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Scottish Highlands - Cloudscapes - Scotland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Currently

Real-time conditions
Cloud Cover95%
Wind Gusts2.0m/s
Precipitation Chance40%
Air Pressure918.6hPa

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Times shown in Europe/London
Next opportunity
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Scottish Highlands
Today · 07:00–08:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
58%
☁️Cloud Drama Score77.5%
Cloud Cover: 90%
Wind Gusts: 1.0m/s
Precipitation Chance: 71%
Air Pressure: 919.8hPa
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Dramatic Cloud Drama
Scottish Highlands
Today · 09:00–10:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:87.8%
Medium
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Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Scottish Highlands
Wed, Feb 18 · 08:00–09:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:100%
Medium
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Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset
Scottish Highlands
Wed, Feb 18 · 17:00–18:00
☁️Cloud Drama Score:84%
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
4matching hours in the next 95 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
Sun, Feb 15
01:001.1%96%100%16%264m
02:001%91%100%0%282m
03:003.6%93%11%0%218m
04:0015%64%0%0%805m
05:009.3%98%4.9%0%681m
06:0011%99%0%0%2597m
07:0033%100%0%0%164m
08:0044%91%0.1%0%1923m
09:0033%100%2.8%0%192m
10:0063%83%19%0%1497m
11:0069%95%47%6.3%1292m
12:0060%100%100%96%1327m
13:0064%94%100%100%97m
14:0060%100%100%99%87m
15:0055%100%100%100%94m
16:0063%99%100%80%64m
17:0081%100%100%10%34m
18:0059%100%100%5%40m
19:005.7%100%97%0.1%3317m
20:004.2%100%100%3.3%24134m
21:006.8%100%81%5%24135m
22:007.7%100%89%25%24134m
23:006.5%99%100%33%24135m
Mon, Feb 16
24:002.9%99%99%37%24134m
01:001.1%88%92%62%24134m
02:002.6%94%93%66%24135m
03:003.5%95%96%67%24135m
04:006.8%92%72%57%23936m
05:007.1%95%77%61%22900m
06:008.5%95%76%61%23451m
07:0078%90%34%54%23149m
08:0080%86%5.3%39%21563m
09:0088%82%70%72%23378m
10:0086%100%46%49%465m
11:0073%100%19%5.1%94m
12:0047%100%7.4%5%65m
13:0051%99%5%5%679m
14:0068%59%5%0%14459m
15:0032%5%0%0%24135m
16:0050%96%0%0%6671m
17:0075%100%15%0%130m
18:0098%67%46%0%3879m
19:0015%40%4.3%0%22140m
20:0014%100%50%0%135m
21:0014%100%97%0%80m
22:0013%100%5.6%0%129m
23:0014%98%2.1%0%252m
Tue, Feb 17
24:0015%75%0%0%8674m
01:0015%75%0%0%13926m
02:0015%89%0%0%8812m
03:0015%100%0%0%994m
04:0015%100%0%0%2393m
05:0015%83%0%0%12058m
06:0015%93%0%0%8800m
07:0044%90%0%0%4341m
08:0065%47%0%0%13920m
09:0025%5.1%0%0%24135m
10:0018%5%0%0%24135m
11:0023%4.9%0%0%24134m
12:0025%7.7%0%0%24135m
13:0062%34%0%0.1%24134m
14:0055%62%0%2.3%24135m
15:0058%38%2.7%5%24135m
16:0029%5%0%5%24135m
17:0033%5%0%5%24135m
18:0033%5%0%5%24135m
19:0015%5%0%26%24134m
20:0015%5%1%88%24135m
21:0015%5%5%99%24135m
22:0015%5%7.4%99%24135m
23:0015%5%2.8%100%24134m
Wed, Feb 18
24:007.4%3.3%5%100%24134m
01:009.7%3.3%15%100%24135m
02:009.9%3.3%20%100%24135m
03:004.4%2.9%2.8%100%24134m
04:005.6%2.9%31%100%24134m
05:0011%2.9%84%100%24134m
06:0012%2.9%94%100%24134m
07:0064%19%70%68%24134m
08:00100%36%45%37%24135m
09:00100%52%21%5%24135m
