Rule
Cloudscapes
Orkney Islands - Cloudscapes - Scotland
Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography
Currently
Real-time conditionsCloud Cover6%
Wind Gusts8.2m/s
Precipitation Chance79%
Air Pressure1004.8hPa
Upcoming Opportunities
When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
Times shown in Europe/London
Next opportunity
Striking Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Sun, Feb 15 · 09:00–10:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
57%
☁️Cloud Drama Score80.9%
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind Gusts: 15.7m/s
Precipitation Chance: 39%
Air Pressure: 987.4hPa
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Sun, Feb 15 · 10:00–11:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:100%
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Orkney Islands
Mon, Feb 16 · 07:00–08:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:76.8%
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Mon, Feb 16 · 13:00–14:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:88.4%
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Mon, Feb 16 · 14:00–15:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:84.5%
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Sat, Feb 21 · 13:00–14:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:85.8%
Low
Striking Cloud Drama
Orkney Islands
Sat, Feb 21 · 14:00–15:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:81.9%
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hourOR 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, Feb 13 | |||||
| 18:00 | 45% | 5% | 13% | 0% | 21960m |
| 19:00 | 14% | 5% | 2.2% | 0% | 24135m |
| 20:00 | 14% | 5% | 31% | 0% | 24134m |
| 21:00 | 15% | 5% | 89% | 0% | 23530m |
| 22:00 | 13% | 5% | 97% | 0% | 13767m |
| 23:00 | 15% | 5% | 51% | 0% | 23995m |
| Sat, Feb 14 | |||||
| 24:00 | 13% | 5% | 100% | 0% | 13908m |
| 01:00 | 15% | 5% | 100% | 0% | 15246m |
| 02:00 | 15% | 7.5% | 100% | 0% | 17867m |
| 03:00 | 13% | 11% | 100% | 0% | 17291m |
| 04:00 | 12% | 17% | 100% | 0% | 15950m |
| 05:00 | 14% | 6.6% | 100% | 0% | 15735m |
| 06:00 | 15% | 5% | 70% | 0% | 13569m |
| 07:00 | 12% | 5% | 0.1% | 0% | 24098m |
| 08:00 | 13% | 3.7% | 0% | 0% | 24135m |
| 09:00 | 18% | 0.2% | 0% | 3.2% | 24134m |
| 10:00 | 16% | 1.3% | 0% | 0.7% | 24135m |
| 11:00 | 15% | 4.6% | 0% | 0% | 24134m |
| 12:00 | 29% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 24135m |
| 13:00 | 83% | 3.1% | 13% | 62% | 24134m |
| 14:00 | 75% | 92% | 71% | 51% | 24135m |
| 15:00 | 62% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 24135m |
| 16:00 | 60% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 17:00 | 56% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24135m |
| 18:00 | 52% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 19:00 | 0% | 83% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 20:00 | 0% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 21:00 | 0% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 22:00 | 0% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 23:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| Sun, Feb 15 | |||||
| 24:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24134m |
| 01:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 61% | 24134m |
| 02:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 24135m |
| 03:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 10288m |
| 04:00 | 0.2% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 855m |
| 05:00 | 1.4% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 322m |
| 06:00 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 4795m |
| 07:00 | 66% | 100% | 100% | 88% | 19271m |
| 08:00 | 72% | 100% | 100% | 2.1% | 484m |
| 09:00 | 81% | 71% | 100% | 5% | 24135m |
| 10:00 | 100% | 25% | 44% | 5% | 24134m |
| 11:00 | 48% | 5.4% | 0% | 5% | 24134m |
| 12:00 | 36% | 5% | 0% | 4.3% | 24135m |
| 13:00 | 29% | 5% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 24135m |
| 14:00 | 32% | 6.9% | 5% | 0.2% | 24134m |
| 15:00 | 26% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 24135m |
| 16:00 | 44% | 5% | 95% | 0% | 24135m |
| 17:00 | 66% | 56% | 100% | 2.9% | 24135m |
