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Rule Cloudscapes

Scottish Highlands - Cloudscapes - Scotland

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 at Sunrise
Scottish Highlands
Mon, Jan 19 · 08:00–10:00 · 2h window
Low confidence
31%
Striking Cloud Drama
Scottish Highlands
Mon, Jan 19 · 10:00–11:00
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama
Scottish Highlands
Mon, Jan 19 · 14:00–15:00
Low
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Scottish Highlands
Mon, Jan 19 · 15:00–16:00
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama
Scottish Highlands
Fri, Jan 23 · 12:00–15:00
Low
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Scottish Highlands
Fri, Jan 23 · 15:00–17:00
Low
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Scottish Highlands
Sat, Jan 24 · 09:00–10:00
Medium
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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
17:0062%100%36%100%2100m
18:0011%100%1%100%360m
19:0016%100%100%100%520m
20:0017%100%100%100%2000m
21:0016%100%99%100%2200m
22:0016%100%100%100%2800m
23:0018%69%3%47%3740m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0019%99%4%0%19200m
01:0028%99%16%1%5180m
02:0016%100%2%0%3220m
03:0016%100%100%100%2140m
04:0018%100%100%97%2280m
05:0017%28%0%0%3480m
06:0015%4%0%0%9240m
07:0015%99%0%0%12740m
08:0074%70%0%0%9080m
09:0048%100%0%3%2720m
10:0053%100%1%8%3520m
11:0057%100%1%5%2940m
12:0035%100%0%0%4840m
13:0034%100%0%0%4280m
14:0045%100%0%3%2060m
15:0067%100%16%0%2900m
16:0073%100%100%100%2660m
17:0037%100%0%0%3360m
18:0018%100%0%0%2340m
19:0019%100%0%0%4280m
20:0019%100%0%0%9200m
21:0017%100%0%0%12440m
22:0011%0%0%0%11880m
23:0021%100%0%3%50000m
Tue, Jan 13
24:0021%100%0%70%50000m
01:0024%100%0%44%5300m
02:0023%100%3%31%1900m
03:0013%100%0%0%2100m
04:0016%100%0%4%2180m
05:0028%100%46%16%2340m
06:0018%99%36%1%2640m
07:0023%2%42%35%3220m
08:009.8%0%4%0%6720m
09:0059%25%26%97%5540m
10:0059%20%52%100%26620m
11:0059%56%79%100%13865m
12:0055%88%100%100%3000m
13:0055%100%100%100%2520m
14:0060%100%100%100%700m
15:0069%100%100%100%1260m
16:0074%100%100%100%1520m
17:0065%100%100%100%1440m
18:0025%100%100%100%1200m
19:0027%100%100%99%960m
20:0028%100%100%100%1000m
21:0027%100%100%100%900m
22:0027%100%100%91%1080m
23:0032%100%100%29%4040m
Wed, Jan 14
24:0020%100%0%0%15860m
01:004.5%100%0%0%26480m
02:004.5%100%0%0%21840m
03:004.5%100%0%0%16700m
04:004.5%100%0%0%1120m
05:004.5%100%0%0%18080m
06:004.5%98%0%0%28280m
07:004.5%97%0%0%28680m
08:0055%66%0%4%43440m
09:0097%22%0%24%44660m
10:0070%9%0%49%44620m
11:0021%4%0%93%44620m
12:0033%47%0%93%49580m
13:0020%95%0%0%46120m
14:0024%85%0%0%44340m
15:0060%5%0%19%49620m
16:0059%100%13%99%19280m
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 08:47 Sunset 16:00
19:00
918hPa 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 18m/s 9.8m/s
20:00
916hPa 100% 100% 100% 98% 100% 19m/s 10m/s
21:00
914hPa 100% 99% 100% 98% 100% 19m/s 10m/s
22:00
914hPa 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 21m/s 9.8m/s
23:00
914hPa 47% 3% 100% 96% 84% 21m/s 9.9m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 08:46 Sunset 16:02
24:00
914hPa 0% 4% 100% 94% 99% 22m/s 11m/s
01:00
915hPa 1% 16% 98% 95% 100% 21m/s 11m/s
02:00
916hPa 0% 2% 96% 96% 100% 20m/s 10m/s
03:00
