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Rule Cloudscapes

Isle of Lewis - Cloudscapes - Scotland

Stornoway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
Next opportunity
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Isle of Lewis
Thu, Jan 15 · 17:00–18:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
40%
Striking Cloud Drama
Isle of Lewis
Sun, Jan 18 · 13:00–14:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Isle of Lewis
Sun, Jan 18 · 14:00–15:00
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset
Isle of Lewis
Mon, Jan 19 · 15:00–16:00
Low
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Isle of Lewis
Mon, Jan 19 · 16:00–17:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Dusk
Isle of Lewis
Mon, Jan 19 · 17:00–18:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Isle of Lewis
Tue, Jan 20 · 15:00–17:00
Low
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 72 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
Sun, Jan 11
18:0016%100%100%98%6220m
19:0016%100%65%100%50000m
20:0016%100%100%100%26520m
21:0016%100%100%100%10580m
22:0016%100%100%100%14660m
23:0016%100%100%100%50000m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0017%100%0%33%50000m
01:008.4%100%6%0%20160m
02:0018%100%100%100%6320m
03:0017%100%100%100%9040m
04:0017%90%100%100%21240m
05:0013%100%4%100%23560m
06:0021%100%0%97%21100m
07:0020%100%3%0%21300m
08:0041%100%0%0%24440m
09:0074%84%10%53%23740m
10:0069%100%100%0%13340m
11:0029%0%0%0%50000m
12:0068%99%100%0%28740m
13:0038%100%0%0%14920m
14:0078%10%15%2%15600m
15:0036%87%0%0%24780m
16:0032%100%0%0%50000m
17:0066%100%100%100%10920m
18:0019%100%83%100%17640m
19:0015%100%43%3%16700m
20:0016%0%0%43%18680m
21:0025%3%0%32%14900m
22:0022%63%0%97%16600m
23:0027%1%0%70%50000m
Tue, Jan 13
24:0025%73%0%0%50000m
01:0021%100%0%0%50000m
02:0033%11%0%28%15740m
03:0031%72%0%17%50000m
04:0022%100%0%62%50000m
05:0020%0%0%79%11700m
06:0013%100%0%99%3100m
07:0016%100%62%100%4060m
08:0040%0%21%100%9740m
09:0080%8%25%73%2990m
10:0062%18%72%74%4010m
11:0064%19%98%100%12860m
12:0049%9%100%100%1100m
13:0060%0%99%100%19840m
14:0074%45%100%100%17940m
15:0072%35%100%100%17140m
16:0072%41%91%100%26180m
17:0086%1%44%10%22420m
18:0027%0%47%0%36880m
19:0031%20%12%0%33360m
20:0020%31%0%0%940m
21:0023%55%0%0%360m
22:0025%36%2%0%680m
23:0014%11%0%0%2260m
Wed, Jan 14
24:007.9%7%1%0%5080m
01:003%3%4%0%10660m
02:003%7%0%0%22120m
03:0011%49%0%0%41120m
04:005.1%88%0%0%45920m
05:0011%100%25%0%45920m
06:0011%98%88%0%39280m
07:0018%90%90%16%45900m
08:0053%81%51%65%45900m
09:0059%100%52%98%45900m
10:0059%55%14%93%45880m
11:0046%43%2%0%41080m
12:0046%96%0%55%41080m
13:0065%100%28%51%45880m
14:0062%85%45%96%45880m
15:0062%71%73%100%49640m
16:0062%100%100%100%14200m
17:0058%100%100%100%16880m
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
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 09:05 Sunset 16:01
19:00
978hPa 100% 65% 96% 91% 100% 16m/s 9.1m/s
20:00
976hPa 100% 100% 98% 92% 100% 15m/s 7.8m/s
21:00
974hPa 100% 100% 100% 92% 100% 14m/s 8.2m/s
22:00
972hPa 100% 100% 100% 92% 100% 15m/s 8.8m/s
23:00
971hPa 100% 100% 100% 92% 100% 19m/s 9.9m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 09:04 Sunset 16:03
24:00
968hPa 33% 0% 100% 87% 100% 22m/s 13m/s
01:00
967hPa 0% 6% 94% 90% 100% 22m/s 12m/s
02:00
969hPa 100% 100% 87% 87% 100% 29m/s 16m/s
03:00
971hPa 100% 100% 80% 87% 100% 28m/s 15m/s
