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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
60%
Dewpoint Spread0.9°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity94%
Wind Speed0.9m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Auckland
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Next opportunity
Moderate Fog
Milford Sound
Today · 05:00–07:00 · 2h window
Low confidence
37%
🌫️Fog Probability63.9%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.7°C
Visibility: 24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity: 95%
Wind Speed: 1.1m/s (calm conditions)
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Moderate Fog at Sunrise
Milford Sound
Today · 07:00–09:00
🌫️Fog Probability:63.9%
Low
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Dense Fog
Milford Sound
Today · 17:00–19:00
🌫️Fog Probability:91.1-100%
High
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Moderate Fog at Sunset
Milford Sound
Today · 20:00–21:00
🌫️Fog Probability:69.4%
Medium
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Dense Fog
Milford Sound
Today · 21:00–02:00
🌫️Fog Probability:72.2-100%
High
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Moderate Fog
Milford Sound
Tomorrow · 05:00–07:00
🌫️Fog Probability:69.4%
Low
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Moderate Fog at Sunrise
Milford Sound
Tomorrow · 07:00–09:00
🌫️Fog Probability:66.7-77.8%
Medium
+3 more windows in the next 10 days

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
23matching hours in the next 80 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Pacific/Auckland
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Fri, Mar 13
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:0030%
22:0032%
23:0032%
Sat, Mar 14
24:0032%
01:0030%
02:0060%
03:0060%
04:0060%
05:0064%
06:0064%
07:0064%
08:0064%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:0091%
18:00100%
19:000%
20:0069%
21:0097%
22:00100%
23:00100%
Sun, Mar 15
24:00100%
01:0072%
02:000%
03:000%
04:0060%
05:0069%
06:0069%
07:0078%
08:0067%
09:000%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:0078%
22:00100%
23:00100%
Mon, Mar 16
24:00100%
01:0067%
02:0064%
03:0064%
04:0060%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:000%
09:000%
10:0026%
11:0024%
12:0024%
13:0029%
14:0029%
15:0029%
16:0032%
17:0032%
18:0040%
19:0057%
20:0040%
21:0030%
22:0060%
23:0060%
Tue, Mar 17
24:0060%
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
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 07:42 Sunset 20:13
02:00 ☾
1.3°C 0mm 94% 0cm 2.2°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 0.84m/s 0.88m/s
03:00 ☾
1°C 0mm 94% 0cm 1.8°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.73m/s
04:00 ☾
0.8°C 0mm 94% 0cm 1.6°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 0.94m/s
05:00 ☾
0.6°C 0mm 95% 0cm 1.3°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
06:00 ☾
0.6°C 0mm 96% 0cm 1.1°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
07:00 ☾
0.6°C 0mm 97% 0cm 1.1°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
08:00 ☾
0.8°C 0mm 96% 0cm 1.4°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
09:00 ☾
2.1°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4.3°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
10:00 ☾
2.2°C 0mm 75% 0cm 6.3°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
11:00 ☾
3°C 0mm 78% 0cm 6.6°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
12:00 ☾
3.2°C 0mm 76% 0cm 7.2°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
13:00 ☾
3.6°C 0mm 73% 0cm 8.1°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
14:00 ☾
4°C 0.02mm 76% 0cm 8.1°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
15:00 ☾
4.6°C 0.02mm 82% 0cm 7.4°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
16:00 ☾
5.5°C 0.01mm 89% 0cm 7.1°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 14548m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
17:00 ☾
6.6°C 0mm 95% 0cm 7.3°C 0.06mm 0.05kPa 244m 2.5m/s 1.7m/s
18:00 ☾
7°C 0mm 96% 0cm 7.7°C 0.13mm 0.05kPa 717m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
19:00 ☾
6.7°C 0mm 91% 0cm 8.1°C 0.19mm 0.1kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
20:00 ☾
6°C 0mm 98% 0cm 6.2°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
21:00 ☾
4.7°C 0mm 100% 0cm 4.8°C 0mm 0kPa 2116m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
22:00 ☾
4.3°C 0mm 100% 0cm 4.4°C 0mm 0kPa 331m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
