Skip to content
✨ New: PhotoWeather is now available on iOS and Android
Rule Cloudscapes

Durness - Cloudscapes - Scotland

Durness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover100%
Wind Gusts5.8m/s
Precipitation Chance69%
Air Pressure989.8hPa

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
Next opportunity
Striking Cloud Drama
Durness
Tue, Mar 10 · 08:00–11:00 · 3h window
Low confidence
32%
☁️Cloud Drama Score75.4-84%
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind Gusts: 5.6m/s
Precipitation Chance: 100%
Air Pressure: 991.2hPa
overcast weather icon
Striking Cloud Drama
Durness
Fri, Mar 13 · 11:00–12:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:78.1%
Low
overcast weather icon
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Durness
Fri, Mar 13 · 16:00–17:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:87.1%
Medium
overcast weather icon
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Durness
Fri, Mar 13 · 17:00–18:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:93.8%
Low
overcast weather icon
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Durness
Sat, Mar 14 · 06:00–07:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:75.6%
Medium

Create your own Cloudscapes alerts

Get notified when these conditions match at your own locations.

Get this template

72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Cloud Drama Score
≥ 75.0%
Low Clouds
≥ 20.0%
Mid-Level Clouds
OR1·B1
≥ 30.0%
High Clouds
OR1·B2
≥ 40.0%
Visibility
≥ 5000.0m
Wed, Mar 4
02:007.5%0%5%100%24134m
03:007.4%0%75%100%24135m
04:0015%0%4.9%57%24134m
05:0015%0%1.4%52%24134m
06:0041%0%0%70%24134m
07:0019%5%0%97%24135m
08:0029%5%0%90%24135m
09:0055%11%0%85%24134m
10:00100%16%0%20%24135m
11:0080%64%0%6.5%24134m
12:00100%22%4.5%35%24134m
13:0043%95%5%99%24134m
14:0047%70%1.4%100%24134m
15:0066%100%0.4%25%24135m
16:0063%100%93%100%24135m
17:0069%100%64%100%18215m
18:0062%100%82%100%24098m
19:0045%8%100%100%24135m
20:0013%100%100%100%24134m
21:0012%59%99%100%24134m
22:006.1%59%84%100%24135m
23:006.2%16%100%100%24135m
Thu, Mar 5
24:008.1%7.9%100%49%24134m
01:0012%30%92%100%24135m
02:009.3%94%95%100%24134m
03:000.8%100%80%100%24134m
04:000%96%98%100%24134m
05:000%100%100%100%24135m
06:0055%100%100%100%24134m
07:0064%100%97%100%14397m
08:0070%100%98%100%3169m
09:0065%100%98%100%12276m
10:0062%100%86%99%13494m
11:0058%100%78%100%691m
12:0048%100%95%98%339m
13:0064%100%100%14%284m
14:0062%100%100%5%375m
15:0073%100%100%10%452m
16:0057%100%100%100%7752m
17:0062%100%100%100%8945m
18:0059%100%100%100%8856m
19:0050%100%100%100%6548m
20:000%100%100%100%8736m
21:001.2%77%100%100%11191m
22:0011%18%100%100%11340m
23:0011%5%100%100%24135m
Fri, Mar 6
24:0015%5%86%100%24134m
01:0015%3.1%16%79%24135m
02:0015%4.4%0%0%24135m
03:0012%4.3%0%0%24134m
04:009.9%3.9%0%0%24134m
05:003%0.1%0%0%24134m
06:004.5%0.1%0%0%24135m
07:005%0%0%0%24134m
08:005%0%0%0%24135m
09:004.6%0%0%0%24134m
10:004.5%0%0%0%24134m
11:004.6%0%0%0%24135m
12:004.8%0%0%0%24134m
13:004.4%0%0%0%24134m
14:004.9%0%0%0%24135m
15:004.7%0%0%0%24134m
16:0013%0%0%3.8%24134m
17:0034%0%0%5.1%24134m
18:0089%0%45%79%24135m
19:0067%0%58%5%24135m
20:0010%0%5%5%24134m
21:0014%0%3.5%5%24134m
22:0015%0.3%6.1%26%24134m
23:0015%0.3%7.8%37%24135m
Sat, Mar 7
24:0015%0.1%77%77%24135m
01:0011%0%95%99%24135m
02:0013%0%100%100%24135m
03:0015%0%43%91%24134m
04:0015%0%4.6%87%24135m
05:0015%0%0%39%24134m
06:0052%0%0%64%24135m
07:0036%0.57%0%76%24135m
08:0018%1.1%0%88%24135m
09:0014%1.7%0%100%24135m
10:0012%2.5%0%97%24135m
11:0014%3.2%0%93%24135m
12:0012%4%0%90%24135m
13:0032%3.2%0%61%24135m
14:0057%2.5%0%33%24135m
15:0014%1.7%0%5%24135m
16:0014%1.1%0%5%24135m
17:0015%0.57%0%5%24135m
18:0015%0%0%5%24135m
19:008.4%0%0%3.3%24135m
20:000%0%0%1.7%24135m
21:000%0%0%0%24135m
22:000%0%0%0%24135m
23:000%0%0%0%24135m
Sun, Mar 8
24:000%0%0%0%24135m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

