Rule
Storm Chaser
Storm Chaser Forecast for Sossusvlei, Namibia
Sesriem, Hardap Region, Namibia
Sossusvlei's dune crests sweep across the basin as long, clean lines. Low viewpoints isolate wind ripples, red slopes, and the sharp division between illuminated and shadowed faces.
Currently
Real-time conditionsCAPE0
Lifted Index10.3°C
Wind Gusts2.3m/s
Precipitation0.0mm
Upcoming Opportunities
When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
Times shown in Africa/Windhoek
No opportunities in the next 14 days
See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.
Most common blockers (86-hour forecast)
- Storm Intensity100% of hours
How this forecast is evaluated
See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Storm Chaser conditions across Namibia. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Sossusvlei.
Explore Storm Chaser conditions across Namibia →Recorded match history
Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Sossusvlei during the last 365 days.
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Last 90 days
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Last 365 days
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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.
0matching hours in the next 86 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time Africa/Windhoek | Storm Intensity ≥ 40.0% |
|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 22 | |
| 06:00 | 0% |
| 07:00 | 0% |
| 08:00 | 15% |
| 09:00 | 0% |
| 10:00 | 0% |
| 11:00 | 12% |
| 12:00 | 0% |
| 13:00 | 0% |
| 14:00 | 14% |
| 15:00 | 0% |
| 16:00 | 0% |
| 17:00 | 15% |
| 18:00 | 0% |
| 19:00 | 0% |
| 20:00 | 0% |
| 21:00 | 0% |
| 22:00 | 0% |
| 23:00 | 0% |
| Sun, Aug 23 | |
| 24:00 | 0% |
| 01:00 | 0% |
| 02:00 | 14% |
| 03:00 | 0% |
| 04:00 | 0% |
| 05:00 | 26% |
| 06:00 | 18% |
| 07:00 | 18% |
| 08:00 | 20% |
| 09:00 | 17% |
| 10:00 | 15% |
| 11:00 | 17% |
| 12:00 | 15% |
| 13:00 | 0% |
| 14:00 | 0% |
| 15:00 | 0% |
| 16:00 | 0% |
| 17:00 | 0% |
| 18:00 | 0% |
| 19:00 | 0% |
| 20:00 | 0% |
| 21:00 | 0% |
| 22:00 | 0% |
| 23:00 | 0% |
| Mon, Aug 24 | |
| 24:00 | 0% |
| 01:00 | 0% |
| 02:00 | 0% |
| 03:00 | 0% |
| 04:00 | 15% |
| 05:00 | 16% |
| 06:00 | 18% |
| 07:00 | 18% |
| 08:00 | 19% |
| 09:00 | 18% |
| 10:00 | 17% |
| 11:00 | 16% |
| 12:00 | 15% |
| 13:00 | 0% |
| 14:00 | 0% |
| 15:00 | 0% |
| 16:00 | 0% |
| 17:00 | 0% |
| 18:00 | 0% |
| 19:00 | 0% |
| 20:00 | 0% |
| 21:00 | 0% |
| 22:00 | 0% |
| 23:00 | 0% |
| Tue, Aug 25 | |
| 24:00 | 0% |
| 01:00 | 0% |
| 02:00 | 18% |
| 03:00 | 0% |
| 04:00 | 0% |
| 05:00 | 0% |
| 06:00 | 0% |
| 07:00 | 0% |
| 08:00 | 0% |
| 09:00 | 0% |
| 10:00 | 0% |
| 11:00 | 15% |
| 12:00 | 0% |
| 13:00 | 0% |
| 14:00 | 0% |
| 15:00 | 0% |
| 16:00 | 0% |
| 17:00 | 0% |
| 18:00 | 0% |
| 19:00 | 0% |
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).
What does Storm Intensity 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 | CAPE J/kg | Convective Precip Fraction fraction | Lifted Index °C | Precipitation Chance % | Rainfall mm | Showers mm | Simulated Reflectivity dBZ | Total Precipitation mm | Visibility m | Wind Gusts m/s | Wind Shear 0-3 km m/s | Wind Shear 0-6 km m/s | Wind Speed m/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 22
Sunrise 07:20
Sunset 18:43 | ||||||||||||||
| 22:00
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| 953hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 10°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2.3m/s | - | - | 2.2m/s |
| 23:00
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| 953hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 1.9m/s | 11m/s | 9.8m/s | 1.9m/s |
| Sun, Aug 23
Sunrise 07:20
Sunset 18:43 | ||||||||||||||
| 24:00
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| 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 1.6m/s | - | - | 1.3m/s |
| 01:00
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| 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 11°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 3.1m/s | - | - | 3.1m/s |
| 02:00
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| 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 11°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 3.9m/s | 7.8m/s | 14m/s | 3.9m/s |
| 03:00
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| 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 11°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.9m/s | - | - | 4.7m/s |
| 04:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 11°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 11m/s | - | - | 6.5m/s |
| 05:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 10°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 15m/s | 9.3m/s | 13m/s | 7.8m/s |
| 06:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9.4°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 16m/s | - | - | 8.1m/s |
| 07:00
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| 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 18m/s | - | - | 9.7m/s |
| 08:00 | 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 18m/s | 8.9m/s | 8m/s | 10m/s |
| 09:00 | 953hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 14m/s | - | - | 10m/s |
| 10:00 | 953hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 12m/s | - | - | 10m/s |
| 11:00 | 953hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 11m/s | 9.7m/s | 7.2m/s | 10m/s |
| 12:00 | 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.7°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 8.1m/s | - | - | 8.3m/s |
| 13:00 | 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 6.5m/s | - | - | 5.4m/s |
| 14:00 | 950hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 4.8m/s | 2.9m/s | 3.7m/s | 2.4m/s |
| 15:00 | 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 4.8m/s | - | - | 3.2m/s |
| 16:00 | 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 3.6m/s | - | - | 5.6m/s |
| 17:00 | 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 6.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 6.2m/s | 2m/s | 2.1m/s | 6.9m/s |
| 18:00 | 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 6.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 7.3m/s | - | - | 5.2m/s |
| 19:00
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| 950hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 6.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.3m/s | - | - | 4.1m/s |
| 20:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 3.8m/s | 7.5m/s | 3.3m/s | 3.6m/s |
| 21:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.2m/s | - | - | 4.2m/s |
| 22:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 6.1m/s | - | - | 5.2m/s |
| 23:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 5.7m/s | 3.7m/s | 2.1m/s | 5.1m/s |
| Mon, Aug 24
Sunrise 07:19
Sunset 18:43 | ||||||||||||||
| 24:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 6.7m/s | - | - | 5.6m/s |
