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Rule Cloudscapes

Isle of Skye - Cloudscapes - Scotland

Portree, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover67%
Wind Gusts1.8m/s
Precipitation Chance1%
Air Pressure989.9hPa

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
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Next opportunity
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Isle of Skye
Tomorrow · 22:00–23:00 · 1h window
High confidence
74%
☁️Cloud Drama Score91.3%
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind Gusts: 7.6m/s
Precipitation Chance: 71%
Air Pressure: 981.9hPa
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Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Isle of Skye
Tue, May 19 · 20:00–23:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:79.3-88.2%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama
Isle of Skye
Tue, May 19 · 23:00–24:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:78%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama
Isle of Skye
Thu, May 21 · 17:00–18:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:81.4%
Low
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Striking Cloud Drama
Isle of Skye
Sat, May 23 · 08:00–09:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:76.7%
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 86 hoursJump to next match
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
Fri, May 15
05:0041%100%0%1.9%24135m
06:0044%100%0%4.8%24134m
07:0040%100%0%1.7%23710m
08:0045%99%4.2%8.9%24134m
09:0037%99%2%5%24134m
10:0034%98%0.2%5%24134m
11:0030%99%0.2%5%7787m
12:0029%100%0%5%24134m
13:0033%82%0%0%24135m
14:0034%82%5%0%24134m
15:0027%90%1.3%0%24135m
16:0028%95%0%0%24134m
17:0031%86%0%0%24134m
18:0031%89%0%0%24135m
19:0044%85%0%0%16433m
20:0058%70%4.1%0%24134m
21:0061%67%5%0%24134m
22:0061%63%5%0%24134m
23:0054%54%5%0%24134m
Sat, May 16
24:0048%28%5%0%24134m
01:0015%23%52%0%24134m
02:0015%19%93%0%24134m
03:0052%14%90%0%24134m
04:0054%5%64%0%24134m
05:0039%5%93%0.4%24135m
06:0038%5%99%5%24135m
07:0034%6.3%100%5%24135m
08:0057%30%100%5%24135m
09:0047%90%99%5%24135m
10:0062%92%99%11%24134m
11:0049%90%100%50%24134m
12:0040%91%100%100%24135m
13:0040%99%100%100%24134m
14:0040%99%100%100%24135m
15:0041%100%100%100%24134m
16:0041%100%100%100%23704m
17:0051%100%100%100%17571m
18:0051%100%100%100%12756m
19:0062%100%99%100%15489m
20:0072%100%100%8.9%18937m
21:0066%100%100%1.3%12362m
22:0091%99%100%18%24134m
23:0069%77%80%9.2%24134m
Sun, May 17
24:0061%99%92%0%24135m
01:009.4%79%90%0%24135m
02:009.5%86%97%0%24135m
03:0061%95%100%0%24135m
04:0061%44%100%0%22783m
05:0067%13%100%0%20535m
06:0050%5%100%0%22722m
07:0047%5%100%0%17248m
08:0068%35%100%0%13131m
09:0065%5%64%0%12005m
10:0047%18%4.8%0%13777m
11:0050%35%4.8%0%13639m
12:0044%24%4.7%0%16181m
13:0028%5.6%4.7%0%24134m
14:0035%14%5%0%24134m
15:0053%52%5.1%0%14461m
16:0072%50%27%0%21972m
17:0084%65%28%0%24135m
18:0068%80%24%0%24134m
19:0040%90%6.7%0%24135m
20:0040%85%5.3%0%23652m
21:0059%73%0.2%0%24134m
22:0064%51%0%0%24135m
23:0057%55%0%0%24135m
Mon, May 18
24:0054%60%0.9%0%24134m
01:009.2%60%96%0%24135m
02:000%43%64%0%24135m
03:0073%26%32%0%24135m
04:009.6%8.5%0%0%24135m
05:0039%20%0%0%24135m
06:0046%32%0%0%24135m
07:0043%43%0%0%24135m
08:0043%32%0%0%24135m
09:0031%21%0%0%24135m
10:008.8%10%0%0%24135m
11:0041%6.9%0.23%15%24135m
12:0041%3.8%0.47%29%24135m
13:0039%0.7%0.7%44%24135m
14:0061%4.1%34%55%24135m
15:0042%7.4%67%67%24135m
16:0040%11%100%78%24135m
17:0046%37%100%85%24135m
18:0046%63%100%93%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
Fri, May 15 Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 21:39
21:00
990hPa 0% 5% 1% 75% 3.7° 67% 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
22:00
990hPa 0% 5% 1% 78% -2.8° 63% 1.5m/s 1.1m/s
23:00
990hPa 0% 5% 1% 80% -8.1° 54% 1.1m/s 0.67m/s
Sat, May 16 Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 21:39
24:00
989hPa 0% 5% 0% 82% -12° 28% 0.71m/s 0.36m/s
01:00
989hPa 0% 52% 0% 83% -13° 54% 0.61m/s 0.2m/s
02:00
988hPa 0% 93% 0% 83% -13° 93% 0.51m/s 0.26m/s
03:00
988hPa 0% 90% 0% 83% -11° 90% 0.42m/s 0.35m/s
04:00
988hPa 0% 64% 0% 84% -6.6° 64% 0.61m/s 0.53m/s
05:00
987hPa 0% 93% 0% 84% -0.74° 93% 0.81m/s 0.77m/s