| 18:00 | 64% | 75% | 100% | 5% | 24135m |
| 19:00 | 8.5% | 88% | 100% | 5% | 24134m |
| 20:00 | 6.1% | 100% | 96% | 5% | 23172m |
| 21:00 | 6.2% | 99% | 99% | 5% | 24134m |
| 22:00 | 1.6% | 93% | 91% | 5% | 24135m |
| 23:00 | 3.7% | 95% | 100% | 5% | 24135m |
| Mon, Feb 16 | |||||
| 24:00 | 8.6% | 29% | 79% | 5% | 24135m |
| 01:00 | 0% | 52% | 84% | 35% | 22096m |
| 02:00 | 0% | 76% | 90% | 65% | 20057m |
| 03:00 | 0% | 100% | 95% | 95% | 18019m |
| 04:00 | 0% | 99% | 80% | 77% | 15089m |
| 05:00 | 0% | 99% | 65% | 59% | 12160m |
| 06:00 | 0% | 98% | 50% | 41% | 9230m |
| 07:00 | 77% | 99% | 33% | 27% | 14198m |
| 08:00 | 85% | 99% | 17% | 14% | 19167m |
| 09:00 | 31% | 100% | 0.2% | 0% | 24135m |
| 10:00 | 48% | 72% | 0.13% | 0% | 24135m |
| 11:00 | 57% | 44% | 0.07% | 0% | 24135m |
| 12:00 | 44% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 24135m |
| 13:00 | 88% | 44% | 32% | 0% | 23493m |
| 14:00 | 85% | 72% | 65% | 0% | 22851m |
| 15:00 | 57% | 99% | 97% | 0% | 22209m |
| 16:00 | 60% | 99% | 93% | 0% | 22851m |
| 17:00 | 60% | 99% | 88% | 0% | 23493m |
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 scoreThis 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, Feb 13
Sunrise 07:51
Sunset 17:01 | |||||||||
| 19:00 ☾ | 1005hPa | 0% | 2% | 79% | 53% | -16° | 6% | 8.2m/s | 7.8m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 1005hPa | 0% | 31% | 74% | 56% | -23° | 31% | 7.4m/s | 7.2m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 1006hPa | 0% | 89% | 69% | 59% | -30° | 89% | 6.8m/s | 6.4m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 1007hPa | 0% | 97% | 66% | 58% | -37° | 97% | 5.4m/s | 5m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 1007hPa | 0% | 51% | 64% | 55% | -41° | 51% | 5.2m/s | 5.1m/s |
| Sat, Feb 14
Sunrise 07:49
Sunset 17:03 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 1008hPa | 0% | 100% | 62% | 62% | -44° | 100% | 5.7m/s | 5.8m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 1009hPa | 0% | 100% | 74% | 63% | -44° | 100% | 5.2m/s | 4.9m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 1009hPa | 0% | 100% | 87% | 62% | -41° | 100% | 5.1m/s | 4.6m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 1010hPa | 0% | 100% | 100% | 63% | -36° | 100% | 5m/s | 4.5m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 1010hPa | 0% | 100% | 100% | 63% | -29° | 100% | 5m/s | 4.7m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 1011hPa | 0% | 100% | 100% | 63% | -22° | 100% | 4.5m/s | 4.4m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 1011hPa | 0% | 70% | 100% | 65% | -14° | 70% | 3.7m/s | 3.9m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 1012hPa | 0% | 0% | 83% | 62% | -6.8° | 5% | 2.6m/s | 2.8m/s |
| 08:00 | 1012hPa | 0% | 0% | 67% | 58% | 0.87° | 4% | 1.7m/s | 1.8m/s |
| 09:00 | 1013hPa | 3% | 0% | 50% | 57% | 7° | 3% | 1.6m/s | 1.5m/s |
| 10:00 | 1013hPa | 1% | 0% | 50% | 58% | 12° | 1% | 3.1m/s | 2.8m/s |
| 11:00 | 1013hPa | 0% | 0% | 50% | 58% | 16° | 5% | 3.5m/s | 3.4m/s |
| 12:00 | 1012hPa | 5% | 0% | 50% | 61% | 18° | 5% | 3.4m/s | 3.7m/s |
| 13:00 | 1012hPa | 62% | 12% | 33% | 65% | 18° | 62% | 5.2m/s | 5.3m/s |
| 14:00 | 1012hPa | 51% | 71% | 17% | 66% | 16° | 92% | 6.1m/s | 5.6m/s |
| 15:00 | 1011hPa | 99% | 100% | 0% | 65% | 12° | 100% | 7m/s | 6.5m/s |
| 16:00 | 1010hPa | 100% | 100% | 0% | 65% | 6.3° | 100% | 7.8m/s | 7.4m/s |
| 17:00 | 1010hPa | 100% | 100% | 0% | 66% | 0.17° | 100% | 8.6m/s | 8.2m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 1009hPa | 100% | 100% | 0% | 66% | -7.6° | 100% | 10m/s | 10m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 1007hPa | 100% | 100% | 18% | 67% | -15° | 100% | 12m/s | 11m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 1006hPa | 100% | 100% | 37% | 68% | -23° | 100% | 13m/s | 13m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 1005hPa | 100% | 100% | 55% | 68% | -30° | 100% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 1003hPa | 100% | 100% | 70% | 68% | -36° | 100% | 16m/s | 14m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 1002hPa | 100% | 100% | 85% | 67% | -41° | 100% | 17m/s | 15m/s |
| Sun, Feb 15