What does Cloud Drama Score 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/London
Air Pressure
hPa
High Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Precipitation Chance
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Thu, Mar 5 Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:57
02:00
990hPa 100% 95% 69% 88% -35° 100% 5.8m/s 4.5m/s
03:00
989hPa 100% 80% 85% 86% -30° 100% 6m/s 4.5m/s
04:00
988hPa 100% 98% 90% 86% -24° 100% 4.7m/s 3.7m/s
05:00
988hPa 100% 100% 95% 86% -17° 100% 4.8m/s 3.3m/s
06:00
988hPa 100% 100% 100% 86% -9.1° 100% 4.8m/s 3.3m/s
07:00
989hPa 100% 97% 91% 91% -1.1° 100% 5.7m/s 4.1m/s
08:00
989hPa 100% 98% 83% 95% 6.3° 100% 9.1m/s 6.1m/s
09:00
990hPa 100% 98% 74% 93% 13° 100% 9.9m/s 6.4m/s
10:00
991hPa 99% 86% 72% 94% 19° 100% 7.9m/s 5.2m/s
11:00
993hPa 100% 78% 69% 94% 23° 100% 5.6m/s 5.1m/s
12:00
994hPa 98% 95% 67% 94% 25° 100% 5.8m/s 4m/s
13:00
994hPa 14% 100% 58% 93% 25° 100% 6.3m/s 3.8m/s
14:00
995hPa 5% 100% 48% 92% 23° 100% 6.7m/s 4.3m/s
15:00
996hPa 10% 100% 39% 88% 19° 100% 6.1m/s 3.1m/s
16:00
997hPa 100% 100% 31% 82% 13° 100% 6.2m/s 3.2m/s
17:00
998hPa 100% 100% 24% 78% 6.6° 100% 5.7m/s 3m/s
18:00
999hPa 100% 100% 17% 72% -0.73° 100% 5.7m/s 3.3m/s
19:00
1000hPa 100% 100% 11% 76% -8.8° 100% 6.3m/s 4m/s
20:00
1001hPa 100% 100% 6% 80% -16° 100% 5.5m/s 2.8m/s
21:00
1001hPa 100% 100% 0% 81% -24° 100% 5.1m/s 3.2m/s
22:00
1002hPa 100% 100% 0% 76% -30° 100% 6m/s 3.2m/s
23:00
1002hPa 100% 100% 0% 70% -34° 100% 5.6m/s 3.2m/s
Fri, Mar 6 Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:00
24:00
1003hPa 100% 86% 0% 70% -37° 100% 5.4m/s 3.3m/s
01:00
1004hPa 79% 16% 0% 72% -37° 79% 5.6m/s 3.6m/s
02:00
1004hPa 0% 0% 0% 74% -34° 4% 5.6m/s 3.5m/s
03:00
1004hPa 0% 0% 0% 76% -30° 4% 5.4m/s 3.5m/s
04:00
1004hPa 0% 0% 0% 77% -24° 4% 4.4m/s 3.7m/s
05:00
1005hPa 0% 0% 0% 76% -16° 0% 4.4m/s 3.9m/s
06:00
1005hPa 0% 0% 0% 75% -8.7° 0% 4.7m/s 3.9m/s
07:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 72% -0.6° 0% 4.7m/s 3.9m/s
08:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 71% 6.7° 0% 5.1m/s 3.9m/s
09:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 67% 13° 0% 5.3m/s 3.8m/s
10:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 57% 19° 0% 5.7m/s 4m/s
11:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 54% 23° 0% 5.4m/s 4m/s
12:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 53% 26° 0% 5m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
1006hPa 0% 0% 0% 53% 26° 0% 4.6m/s 3.1m/s
14:00
1005hPa 0% 0% 0% 53% 23° 0% 4.5m/s 2.8m/s
15:00
1005hPa 0% 0% 0% 53% 19° 0% 4.1m/s 2.7m/s
16:00
1004hPa 4% 0% 0% 56% 14° 4% 4.2m/s 2.5m/s
17:00
1005hPa 5% 0% 0% 62% 6.9° 5% 3.4m/s 2.7m/s
18:00
1004hPa 79% 45% 0% 68% -0.3° 79% 4.5m/s 3.5m/s
19:00
1004hPa 5% 58% 0% 70% -8.5° 58% 5.3m/s 4m/s
20:00
1004hPa 5% 5% 0% 72% -16° 5% 5.9m/s 4.1m/s
21:00
1004hPa 5% 4% 0% 74% -23° 5% 6.6m/s 4.7m/s
22:00
1003hPa 26% 6% 0% 73% -29° 26% 7.3m/s 5.2m/s
23:00
1003hPa 36% 8% 0% 72% -34° 36% 7.5m/s 5.4m/s
Sat, Mar 7 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 18:02
24:00
1002hPa 77% 77% 0% 70% -36° 77% 8.2m/s 5.8m/s
01:00
1002hPa 99% 94% 2% 67% -36° 99% 9.2m/s 5.7m/s
02:00
1002hPa 100% 100% 3% 65% -34° 100% 9.7m/s 5.4m/s
03:00
1001hPa 91% 43% 5% 64% -29° 91% 11m/s 6m/s
04:00
1001hPa 87% 5% 3% 64% -23° 87% 9.9m/s 5.4m/s
05:00
1002hPa 39% 0% 2% 63% -16° 39% 9.5m/s 5.6m/s
06:00
1001hPa 64% 0% 0% 64% -8.4° 64% 11m/s 5.7m/s
07:00
1003hPa 76% 0% 0% 62% -0.02° 76% 9.1m/s 4.9m/s
08:00
1004hPa 88% 0% 0% 61% 7.1° 88% 7.6m/s 4.1m/s
09:00
1006hPa 100% 0% 0% 60% 14° 100% 6.1m/s 3.4m/s
10:00
1006hPa 97% 0% 0% 64% 20° 97% 5.3m/s 3.5m/s
11:00
1006hPa 93% 0% 0% 68% 24° 93% 4.4m/s 3.6m/s
12:00
1007hPa 90% 0% 0% 72% 26° 90% 3.5m/s 3.7m/s
13:00
1007hPa 61% 0% 0% 73% 26° 61% 3.8m/s 3.9m/s
14:00
1007hPa 33% 0% 0% 75% 24° 33% 4.1m/s 4m/s
15:00
1007hPa 5% 0% 0% 76% 20° 5% 4.4m/s 4.2m/s
16:00
1006hPa 5% 0% 0% 76% 14° 5% 4.3m/s 4.1m/s
17:00
1006hPa 5% 0% 0% 75% 7.2° 5% 4.3m/s 4.1m/s
18:00
1006hPa 5% 0% 0% 74% 0.11° 5% 4.2m/s 4.1m/s
19:00
1005hPa 3% 0% 0% 73% -8.2° 3% 4.5m/s 4.3m/s
20:00
1005hPa 2% 0% 0% 73% -16° 2% 4.8m/s 4.5m/s
21:00
1004hPa 0% 0% 0% 72% -23° 0% 5m/s 4.7m/s
22:00
1004hPa 0% 0% 0% 70% -29° 0% 4.8m/s 4.5m/s
23:00
1003hPa 0% 0% 0% 68% -34° 0% 4.6m/s 4.3m/s
Sun, Mar 8 Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 18:05
24:00
1003hPa 0% 0% 0% 66% -36° 0% 4.4m/s 4.2m/s
01:00
1002hPa 1% 0% 3% 64% -36° 1% 4.5m/s 4.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

Get Notified of Opportunities

Create your own custom alerts for this location and more.

Create Free Account