916hPa 100% 100% 92% 97% 100% 19m/s 9.6m/s
04:00
917hPa 97% 100% 86% 98% 100% 18m/s 7.6m/s
05:00
917hPa 0% 0% 80% 97% 28% 16m/s 7m/s
06:00
918hPa 0% 0% 73% 93% 4% 17m/s 8.9m/s
07:00
918hPa 0% 0% 67% 94% 99% 18m/s 8.7m/s
08:00
919hPa 0% 0% 61% 93% 70% 17m/s 8.7m/s
09:00
919hPa 3% 0% 55% 98% 100% 17m/s 7.7m/s
10:00
919hPa 8% 1% 48% 96% 100% 16m/s 8.4m/s
11:00
919hPa 5% 1% 41% 97% 100% 17m/s 8.8m/s
12:00
919hPa 0% 0% 35% 95% 100% 18m/s 9.3m/s
13:00
919hPa 0% 0% 32% 96% 100% 18m/s 9.3m/s
14:00
918hPa 3% 0% 30% 99% 100% 18m/s 8.5m/s
15:00
919hPa 0% 16% 29% 97% 100% 17m/s 8.2m/s
16:00
919hPa 100% 100% 30% 97% 100% 16m/s 7.6m/s
17:00
920hPa 0% 0% 32% 97% 100% 16m/s 8m/s
18:00
920hPa 0% 0% 33% 98% 100% 15m/s 5.5m/s
19:00
921hPa 0% 0% 31% 96% 100% 11m/s 5.2m/s
20:00
922hPa 0% 0% 27% 93% 100% 11m/s 6.1m/s
21:00
923hPa 0% 0% 24% 90% 100% 12m/s 6.1m/s
22:00
924hPa 0% 0% 22% 90% 0% 11m/s 5.2m/s
23:00
924hPa 3% 0% 21% 90% 100% 9.4m/s 4.8m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 08:45 Sunset 16:04
24:00
925hPa 70% 0% 20% 92% 100% 8.6m/s 4.6m/s
01:00
926hPa 44% 0% 19% 95% 100% 8.4m/s 4.2m/s
02:00
926hPa 31% 3% 19% 100% 100% 7.8m/s 3.9m/s
03:00
928hPa 0% 0% 18% 99% 100% 7.2m/s 3.2m/s
04:00
928hPa 4% 0% 17% 99% 100% 6m/s 2.8m/s
05:00
929hPa 16% 46% 16% 98% 100% 5.2m/s 2.6m/s
06:00
929hPa 1% 36% 16% 98% 100% 4.5m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
930hPa 35% 42% 19% 97% 63% 3.2m/s 2m/s
08:00
930hPa 0% 4% 22% 95% 4% 3.1m/s 1.9m/s
09:00
931hPa 97% 26% 25% 96% 97% 2.8m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
931hPa 100% 52% 25% 95% 100% 2.8m/s 1.7m/s
11:00
931hPa 100% 79% 24% 97% 100% 2.6m/s 1.1m/s
12:00
931hPa 100% 100% 24% 99% 100% 2.7m/s 1.5m/s
13:00
930hPa 100% 100% 29% 100% 100% 3.1m/s 1.6m/s
14:00
930hPa 100% 100% 35% 99% 100% 3.4m/s 1.8m/s
15:00
929hPa 100% 100% 39% 100% 100% 4.4m/s 2.4m/s
16:00
929hPa 100% 100% 39% 99% 100% 5.4m/s 2.9m/s
17:00
928hPa 100% 100% 36% 100% 100% 5.4m/s 2.7m/s
18:00
928hPa 100% 100% 33% 100% 100% 5.3m/s 2.6m/s
19:00
928hPa 99% 100% 31% 100% 100% 5.1m/s 2.5m/s
20:00
927hPa 100% 100% 28% 100% 100% 5.2m/s 2.7m/s
21:00
927hPa 100% 100% 25% 100% 100% 5.6m/s 3m/s
22:00
927hPa 91% 100% 21% 100% 100% 6.2m/s 2.9m/s
23:00
927hPa 29% 100% 16% 100% 100% 6.1m/s 3.3m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 08:44 Sunset 16:05
24:00
927hPa 0% 0% 12% 99% 100% 7m/s 3.3m/s
01:00
927hPa 0% 0% 9% 98% 100% 7.2m/s 3.6m/s
02:00
927hPa 0% 0% 6% 99% 100% 8.4m/s 4.5m/s
03:00
928hPa 0% 0% 4% 99% 100% 8.6m/s 4.2m/s
04:00
928hPa 0% 0% 3% 100% 100% 8.1m/s 3.9m/s
05:00
928hPa 0% 0% 2% 98% 100% 7.7m/s 3.7m/s
06:00
928hPa 0% 0% 2% 97% 98% 7.1m/s 3.4m/s
07:00
929hPa 0% 0% 1% 96% 97% 7.3m/s 3.9m/s
08:00
930hPa 4% 0% 0% 95% 68% 7.5m/s 3.6m/s
09:00
929hPa 24% 0% 0% 93% 41% 6.8m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
930hPa 49% 0% 0% 94% 54% 3.9m/s 1.7m/s
11:00
930hPa 93% 0% 1% 93% 93% 3.7m/s 1.4m/s
12:00
930hPa 93% 0% 2% 91% 96% 3.5m/s 1.7m/s
13:00
930hPa 0% 0% 3% 89% 95% 4m/s 1.9m/s
14:00
930hPa 0% 0% 5% 88% 85% 5.1m/s 2.4m/s
15:00
930hPa 19% 0% 8% 91% 23% 4.8m/s 2.4m/s
16:00
929hPa 99% 13% 13% 93% 100% 5.4m/s 2.6m/s
17:00
929hPa 98% 23% 19% 94% 100% 6.4m/s 3.3m/s
18:00
929hPa 98% 98% 25% 93% 100% 6.8m/s 3.4m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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