06:00
987hPa 5% 99% 0% 81% 5.8° 99% 0.92m/s 0.96m/s
07:00
986hPa 5% 100% 0% 76% 13° 100% 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
08:00
986hPa 5% 100% 8% 67% 21° 100% 1.9m/s 1.4m/s
09:00
986hPa 5% 99% 17% 60% 29° 99% 1.8m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
986hPa 11% 99% 25% 56% 37° 99% 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
11:00
985hPa 50% 100% 33% 53% 44° 100% 2m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
985hPa 100% 100% 42% 51% 49° 100% 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
13:00
984hPa 100% 100% 50% 50% 52° 100% 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
14:00
984hPa 100% 100% 65% 55% 51° 100% 2.5m/s 2.3m/s
15:00
984hPa 100% 100% 80% 65% 48° 100% 2.9m/s 2.5m/s
16:00
983hPa 100% 100% 94% 78% 42° 100% 3m/s 2.1m/s
17:00
983hPa 100% 100% 96% 87% 35° 100% 2.6m/s 1.6m/s
18:00
983hPa 100% 100% 98% 92% 27° 100% 2.5m/s 1.4m/s
19:00
982hPa 100% 99% 99% 94% 19° 100% 3m/s 1.5m/s
20:00
982hPa 9% 100% 90% 96% 11° 100% 4m/s 2m/s
21:00
982hPa 1% 100% 80% 97% 3.9° 100% 6.8m/s 2.9m/s
22:00
982hPa 18% 100% 71% 92% -2.6° 100% 7.6m/s 2.9m/s
23:00
982hPa 9% 80% 77% 92% -7.8° 89% 6.6m/s 2.6m/s
Sun, May 17 Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 21:41
24:00
982hPa 0% 92% 84% 93% -11° 99% 7.5m/s 2.8m/s
01:00
981hPa 0% 90% 90% 89% -13° 90% 7.4m/s 3.4m/s
02:00
981hPa 0% 97% 92% 92% -13° 97% 7.4m/s 3m/s
03:00
981hPa 0% 100% 95% 93% -11° 100% 8.5m/s 3m/s
04:00
981hPa 0% 100% 97% 91% -6.4° 100% 8.9m/s 3.1m/s
05:00
981hPa 0% 100% 98% 93% -0.46° 100% 8m/s 3.1m/s
06:00
981hPa 0% 100% 98% 93% 100% 9m/s 2.9m/s
07:00
981hPa 0% 100% 99% 89% 13° 100% 8m/s 3m/s
08:00
981hPa 0% 100% 90% 85% 21° 100% 7.6m/s 4.1m/s
09:00
982hPa 0% 64% 81% 82% 29° 64% 7.7m/s 4.9m/s
10:00
982hPa 0% 5% 72% 77% 37° 18% 7.1m/s 5.4m/s
11:00
982hPa 0% 5% 78% 74% 44° 35% 7.3m/s 5.6m/s
12:00
982hPa 0% 5% 84% 68% 49° 24% 7.4m/s 5.6m/s
13:00
982hPa 0% 5% 90% 61% 52° 6% 7.3m/s 5.4m/s
14:00
982hPa 0% 5% 79% 58% 51° 14% 6.9m/s 5.3m/s
15:00
983hPa 0% 5% 67% 68% 48° 52% 6.5m/s 5.7m/s
16:00
983hPa 0% 27% 56% 73% 42° 50% 5.7m/s 4.9m/s
17:00
983hPa 0% 28% 56% 70% 35° 65% 4.6m/s 4m/s
18:00
983hPa 0% 24% 56% 68% 27° 80% 3.2m/s 2.7m/s
19:00
984hPa 0% 7% 56% 69% 19° 90% 2.7m/s 2.2m/s
20:00
984hPa 0% 5% 51% 78% 11° 85% 2.2m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
984hPa 0% 0% 45% 87% 4.1° 73% 2.1m/s 1.5m/s
22:00
985hPa 0% 0% 39% 91% -2.4° 51% 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
23:00
985hPa 0% 0% 33% 93% -7.6° 55% 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
Mon, May 18 Sunrise 05:00 Sunset 21:43
24:00
985hPa 0% 1% 28% 92% -11° 60% 1.1m/s 1m/s
01:00
985hPa 0% 96% 22% 92% -13° 96% 1m/s 0.98m/s
02:00
990hPa 0% 64% 25% 86% -13° 67% 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
03:00
996hPa 0% 32% 28% 80% -10° 38% 2m/s 1.7m/s
04:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 31% 74% -6.2° 8% 2.4m/s 2m/s
05:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 33% 72% -0.15° 20% 2.8m/s 2.3m/s
06:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 36% 69% 6.2° 32% 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
07:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 39% 67% 14° 43% 3.4m/s 2.8m/s
08:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 38% 66% 22° 32% 3.7m/s 2.9m/s
09:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 38% 65% 30° 21% 3.9m/s 2.9m/s
10:00
1001hPa 0% 0% 38% 64% 37° 10% 4.1m/s 3m/s
11:00
1001hPa 14% 0% 38% 64% 44° 21% 4m/s 2.9m/s
12:00
1001hPa 29% 0% 38% 64% 49° 32% 3.8m/s 2.8m/s
13:00
1000hPa 44% 1% 38% 64% 52° 44% 3.6m/s 2.7m/s
14:00
1000hPa 55% 34% 42% 66% 52° 62% 2.8m/s 2.2m/s
15:00
1000hPa 67% 67% 46% 69% 48° 81% 2m/s 1.7m/s
16:00
1000hPa 78% 100% 50% 71% 42° 100% 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
17:00
999hPa 85% 100% 39% 73% 35° 100% 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
999hPa 93% 100% 29% 75% 27° 100% 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
19:00
999hPa 100% 100% 18% 77% 19° 100% 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
20:00
998hPa 100% 100% 27% 77% 12° 100% 2.1m/s 2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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