 24134m | 1.1m/s | 0.96m/s |
| 20:00
☾
| 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -18° | 0% | 24135m | 2m/s | 1.9m/s |
| 21:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 12% | -32° | 0% | 24134m | 2.7m/s | 2.7m/s |
| 22:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -46° | 0% | 24134m | 3.2m/s | 3.2m/s |
| 23:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -60° | 0% | 24134m | 2.9m/s | 2.9m/s |
| Mon, Aug 24
Sunrise 07:11
Sunset 18:46 | |||||||||||
| 24:00
☾
| 893hPa | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% | -74° | 2% | 24134m | 5.8m/s | 4.4m/s |
| 01:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% | -82° | 0% | 24134m | 6.3m/s | 4.4m/s |
| 02:00
☾
| 893hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 18% | -73° | 5% | 24134m | 7m/s | 4.5m/s |
| 03:00
☾
| 892hPa | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | -60° | 6% | 24134m | 4.1m/s | 3.6m/s |
| 04:00
☾
| 892hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | -46° | 5% | 24134m | 4.6m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 05:00
☾
| 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 21% | -31° | 0% | 24135m | 5.1m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 06:00
☾
| 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | -17° | 0% | 24134m | 5.5m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 07:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | -3.2° | 0% | 24134m | 9.1m/s | 4m/s |
| 08:00 | 894hPa | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 11° | 4% | 24134m | 15m/s | 3.9m/s |
| 09:00 | 894hPa | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 24° | 2% | 24134m | 15m/s | 6.1m/s |
| 10:00 | 894hPa | 18% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 37° | 18% | 24135m | 13m/s | 8.6m/s |
| 11:00 | 894hPa | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 48° | 50% | 24135m | 12m/s | 9.1m/s |
| 12:00 | 893hPa | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 57° | 4% | 24134m | 11m/s | 9.1m/s |
| 13:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 60° | 0% | 24134m | 8.2m/s | 9.1m/s |
| 14:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 56° | 0% | 24134m | 6.5m/s | 7.8m/s |
| 15:00 | 890hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 48° | 5% | 24134m | 4.5m/s | 6.1m/s |
| 16:00 | 890hPa | 9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 36° | 9% | 24135m | 3.4m/s | 4.5m/s |
| 17:00 | 890hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 23° | 5% | 24134m | 2.8m/s | 3m/s |
| 18:00 | 890hPa | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 10° | 5% | 24135m | 1.5m/s | 1.4m/s |
| 19:00
☾
| 891hPa | 24% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -3.8° | 24% | 24134m | 1.3m/s | 1.2m/s |
| 20:00
☾
| 891hPa | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -18° | 11% | 24135m | 1.8m/s | 1.6m/s |
| 21:00
☾
| 891hPa | 98% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 14% | -32° | 98% | 24134m | 1.8m/s | 1.7m/s |
| 22:00
☾
| 892hPa | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% | -46° | 100% | 24134m | 1.3m/s | 1.3m/s |
| 23:00
☾
| 891hPa | 83% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -60° | 83% | 24134m | 3.4m/s | 3.4m/s |
| Tue, Aug 25
Sunrise 07:11
Sunset 18:46 | |||||||||||
| 24:00
☾
| 891hPa | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | -74° | 100% | 24135m | 6.3m/s | 4.7m/s |
| 01:00
☾
| 891hPa | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% | -82° | 99% | 24134m | 5m/s | 4.1m/s |
| 02:00
☾
| 890hPa | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% | -73° | 10% | 24134m | 5.5m/s | 4.1m/s |
| 03:00
☾
| 892hPa | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% | -60° | 7% | 24134m | 7.4m/s | 5.6m/s |
| 04:00
☾
| 894hPa | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 14% | -46° | 3% | 24134m | 9.3m/s | 7.2m/s |
| 05:00
☾
| 896hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 14% | -31° | 0% | 24135m | 11m/s | 8.7m/s |
| 06:00
☾
| 895hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | -17° | 0% | 24135m | 9.6m/s | 7.7m/s |
| 07:00
☾
| 894hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | -3.1° | 0% | 24135m | 7.9m/s | 6.8m/s |
| 08:00 | 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 11° | 0% | 24135m | 6.2m/s | 5.8m/s |
| 09:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 10% | 24° | 33% | 24135m | 5.4m/s | 5m/s |
| 10:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 67% | 0% | 9% | 37° | 67% | 24135m | 4.5m/s | 4.1m/s |
| 11:00 | 891hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 9% | 48° | 100% | 24135m | 3.6m/s | 3.3m/s |
| 12:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 10% | 57° | 100% | 24135m | 3.5m/s | 3.2m/s |
| 13:00 | 892hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 11% | 60° | 100% | 24135m | 3.3m/s | 3.1m/s |
| 14:00 | 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 13% | 57° | 100% | 24135m | 3.1m/s | 3.1m/s |
| 15:00 | 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 13% | 48° | 100% | 24135m | 3.3m/s | 3.3m/s |
| 16:00 | 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 13% | 36° | 100% | 24135m | 3.5m/s | 3.5m/s |
| 17:00 | 894hPa | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 14% | 23° | 100% | 24135m | 3.7m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 18:00 | 894hPa | 0% | 0% | 99% | 0% | 14% | 10° | 99% | 24135m | 3.9m/s | 3.8m/s |
| 19:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 98% | 0% | 15% | -3.7° | 98% | 24135m | 4.1m/s | 3.9m/s |
| 20:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 97% | 0% | 15% | -18° | 97% | 24135m | 4.2m/s | 4m/s |
| 21:00
☾
| 893hPa | 0% | 0% | 66% | 0% | 17% | -32° | 66% | 24135m | 4.2m/s | 4m/s |
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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