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Milford Sound - Fog Hunter - Fiordland

Milford Sound, Southland, New Zealand

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread1.4°C
Visibility19148 (Clear)
Relative Humidity91%
Wind Speed3.0m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
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Next opportunity
Moderate Fog
Milford Sound
Tomorrow · 24:00–01:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌫️Fog Probability62.7%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.6°C
Visibility: 24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity: 96%
Wind Speed: 0.7m/s (calm conditions)

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks the atmospheric conditions that transform Fiordland's dramatic fjords into some of the world's most photogenic scenes. We combine fog probability, visibility, and precipitation data to predict when mist and waterfalls create optimal conditions.

Fiordland receives up to 8 meters of annual rainfall, and rather than a hindrance, this weather creates the region's signature drama. Waterfalls cascade from impossibly high cliffs, mist swirls through the valleys, and Milford Sound becomes a scene of raw natural power.

What makes Fiordland special for photography:

  • Dramatic waterfalls - Rain brings hundreds of temporary waterfalls to life along the cliffs
  • Moody atmosphere - Fog, mist, and rain create constantly changing drama
  • Vertical scenery - Mitre Peak rises nearly 1,700m straight from the water
  • Mirror reflections - Calm mornings produce perfect reflections of the towering cliffs

Ironically, rain often makes for better photography here—waterfalls multiply and mist adds depth. Our forecast helps identify conditions: some moisture for drama, but enough visibility to see the peaks. Dawn boat cruises offer unique perspectives, while the road viewpoints are accessible year-round.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Pacific/Auckland
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Wed, Apr 8
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Thu, Apr 9
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Fri, Apr 10
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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
Pacific/Auckland
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 07:16 Sunset 18:24
13:00 ☾
0% 6.1°C 0.08mm 91% 0cm 38° 7.5°C 0.31mm 0.09kPa 19148m 4.7m/s 3m/s
14:00 ☾
0% 6.1°C 0.39mm 96% 0cm 35° 6.8°C 0.69mm 0.04kPa 15040m 4.4m/s 2.4m/s
15:00 ☾
0% 6.3°C 0.07mm 98% 0cm 30° 6.6°C 1.1mm 0.02kPa 968m 3.5m/s 2m/s
16:00 ☾
0% 6.4°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm 23° 6.7°C 1.4mm 0.02kPa 363m 3m/s 2m/s
17:00 ☾
0% 5.7°C 0mm 91% 0cm 14° 7.1°C 1.7mm 0.09kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.1m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 5.3°C 0mm 94% 0cm 3.6° 6.2°C 1.8mm 0.06kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 1.9m/s
19:00 ☾
6% 4.4°C 0mm 94% 0cm -7.1° 5.2°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
20:00 ☾
13% 4°C 0mm 93% 0cm -18° 5°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
21:00 ☾
19% 3.6°C 0mm 90% 0cm -28° 5.1°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
22:00 ☾
16% 3.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -38° 4.5°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.98m/s
23:00 ☾
13% 2.5°C 0mm 96% 0cm -46° 3.1°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.83m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:24
24:00 ☾
10% 2.2°C 0mm 96% 0cm -51° 2.8°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.7m/s
01:00 ☾
28% 1.8°C 0mm 96% 0cm -53° 2.5°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 0.53m/s 0.45m/s
02:00 ☾
45% 1.4°C 0mm 95% 0cm -50° 2.1°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24134m 0.51m/s 0.47m/s
03:00 ☾
63% 1.1°C 0mm 94% 0cm -44° 2°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.65m/s
04:00 ☾
73% 0.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm -35° 1.7°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 0.61m/s 0.67m/s
05:00 ☾
82% 0.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -25° 1.6°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.96m/s
06:00 ☾
92% 0.2°C 0mm 92% 0cm -14° 1.4°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 0.81m/s 0.92m/s
07:00 ☾
93% -0.3°C 0mm 90% 0cm -3.6° 1.2°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.85m/s
08:00 ☾
95% 0.2°C 0mm 86% 0cm 6.8° 2.3°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 0.9m/s 0.93m/s
09:00 ☾
96% 1.9°C 0mm 78% 0cm 17° 5.4°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24134m 1m/s 0.82m/s
10:00 ☾
84% 2.3°C 0mm 71% 0cm 25° 7.3°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1m/s
11:00 ☾
71% 2.3°C 0mm 62% 0cm 32° 9.2°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.6m/s
12:00 ☾
