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Kinderdijk - Fog Hunter - The Netherlands

Kinderdijk, South Holland, The Netherlands

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
Dewpoint Spread5.3°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity69%
Wind Speed2.9m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/Amsterdam

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Plain-language explanation from the rule

The Netherlands' unique below-sea-level geography creates exceptional fog conditions as the polder landscape—land reclaimed from the sea—traps cold, moist air in natural depressions. This creates persistent valley fog and radiation fog that transforms windmills and waterways into ethereal scenes.

Kinderdijk's 19 UNESCO windmills rising from morning mist create one of photography's most iconic Dutch scenes. The flat terrain and extensive water networks mean fog forms readily on calm, clear nights and can persist well into morning. Marken's historic harbor on the Markermeer lake experiences frequent sea fog rolling in from the IJsselmeer.

What makes Dutch fog photography exceptional:

  • Windmill emergence - Historic structures appearing gradually as fog lifts from polder basins
  • Canal diffusion - Amsterdam and Leiden's canals create soft, atmospheric street scenes in fog
  • Flat persistence - Lack of topography means fog lingers longer than in hilly regions
  • Autumn reliability - October-November offer most consistent radiation fog conditions

Best fog occurs on calm, clear nights following daytime warmth—typically spring and autumn. Arrive before sunrise to catch densest conditions. The polders around Kinderdijk, Zaanse Schans windmills north of Amsterdam, and the Alblasserwaard region are prime locations. Fog typically burns off by 10-11 AM as temperatures rise.

