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Rule Morning Frost

Morning Frost Forecast for Cairngorms, Scotland

Aviemore, Scotland, United Kingdom

Cairngorms compositions range from granite plateaus and Scots pine forest to lochs and broad glens, often simplified by winter snow or low cloud.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Soil Temperature1.7°C
Dew Point1.7°C
Wind Speed2.1m/s
Cloud Cover0%

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
First upcoming window
Light Frost at Sunrise
Cairngorms
Fri, Oct 23 · 07:21–08:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
55%
❄️Frost Probability64%
Soil Temperature: -0.6°C
Dew Point: -0.4°C (low dew point)
Wind Speed: 1.0m/s (calm conditions)
Cloud Cover: 46%

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 89-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Frost Probability89% of hours
  • Time Window88% of hours
  • Wind Speed72% of hours
1matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Time Window
Sunrise -45m to +90m
Frost Probability
≥ 60.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 1.5m/s
Thu, Oct 22
Rule fails. 22:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 23
Rule fails. 24:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 68%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 68%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 74%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 75%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 63%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 0.2m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 07:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 64%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 46%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.2m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.7m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 24
Rule fails. 24:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 47%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 67%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 66%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 55%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.5%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.3m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.9m/s. Misses requirement
Sun, Oct 25
Rule fails. 24:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.5%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.9m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 0%. Misses requirementWind Speed: Value unavailable. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.1m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.3m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 3.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.6m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 1.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.7m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 1.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Time Window: Yes. Meets requirementFrost Probability: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.8m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 11m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 12m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 1.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 13m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 13m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 13m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 2.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 12m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 11m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.5m/s. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Time Window: No. Misses requirementFrost Probability: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/London)Dew PointSurface TemperatureTemperatureTime WindowTotal Cloud CoverageVapor Pressure Deficit
Thu, Oct 22, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Night1.7°C1.7°C4°CUnavailable0%0.12kPa
Night1.5°C1.5°C3.6°CUnavailable0%0.11kPa
Fri, Oct 23, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Night1.1°C0.9°C3.1°CUnavailable0%0.1kPa
Night1.1°C0.4°C2.7°CUnavailable0%0.08kPa
Night0.1°C-0.8°C1.3°CUnavailable0%0.05kPa
Night-0.1°C-1.3°C1.1°CUnavailable0%0.05kPa
Night-0.7°C-1.3°C0.4°CUnavailable100%0.05kPa
Night0.5°C-0.2°C1.5°CUnavailable100%0.05kPa
Night-0.1°C-1.1°C0.9°CUnavailable82%0.05kPa
Night-0.4°C-0.6°C1.2°CUnavailable46%0.07kPa
Night0.7°C1.6°C2.5°CUnavailable100%0.09kPa
0.9°C3°C3.2°CUnavailable100%0.12kPa
1.5°C3.9°C3.8°CUnavailable100%0.12kPa
1.9°C5.6°C4.4°CUnavailable100%0.13kPa
2.4°C6.4°C4.9°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
3.8°C6.2°C5.5°CUnavailable100%0.1kPa
4°C6.3°C5.4°CUnavailable100%0.08kPa
4°C5.8°C5.7°CUnavailable100%0.1kPa
3.1°C4.9°C5.4°CUnavailable100%0.13kPa
2.9°C4.7°C5.4°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
Night3.4°C4.7°C5.4°CUnavailable100%0.12kPa
Night3.5°C4.7°C5.2°CUnavailable100%0.1kPa
Night3.7°C4.6°C5.2°CUnavailable100%0.09kPa
Night3.5°C4.6°C5.3°CUnavailable100%0.11kPa
Night3.2°C4.5°C5.2°CUnavailable100%0.11kPa
Night3.1°C4.4°C5.2°CUnavailable100%0.12kPa
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Night2.9°C4.2°C5.2°CUnavailable100%0.13kPa
Night2.3°C4.2°C5.1°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
Night1.7°C3.1°C4.5°CUnavailable59%0.15kPa
Night1.7°C2.4°C3.5°CUnavailable40%0.09kPa
Night0.2°C1.3°C3°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
Night-0.5°C0.9°C2.4°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
Night-1.1°C0.7°C2.3°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
Night-1.1°C0.7°C2.3°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
Night-0.9°C1.3°C2.5°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
-0.6°C2.2°C3°CUnavailable100%0.17kPa
0.2°C3.5°C4°CUnavailable100%0.2kPa
2.6°C5°C5.6°CUnavailable100%0.17kPa
2.3°C5.2°C6.2°CUnavailable100%0.23kPa
3°C5.7°C6.6°CUnavailable100%0.21kPa
3.3°C5.7°C6.7°CUnavailable100%0.21kPa
4.4°C6.7°C7.4°CUnavailable100%0.2kPa
5.1°C7.1°C8.3°CUnavailable100%0.22kPa
4.9°C6.4°C7.4°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
Night2.9°C4.6°C6.5°CUnavailable73%0.21kPa
Night2.3°C4.8°C6.4°CUnavailable100%0.24kPa
Night2.2°C5.1°C6.3°CUnavailable99%0.24kPa
Night2.5°C5.1°C6°CUnavailable99%0.21kPa
Night3.3°C5.4°C6°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
Night3.6°C5.5°C6.1°CUnavailable100%0.15kPa
Sun, Oct 25, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Night4.3°C6°C6.8°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
NightUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Night4.6°C6.4°C7.3°CUnavailable100%0.17kPa
Night4.4°C6.3°C7.3°CUnavailable99%0.18kPa
Night3.7°C6.1°C6.9°CUnavailable98%0.2kPa
Night3.3°C6°C6.7°CUnavailable98%0.21kPa
Night3.2°C6°C6.6°CUnavailable98%0.2kPa
Night3.7°C6°C6.7°CUnavailable99%0.19kPa
Night3.8°C6°C6.7°CUnavailable100%0.18kPa
3.8°C5.9°C6.5°CUnavailable100%0.16kPa
3.9°C5.8°C6.2°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
3.8°C5.7°C6.1°CUnavailable100%0.14kPa
3.8°C5.8°C6.3°CUnavailable100%0.15kPa
3.9°C6°C6.6°CUnavailable100%0.17kPa
3.8°C6.1°C6.8°CUnavailable100%0.19kPa
3.6°C6.1°C6.8°CUnavailable100%0.2kPa
3.4°C6.1°C6.8°CUnavailable100%0.21kPa
2.9°C6°C6.6°CUnavailable98%0.22kPa
Night2°C5.8°C6.5°CUnavailable87%0.26kPa
Night0.7°C5.5°C6.2°CUnavailable73%0.3kPa
Night-0.1°C5.2°C6°CUnavailable64%0.33kPa
Night0.1°C5°C5.8°CUnavailable66%0.3kPa

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Morning Frost conditions across Scotland. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Cairngorms.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Cairngorms during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 365 days
6
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence

Only 6 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

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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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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