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 17:06 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 1001hPa | 100% | 100% | 100% | 69% | -44° | 100% | 17m/s | 15m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 999hPa | 60% | 100% | 98% | 70% | -43° | 100% | 17m/s | 15m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 998hPa | 100% | 100% | 96% | 73% | -41° | 100% | 19m/s | 16m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 996hPa | 100% | 100% | 95% | 81% | -36° | 100% | 21m/s | 17m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 994hPa | 100% | 100% | 95% | 96% | -29° | 100% | 21m/s | 18m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 992hPa | 100% | 100% | 95% | 96% | -22° | 100% | 20m/s | 18m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 990hPa | 98% | 100% | 96% | 92% | -14° | 100% | 19m/s | 18m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 989hPa | 88% | 100% | 77% | 83% | -6.5° | 100% | 17m/s | 15m/s |
| 08:00 | 988hPa | 2% | 100% | 58% | 94% | 1.1° | 100% | 16m/s | 13m/s |
| 09:00 | 987hPa | 5% | 100% | 39% | 83% | 7.3° | 100% | 16m/s | 12m/s |
| 10:00 | 987hPa | 5% | 44% | 38% | 83% | 13° | 44% | 15m/s | 12m/s |
| 11:00 | 987hPa | 5% | 0% | 38% | 83% | 16° | 5% | 14m/s | 11m/s |
| 12:00 | 987hPa | 4% | 0% | 38% | 82% | 18° | 5% | 15m/s | 11m/s |
| 13:00 | 987hPa | 2% | 1% | 25% | 79% | 18° | 5% | 14m/s | 10m/s |
| 14:00 | 986hPa | 0% | 5% | 13% | 80% | 16° | 7% | 13m/s | 9.5m/s |
| 15:00 | 986hPa | 0% | 5% | 0% | 80% | 12° | 5% | 12m/s | 9m/s |
| 16:00 | 985hPa | 0% | 95% | 13% | 81% | 6.6° | 95% | 11m/s | 8.2m/s |
| 17:00 | 984hPa | 3% | 100% | 26% | 84% | 0.42° | 100% | 10m/s | 8.5m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 984hPa | 5% | 100% | 39% | 86% | -7.3° | 100% | 9.9m/s | 8.9m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 984hPa | 5% | 100% | 36% | 84% | -15° | 100% | 11m/s | 9m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 983hPa | 5% | 96% | 33% | 84% | -23° | 100% | 10m/s | 9.4m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 983hPa | 5% | 98% | 30% | 84% | -30° | 100% | 9.2m/s | 7.7m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 982hPa | 5% | 90% | 36% | 84% | -36° | 92% | 9.1m/s | 7.9m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 982hPa | 5% | 100% | 43% | 85% | -41° | 100% | 8.1m/s | 7.8m/s |
| Mon, Feb 16
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 17:08 | |||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 981hPa | 5% | 79% | 49% | 83% | -43° | 79% | 7.5m/s | 7m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 984hPa | 35% | 84% | 49% | 85% | -43° | 86% | 9.3m/s | 8.9m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 986hPa | 65% | 90% | 49% | 86% | -40° | 93% | 11m/s | 11m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 988hPa | 95% | 95% | 49% | 87% | -35° | 100% | 13m/s | 13m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 989hPa | 77% | 80% | 58% | 85% | -29° | 99% | 14m/s | 14m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 991hPa | 59% | 65% | 66% | 82% | -22° | 99% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 993hPa | 41% | 50% | 75% | 80% | -14° | 98% | 16m/s | 15m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 994hPa | 27% | 33% | 69% | 72% | -6.1° | 99% | 15m/s | 15m/s |
| 08:00 | 995hPa | 14% | 17% | 64% | 63% | 1.4° | 99% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
| 09:00 | 996hPa | 0% | 0% | 59% | 54% | 7.7° | 100% | 15m/s | 13m/s |
| 10:00 | 997hPa | 0% | 0% | 68% | 61% | 13° | 72% | 14m/s | 13m/s |
| 11:00 | 997hPa | 0% | 0% | 76% | 68% | 17° | 44% | 13m/s | 13m/s |
| 12:00 | 998hPa | 0% | 0% | 84% | 74% | 19° | 17% | 12m/s | 13m/s |
| 13:00 | 1000hPa | 0% | 32% | 79% | 72% | 19° | 44% | 14m/s | 13m/s |
| 14:00 | 1002hPa | 0% | 65% | 74% | 69% | 16° | 72% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
| 15:00 | 1003hPa | 0% | 97% | 69% | 67% | 12° | 99% | 17m/s | 15m/s |
| 16:00 | 1004hPa | 0% | 93% | 74% | 64% | 6.9° | 99% | 16m/s | 15m/s |
| 17:00 | 1005hPa | 0% | 88% | 79% | 60% | 0.67° | 99% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 1007hPa | 0% | 83% | 84% | 57% | -7° | 100% | 15m/s | 14m/s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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