04:00
973hPa 100% 100% 76% 81% 100% 25m/s 12m/s
05:00
974hPa 100% 4% 73% 78% 100% 21m/s 11m/s
06:00
975hPa 97% 0% 69% 81% 100% 19m/s 10m/s
07:00
976hPa 0% 3% 64% 80% 100% 18m/s 9.9m/s
08:00
976hPa 0% 0% 59% 77% 100% 17m/s 9.5m/s
09:00
977hPa 53% 10% 55% 77% 93% 17m/s 9.7m/s
10:00
977hPa 0% 100% 53% 85% 100% 17m/s 8.9m/s
11:00
977hPa 0% 0% 52% 83% 0% 16m/s 9.4m/s
12:00
977hPa 0% 100% 51% 84% 100% 19m/s 11m/s
13:00
976hPa 0% 0% 48% 88% 100% 19m/s 10m/s
14:00
977hPa 2% 15% 43% 87% 25% 18m/s 8m/s
15:00
978hPa 0% 0% 41% 76% 87% 16m/s 9.2m/s
16:00
978hPa 0% 0% 42% 76% 100% 16m/s 9.4m/s
17:00
978hPa 100% 100% 45% 81% 100% 18m/s 11m/s
18:00
979hPa 100% 83% 47% 91% 100% 18m/s 9.2m/s
19:00
981hPa 3% 43% 49% 86% 100% 16m/s 9.1m/s
20:00
982hPa 43% 0% 51% 84% 43% 16m/s 8.7m/s
21:00
984hPa 32% 0% 51% 88% 34% 15m/s 7.5m/s
22:00
986hPa 97% 0% 49% 86% 99% 14m/s 6.6m/s
23:00
987hPa 70% 0% 46% 83% 70% 13m/s 6.1m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 09:03 Sunset 16:05
24:00
988hPa 0% 0% 43% 81% 73% 10m/s 5.8m/s
01:00
989hPa 0% 0% 40% 80% 100% 10m/s 4.6m/s
02:00
991hPa 28% 0% 37% 87% 36% 7.6m/s 2.9m/s
03:00
992hPa 17% 0% 33% 92% 77% 4.4m/s 2.7m/s
04:00
992hPa 62% 0% 27% 93% 100% 4.5m/s 2.7m/s
05:00
993hPa 79% 0% 20% 94% 79% 4.1m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
994hPa 99% 0% 16% 97% 100% 1.7m/s 1m/s
07:00
995hPa 100% 62% 17% 96% 100% 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
995hPa 100% 21% 20% 94% 100% 2.6m/s 1.8m/s
09:00
996hPa 73% 25% 22% 95% 73% 3.9m/s 2.5m/s
10:00
997hPa 74% 72% 22% 95% 86% 3m/s 1.9m/s
11:00
997hPa 100% 98% 20% 92% 100% 2.5m/s 1.5m/s
12:00
997hPa 100% 100% 20% 90% 100% 2.5m/s 1.3m/s
13:00
997hPa 100% 99% 22% 90% 100% 2.5m/s 1.1m/s
14:00
997hPa 100% 100% 25% 87% 100% 2.2m/s 1m/s
15:00
997hPa 100% 100% 27% 90% 100% 2.1m/s 1.2m/s
16:00
997hPa 100% 91% 29% 90% 100% 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
17:00
997hPa 10% 44% 30% 91% 46% 2.4m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
997hPa 0% 47% 29% 91% 47% 2.2m/s 1.4m/s
19:00
997hPa 0% 12% 24% 91% 29% 2m/s 0.83m/s
20:00
996hPa 0% 0% 18% 94% 31% 1.4m/s 0.85m/s
21:00
996hPa 0% 0% 12% 95% 55% 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
22:00
996hPa 0% 2% 9% 90% 36% 3.7m/s 2.4m/s
23:00
996hPa 0% 0% 7% 87% 11% 5.3m/s 3.3m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 09:02 Sunset 16:07
24:00
996hPa 0% 1% 6% 84% 8% 5.4m/s 3.2m/s
01:00
996hPa 0% 4% 8% 85% 6% 5.7m/s 3.5m/s
02:00
995hPa 0% 0% 12% 84% 7% 5.7m/s 3.3m/s
03:00
995hPa 0% 0% 14% 83% 49% 5.4m/s 3.2m/s
04:00
995hPa 0% 0% 11% 82% 88% 5.4m/s 3.1m/s
05:00
995hPa 0% 25% 6% 79% 100% 5.2m/s 3m/s
06:00
995hPa 0% 88% 2% 77% 98% 5.2m/s 2.9m/s
07:00
995hPa 16% 90% 1% 77% 94% 4.9m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
996hPa 65% 51% 1% 79% 94% 5.1m/s 3m/s
09:00
996hPa 98% 52% 2% 79% 100% 5.8m/s 3.5m/s
10:00
996hPa 93% 14% 4% 78% 97% 6m/s 2.9m/s
11:00
996hPa 0% 2% 6% 81% 43% 4.8m/s 2.9m/s
12:00
995hPa 55% 0% 10% 80% 98% 5.2m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
995hPa 51% 28% 16% 76% 100% 5.5m/s 3.2m/s
14:00
994hPa 96% 45% 24% 71% 99% 6.6m/s 3.7m/s
15:00
994hPa 100% 73% 31% 70% 100% 6.4m/s 4m/s
16:00
993hPa 100% 100% 37% 75% 100% 8.2m/s 5m/s
17:00
993hPa 100% 100% 42% 75% 100% 10m/s 6.1m/s
18:00
992hPa 100% 100% 47% 82% 100% 13m/s 7.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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