59% 2.1°C 0mm 56% 0cm 36° 11°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.2m/s
13:00 ☾
44% 1.7°C 0mm 50% 0cm 37° 12°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.4m/s
14:00 ☾
30% 1.7°C 0mm 49% 0cm 35° 12°C 0mm 0.71kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.4m/s
15:00 ☾
15% 1.4°C 0mm 48% 0cm 30° 12°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
16:00 ☾
13% 1.4°C 0mm 49% 0cm 22° 12°C 0mm 0.7kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2.7m/s
17:00 ☾
10% 2.5°C 0mm 58% 0cm 13° 10°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 3.8m/s 2.3m/s
18:00 ☾
8% 3.2°C 0mm 78% 0cm 3.3° 6.9°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 3.7m/s 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
6% 3.2°C 0mm 91% 0cm -7.4° 4.5°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 3.4m/s 2.3m/s
20:00 ☾
4% 2.7°C 0mm 93% 0cm -18° 3.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
21:00 ☾
2% 2.4°C 0mm 92% 0cm -28° 3.6°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.2m/s
22:00 ☾
1% 1.9°C 0mm 90% 0cm -38° 3.4°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.3m/s
23:00 ☾
1% 1.4°C 0mm 86% 0cm -46° 3.4°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 2.2m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:22
24:00 ☾
0% 0.4°C 0mm 81% 0cm -52° 3.4°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.1m/s
01:00 ☾
0% -1°C 0mm 73% 0cm -53° 3.5°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2m/s
02:00 ☾
0% -2.1°C 0mm 67% 0cm -50° 3.5°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
0% -2.9°C 0mm 62% 0cm -44° 3.7°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
04:00 ☾
0% -3.6°C 0mm 58% 0cm -35° 3.9°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24134m 4m/s 2.2m/s
05:00 ☾
0% -3.5°C 0mm 58% 0cm -25° 4.2°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.3m/s
06:00 ☾
0% -3.9°C 0mm 55% 0cm -14° 4.3°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
07:00 ☾
0% -4.3°C 0mm 53% 0cm -3.8° 4.4°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2m/s
08:00 ☾
0% -4.1°C 0mm 52% 0cm 6.6° 4.9°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2m/s
09:00 ☾
0% -2.3°C 0mm 50% 0cm 16° 7.5°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 5.5m/s 2.4m/s
10:00 ☾
0% -2.3°C 0mm 44% 0cm 25° 9.4°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24134m 4.2m/s 2.6m/s
11:00 ☾
0% -2.2°C 0mm 40% 0cm 32° 11°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 2.8m/s
12:00 ☾
0% -2.8°C 0mm 34% 0cm 36° 12°C 0mm 0.95kPa 24134m 6.9m/s 3.4m/s
13:00 ☾
0% -3.1°C 0mm 31% 0cm 37° 14°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 7m/s 3.7m/s
14:00 ☾
0% -3°C 0mm 30% 0cm 35° 14°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 7.7m/s 4.1m/s
15:00 ☾
0% -2°C 0mm 33% 0cm 29° 14°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 3.9m/s
16:00 ☾
0% -0.8°C 0mm 40% 0cm 22° 12°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24135m 8m/s 3.7m/s
17:00 ☾
0% 1.3°C 0mm 52% 0cm 13° 11°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 8m/s 3.1m/s
18:00 ☾
0% 2.5°C 0mm 70% 0cm 3° 7.6°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 3m/s
19:00 ☾
6% 2.2°C 0mm 69% 0cm -7.7° 7.5°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 3m/s
20:00 ☾
13% 1.9°C 0mm 68% 0cm -18° 7.4°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 6.2m/s 3m/s
21:00 ☾
19% 1.5°C 0mm 67% 0cm -29° 7.3°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 2.9m/s
22:00 ☾
17% 3.3°C 0mm 73% 0cm -39° 8°C 0.02mm 0.29kPa 24135m 6.4m/s 2.8m/s
23:00 ☾
16% 5°C 0mm 78% 0cm -47° 8.6°C 0.04mm 0.24kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 2.7m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:20
24:00 ☾
14% 6.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm -52° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.19kPa 24135m 6.9m/s 2.5m/s
01:00 ☾
11% 7.8°C 0mm 86% 0cm -54° 10°C 0.27mm 0.17kPa 23062m 7.1m/s 2.5m/s
02:00 ☾
9% 8.8°C 0mm 89% 0cm -51° 11°C 0.48mm 0.15kPa 21990m 7.3m/s 2.4m/s
03:00 ☾
6% 9.9°C 0mm 91% 0cm -44° 11°C 0.69mm 0.12kPa 20917m 7.5m/s 2.4m/s
04:00 ☾
5% 9.9°C 0.84mm 92% 0cm -35° 11°C 2.5mm 0.1kPa 16390m 6.8m/s 2.4m/s
05:00 ☾
3% 10°C 1.7mm 94% 0cm -25° 11°C 4.3mm 0.08kPa 11863m 6m/s 2.4m/s
06:00 ☾
2% 10°C 2.5mm 96% 0cm -15° 11°C 6.1mm 0.06kPa 7336m 5.3m/s 2.4m/s
07:00 ☾
1% 9.9°C 1.7mm 96% 0cm -4° 11°C 5.9mm 0.05kPa 12935m 4.7m/s 2.4m/s
08:00 ☾
1% 9.7°C 0.87mm 96% 0cm 6.4° 10°C 5.7mm 0.05kPa 18535m 4.2m/s 2.3m/s
09:00 ☾
0% 9.5°C 0.04mm 96% 0cm 16° 10°C 5.5mm 0.05kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.3m/s
10:00 ☾
0% 9.4°C 0.08mm 95% 0cm 25° 10°C 5.9mm 0.06kPa 23162m 2.9m/s 2.1m/s
11:00 ☾
1% 9.4°C 0.12mm 94% 0cm 31° 10°C 6.3mm 0.07kPa 22189m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
12:00 ☾
1% 9.4°C 0.16mm 93% 0cm 36° 10°C 6.7mm 0.09kPa 21216m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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