| 01:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 8.4m/s | - | - | 6.3m/s |
| 02:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 9.5m/s | 6.5m/s | 3m/s | 6.2m/s |
| 03:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 11m/s | - | - | 6.1m/s |
| 04:00
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| 950hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 14m/s | - | - | 7m/s |
| 05:00
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| 950hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 15m/s | 7.3m/s | 2.3m/s | 8m/s |
| 06:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 15m/s | - | - | 8.1m/s |
| 07:00
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| 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 16m/s | - | - | 8.7m/s |
| 08:00 | 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 17m/s | 8.7m/s | 4.3m/s | 9.2m/s |
| 09:00 | 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 16m/s | - | - | 11m/s |
| 10:00 | 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 15m/s | - | - | 12m/s |
| 11:00 | 952hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 13m/s | 9.8m/s | 5.9m/s | 12m/s |
| 12:00 | 951hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.4°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 9.8m/s | - | - | 10m/s |
| 13:00 | 950hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 5.9m/s | - | - | 7.6m/s |
| 14:00 | 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.4m/s | 2.1m/s | 1.5m/s | 5.3m/s |
| 15:00 | 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 3.6m/s | - | - | 3.5m/s |
| 16:00 | 947hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 3.3m/s | - | - | 3.1m/s |
| 17:00 | 947hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 3.4m/s | 2.2m/s | 4.4m/s | 3.3m/s |
| 18:00 | 947hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 4.4m/s | - | - | 3.7m/s |
| 19:00
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| 947hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.5m/s | - | - | 4.4m/s |
| 20:00
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| 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 4.4m/s | 3.4m/s | 4.7m/s | 4.1m/s |
| 21:00
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| 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.5m/s | - | - | 4.4m/s |
| 22:00
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| 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 5.5m/s | - | - | 4.7m/s |
| 23:00
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| 949hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.7°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 4.6m/s | 4.4m/s | 5.4m/s | 4.5m/s |
| Tue, Aug 25
Sunrise 07:18
Sunset 18:44 | ||||||||||||||
| 24:00
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| 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 6.5m/s | - | - | 5m/s |
| 01:00
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| 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 9.8m/s | - | - | 6.4m/s |
| 02:00
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| 948hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 14m/s | 8.4m/s | 6.8m/s | 7.4m/s |
| 03:00
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| 938hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 7.4°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 12m/s | - | - | 6.9m/s |
| 04:00
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| 929hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 6.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24134m | 9.3m/s | - | - | 6.5m/s |
| 05:00
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| 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 6.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 6.7m/s | 15m/s | 8.7m/s | 6m/s |
| 06:00
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| 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 5.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 6.3m/s | - | - | 5.8m/s |
| 07:00
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| 919hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 5.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 5.9m/s | - | - | 5.7m/s |
| 08:00 | 919hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 5.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 5.5m/s | 11m/s | 9.1m/s | 5.5m/s |
| 09:00 | 919hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 4.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 5.6m/s | - | - | 5.3m/s |
| 10:00 | 919hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 4.1°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 5.6m/s | - | - | 5.1m/s |
| 11:00 | 919hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 3.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 5.6m/s | 9.6m/s | 11m/s | 5m/s |
| 12:00 | 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 3.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -13dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 4.4m/s | - | - | 4m/s |
| 13:00 | 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -6.5dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 3.2m/s | - | - | 3m/s |
| 14:00 | 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.6°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | 0.3dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 1.9m/s | 1.5m/s | 5.9m/s | 2m/s |
| 15:00 | 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.7°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | 1.6dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2.3m/s | - | - | 2.3m/s |
| 16:00 | 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.8°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | 3dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2.6m/s | - | - | 2.6m/s |
| 17:00 | 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.9°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | 4.3dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2.9m/s | 1.9m/s | 2.1m/s | 2.9m/s |
| 18:00 | 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.7°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -3.8dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2.5m/s | - | - | 2.5m/s |
| 19:00
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| 921hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.5°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -12dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 2m/s | - | - | 2m/s |
| 20:00
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| 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.3°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 1.5m/s | 3.7m/s | 3.7m/s | 1.5m/s |
| 21:00
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| 920hPa | 0J/kg | 0fraction | 2.2°C | 0% | 0mm | 0mm | -20dBZ | 0mm | 24135m | 1.6m/s | - | - | 1.6m/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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