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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
Europe/Amsterdam
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
Europe/Amsterdam
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 06:58 Sunset 20:28
04:00
1% 3.1°C 0mm 69% 0cm -24° 8.4°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 2.9m/s
05:00
2% 3.4°C 0mm 71% 0cm -17° 8.4°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.5m/s
06:00
2% 3.9°C 0mm 73% 0cm -9.3° 8.4°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.6m/s
07:00
1% 4.4°C 0mm 78% 0cm -0.07° 8.1°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
1% 5.6°C 0mm 79% 0cm 8.7° 9°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 2.5m/s
09:00
2% 6.8°C 0mm 75% 0cm 18° 11°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 2.7m/s
10:00
4% 7.4°C 0mm 66% 0cm 27° 14°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
5% 8°C 0mm 60% 0cm 35° 16°C 0mm 0.72kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 3m/s
12:00
6% 9°C 0mm 57% 0cm 41° 18°C 0mm 0.86kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
8% 10°C 0mm 56% 0cm 45° 19°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 3.7m/s
14:00
9% 11°C 0mm 53% 0cm 46° 20°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 3.7m/s
15:00
7% 11°C 0mm 52% 0cm 43° 21°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24135m 5m/s 4m/s
16:00
5% 11°C 0mm 54% 0cm 38° 21°C 0mm 1.2kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 4.1m/s
17:00
3% 12°C 0mm 59% 0cm 30° 20°C 0mm 0.97kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 4.4m/s
18:00
2% 12°C 0mm 65% 0cm 22° 19°C 0mm 0.77kPa 24134m 5.7m/s 4.2m/s
19:00
1% 11°C 0mm 70% 0cm 13° 17°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24134m 5.6m/s 3.4m/s
20:00
0% 10°C 0mm 75% 0cm 3.7° 15°C 0.06mm 0.42kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.6m/s
21:00
0% 11°C 0mm 84% 0cm -5.4° 13°C 0.25mm 0.24kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
22:00
0% 11°C 0.04mm 90% 0cm -14° 13°C 0.56mm 0.15kPa 24134m 8.6m/s 3.7m/s
23:00
0% 10°C 0mm 85% 0cm -21° 12°C 0.56mm 0.21kPa 24134m 10m/s 5.3m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 20:28
24:00
0% 6.7°C 0mm 85% 0cm -26° 9.1°C 0.56mm 0.18kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.6m/s
01:00
0% 5.6°C 0mm 78% 0cm -30° 9.2°C 0.56mm 0.25kPa 24134m 11m/s 5.3m/s
02:00
0% 5.5°C 0mm 80% 0cm -30° 8.8°C 0.56mm 0.23kPa 24135m 11m/s 5.8m/s
03:00
12% 5.4°C 0mm 83% 0cm -28° 8.2°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 11m/s 5.7m/s
04:00
25% 4.4°C 0mm 78% 0cm -23° 7.9°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24134m 11m/s 5.8m/s
05:00
37% 3.8°C 0mm 78% 0cm -17° 7.4°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.8m/s
06:00
30% 3°C 0mm 75% 0cm -9° 7.1°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 9.1m/s 4.9m/s
07:00
22% 2.3°C 0mm 74% 0cm 0.25° 6.7°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 8.5m/s 4.2m/s
08:00
15% 2.4°C 0mm 74% 0cm 6.8°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 6.9m/s 3.1m/s
09:00
10% 2.4°C 0mm 69% 0cm 18° 7.7°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 3.4m/s
10:00
5% 2.3°C 0mm 65% 0cm 27° 8.5°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 3.1m/s
11:00
0% 2.1°C 0mm 61% 0cm 35° 9.2°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.8m/s
12:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 56% 0cm 41° 10°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
13:00
0% 1.6°C 0mm 52% 0cm 45° 11°C 0mm 0.62kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
14:00
0% 1.3°C 0mm 49% 0cm 46° 12°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
15:00
12% 1.2°C 0mm 46% 0cm 43° 12°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
16:00
25% 1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 38° 13°C 0mm 0.82kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
17:00
37% 1°C 0mm 45% 0cm 31° 13°C 0mm 0.81kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 0.7m/s
18:00
30% 1.3°C 0mm 47% 0cm 22° 12°C 0mm 0.75kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 0.56m/s
19:00
24% 3.2°C 0mm 57% 0cm 13° 11°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1m/s
20:00
17% 3.3°C 0mm 64% 0cm 9.8°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
11% 2.7°C 0mm 68% 0cm -5.1° 8.3°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.3m/s
22:00
6% 2.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -13° 7°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 2.4m/s
23:00
0% 2°C 0mm 71% 0cm -21° 7°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 2.6m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 20:30
24:00
0% 1.6°C 0mm 66% 0cm -26° 7.4°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 8.1m/s 3.3m/s
01:00
0% 1.4°C 0mm 64% 0cm -29° 7.7°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 10m/s 3.9m/s
02:00
0% 1.3°C 0mm 63% 0cm -30° 7.8°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 11m/s 4.5m/s
03:00
0% 1°C 0mm 64% 0cm -28° 7.4°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24134m 11m/s 4.1m/s
04:00
0% 1°C 0mm 66% 0cm -23° 7°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 11m/s 4m/s
05:00
0% 1.2°C 0mm 66% 0cm -17° 7.2°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.2m/s
06:00
0% 1.7°C 0mm 67% 0cm -8.6° 7.5°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 10m/s 4.4m/s
07:00
0% 2.3°C 0mm 68% 0cm 0.53° 7.9°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.5m/s
08:00
0% 3.1°C 0mm 70% 0cm 9.3° 8.2°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.9m/s
09:00
2% 5.4°C 0.13mm 77% 0cm 19° 9.3°C 0.54mm 0.27kPa 23579m 12m/s 5.6m/s
10:00
3% 7.6°C 0.26mm 83% 0cm 27° 10°C 1.1mm 0.22kPa 23023m 12m/s 6.3m/s
11:00
5% 9.7°C 0.39mm 89% 0cm 35° 11°C 1.6mm 0.15kPa 22467m 12m/s 7.1m/s
12:00
4% 8.5°C 0.26mm 85% 0cm 42° 11°C 1.8mm 0.19kPa 23023m 12m/s 6.9m/s
13:00
4% 7.2°C 0.13mm 81% 0cm 46° 10°C 2mm 0.23kPa 23579m 12m/s 6.6m/s
14:00
3% 5.9°C 0mm 77% 0cm 46° 9.7°C 2.1mm 0.27kPa 24135m 12m/s 6.4m/s
15:00
4% 5.4°C 0.003mm 78% 0cm 44° 9.1°C 1.4mm 0.26kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.2m/s
16:00
4% 4.9°C 0.007mm 78% 0cm 38° 8.5°C 0.71mm 0.24kPa 24135m 9.1m/s 4m/s
17:00
5% 4.4°C 0.01mm 79% 0cm 31° 7.9°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 7.8m/s 2.8m/s
18:00
3% 3.8°C 0.007mm 76% 0cm 22° 7.7°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 3.3m/s
19:00
2% 3.1°C 0.003mm 74% 0cm 13° 7.5°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 8.9m/s 3.7m/s
20:00
0% 2.5°C 0mm 71% 0cm 4.2° 7.3°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 9.5m/s 4.1m/s
21:00
0% 2.1°C 0mm 72% 0cm -4.9° 6.9°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 9.9m/s 4.2m/s
22:00
0% 1.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm -13° 6.5°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 10m/s 4.2m/s
23:00
0% 1.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -20° 6.1°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.3m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 20:31
24:00
0% 1.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -26° 6°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.4m/s
01:00
0% 1.4°C 0mm 73% 0cm -29° 5.9°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.5m/s
02:00
0% 1.3°C 0mm 73% 0cm -29° 5.8°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.6m/s
03:00
1% 1.8°C 0mm 70% 0cm -27° 6.9°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 10m/s 5.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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