3.9°C 0mm 99% 0cm 4.1°C 0mm 0.01kPa 157m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 07:43 Sunset 20:11
24:00 ☾
3.8°C 0mm 98% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.01kPa 175m 1.7m/s 1.2m/s
01:00 ☾
3.9°C 0mm 95% 0cm 4.6°C 0mm 0.04kPa 10409m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
02:00 ☾
3.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm 5.7°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
4.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm 5.9°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
04:00 ☾
4.8°C 0mm 94% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.05kPa 20159m 2m/s 1.6m/s
05:00 ☾
4.8°C 0mm 98% 0cm 5.1°C 0mm 0.02kPa 19618m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
06:00 ☾
4.4°C 0mm 99% 0cm 4.5°C 0.06mm 0.01kPa 19519m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
07:00 ☾
4.1°C 0mm 99% 0cm 4.3°C 0.06mm 0.01kPa 10608m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
08:00 ☾
3.6°C 0mm 98% 0cm 3.9°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
09:00 ☾
5.1°C 0mm 93% 0cm 6.1°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.4m/s
10:00 ☾
5.1°C 0mm 81% 0cm 8.2°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
11:00 ☾
4.9°C 0mm 71% 0cm 9.9°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2m/s
12:00 ☾
4.3°C 0mm 61% 0cm 12°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.1m/s
13:00 ☾
3.9°C 0mm 54% 0cm 13°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.2m/s
14:00 ☾
3.6°C 0mm 52% 0cm 13°C 0mm 0.73kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.2m/s
15:00 ☾
3.2°C 0mm 48% 0cm 14°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.3m/s
16:00 ☾
3.1°C 0mm 48% 0cm 14°C 0mm 0.83kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.5m/s
17:00 ☾
3.5°C 0mm 51% 0cm 13°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 2.5m/s
18:00 ☾
4.1°C 0mm 57% 0cm 12°C 0mm 0.61kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.7m/s
19:00 ☾
5°C 0mm 69% 0cm 10°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.4m/s
20:00 ☾
5.5°C 0mm 92% 0cm 6.8°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 2.1m/s
21:00 ☾
4.6°C 0mm 99% 0cm 4.8°C 0mm 0.01kPa 12643m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
22:00 ☾
4.2°C 0mm 100% 0cm 4.3°C 0mm 0kPa 1090m 1.2m/s 1.4m/s
23:00 ☾
4°C 0mm 99% 0cm 4.2°C 0mm 0.01kPa 714m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 07:45 Sunset 20:10
24:00 ☾
3.8°C 0mm 97% 0cm 4.1°C 0mm 0.02kPa 1981m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
01:00 ☾
3.6°C 0mm 97% 0cm 4.1°C 0mm 0.03kPa 17130m 1.5m/s 1m/s
02:00 ☾
2.9°C 0mm 96% 0cm 3.5°C 0mm 0.03kPa 17466m 1.2m/s 1m/s
03:00 ☾
2.6°C 0mm 96% 0cm 3.2°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
04:00 ☾
2.6°C 0mm 93% 0cm 3.6°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
05:00 ☾
2.8°C 0mm 92% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.97m/s
06:00 ☾
3.4°C 0mm 91% 0cm 4.7°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
07:00 ☾
4.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
08:00 ☾
5.6°C 0.03mm 91% 0cm 6.9°C 0.1mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.2m/s
09:00 ☾
7.1°C 0.06mm 92% 0cm 8.3°C 0.21mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1m/s
10:00 ☾
8.7°C 0.09mm 94% 0cm 9.7°C 0.31mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 0.86m/s
11:00 ☾
8.8°C 0.08mm 94% 0cm 9.7°C 0.4mm 0.07kPa 20465m 1.5m/s 0.81m/s
12:00 ☾
8.9°C 0.06mm 94% 0cm 9.7°C 0.48mm 0.07kPa 16796m 1.4m/s 0.75m/s
13:00 ☾
9°C 0.05mm 95% 0cm 9.7°C 0.56mm 0.06kPa 13126m 1.2m/s 0.7m/s
14:00 ☾
8.7°C 0.04mm 95% 0cm 9.4°C 0.48mm 0.05kPa 11956m 1.3m/s 0.77m/s
15:00 ☾
8.4°C 0.02mm 96% 0cm 9.1°C 0.4mm 0.05kPa 10786m 1.3m/s 0.84m/s
16:00 ☾
8.2°C 0.01mm 96% 0cm 8.7°C 0.31mm 0.04kPa 9616m 1.3m/s 0.9m/s
17:00 ☾
7.8°C 0.01mm 96% 0cm 8.3°C 0.44mm 0.04kPa 6575m 1.1m/s 0.71m/s
18:00 ☾
7.4°C 0.02mm 96% 0cm 8°C 0.56mm 0.04kPa 3535m 0.85m/s 0.51m/s
19:00 ☾
6.9°C 0.02mm 96% 0cm 7.6°C 0.69mm 0.04kPa 494m 0.62m/s 0.31m/s
20:00 ☾
7°C 0.01mm 95% 0cm 7.7°C 0.46mm 0.05kPa 8374m 0.84m/s 0.67m/s
21:00 ☾
7°C 0.007mm 95% 0cm 7.8°C 0.23mm 0.05kPa 16255m 1.1m/s 1m/s
22:00 ☾
7°C 0mm 95% 0cm 7.9°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
23:00 ☾
6.4°C 0mm 94% 0cm 7.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
Tue, Mar 17 Sunrise 07:46 Sunset 20:08
24:00 ☾
5.8°C 0mm 94% 0cm 6.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
5.2°C 0mm 94% 0cm 6.1°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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