10:00100%58%16%13%24135m
11:00100%64%10%21%24135m
12:0088%70%5%29%24135m
13:0088%71%5%21%24135m
14:0082%72%5%13%24135m
15:0052%73%5%5%24135m
16:00100%50%13%32%24135m
17:0084%28%21%60%24135m
18:0049%5%29%87%24135m
19:000%5.1%21%82%24135m
20:000%5.2%12%76%24135m
21:000%5.3%4.1%71%24135m
22:000%5.2%2.7%49%24135m
23:000%5.1%1.4%27%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
Mon, Feb 16 Sunrise 07:42 Sunset 17:18
02:00
919hPa 66% 93% 40% 94% -42° 95% 2m/s 1.8m/s
03:00
919hPa 67% 96% 20% 95% -37° 96% 2.1m/s 1.8m/s
04:00
919hPa 57% 72% 33% 94% -30° 92% 1.8m/s 1.6m/s
05:00
919hPa 61% 77% 46% 94% -22° 95% 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
06:00
919hPa 61% 76% 58% 95% -14° 95% 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
07:00
920hPa 54% 34% 71% 95% -6.2° 90% 1m/s 0.93m/s
08:00
920hPa 39% 5% 83% 94% 1.8° 86% 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
09:00
921hPa 72% 70% 95% 93% 8.5° 84% 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
10:00
922hPa 49% 46% 96% 95% 14° 100% 2m/s 1.6m/s
11:00
923hPa 5% 19% 97% 99% 18° 100% 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
924hPa 5% 7% 98% 99% 21° 100% 6.6m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
924hPa 5% 5% 86% 92% 21° 99% 7.9m/s 3.5m/s
14:00
925hPa 0% 5% 75% 84% 18° 59% 9.3m/s 5.5m/s
15:00
925hPa 0% 0% 64% 82% 14° 5% 11m/s 6.4m/s
16:00
926hPa 0% 0% 74% 84% 8.6° 96% 12m/s 6.1m/s
17:00
927hPa 0% 15% 85% 97% 1.9° 100% 13m/s 6.6m/s
18:00
928hPa 0% 46% 95% 92% -6.1° 67% 11m/s 4.6m/s
19:00
929hPa 0% 4% 91% 90% -14° 40% 12m/s 4.3m/s
20:00
930hPa 0% 50% 87% 96% -22° 100% 16m/s 8.6m/s
21:00
931hPa 0% 97% 83% 97% -30° 100% 17m/s 9m/s
22:00
933hPa 0% 6% 86% 96% -37° 100% 17m/s 8.4m/s
23:00
935hPa 0% 2% 89% 94% -42° 98% 15m/s 7.4m/s
Tue, Feb 17 Sunrise 07:39 Sunset 17:21
24:00
936hPa 0% 0% 92% 83% -45° 75% 14m/s 6.2m/s
01:00
938hPa 0% 0% 68% 81% -45° 74% 13m/s 5.7m/s
02:00
939hPa 0% 0% 45% 83% -42° 89% 13m/s 6.4m/s
03:00
940hPa 0% 0% 22% 90% -37° 100% 14m/s 6.4m/s
04:00
940hPa 0% 0% 28% 87% -30° 100% 14m/s 6.3m/s
05:00
941hPa 0% 0% 33% 86% -22° 83% 14m/s 5.9m/s
06:00
942hPa 0% 0% 39% 85% -14° 93% 13m/s 5.5m/s
07:00
943hPa 0% 0% 26% 88% -5.9° 90% 12m/s 4.4m/s
08:00
943hPa 0% 0% 13% 88% 47% 8.8m/s 3.3m/s
09:00
944hPa 0% 0% 0% 90% 8.8° 5% 4.9m/s 2.5m/s
10:00
944hPa 0% 0% 13% 85% 15° 5% 5.6m/s 2.4m/s
11:00
945hPa 0% 0% 26% 77% 19° 5% 8m/s 2.6m/s
12:00
945hPa 0% 0% 39% 73% 21° 8% 6.6m/s 2.7m/s
13:00
946hPa 0% 0% 26% 72% 21° 34% 5.7m/s 2.8m/s
14:00
946hPa 2% 0% 13% 75% 19° 62% 5.3m/s 2.8m/s
15:00
946hPa 5% 3% 0% 78% 15° 38% 4.7m/s 2.3m/s
16:00
946hPa 5% 0% 0% 86% 8.9° 5% 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
17:00
946hPa 5% 0% 0% 93% 2.1° 5% 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
946hPa 5% 0% 0% 95% -5.8° 5% 0.83m/s 0.89m/s
19:00
946hPa 26% 0% 0% 95% -14° 26% 0.92m/s 0.94m/s
20:00
947hPa 88% 1% 0% 95% -22° 88% 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
21:00
947hPa 99% 5% 0% 95% -30° 99% 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
22:00
946hPa 99% 7% 0% 93% -36° 99% 0.92m/s 0.96m/s
23:00
946hPa 100% 3% 0% 91% -42° 100% 1m/s 1.2m/s
Wed, Feb 18 Sunrise 07:37 Sunset 17:23
24:00
946hPa 100% 5% 0% 88% -44° 100% 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
01:00
946hPa 100% 15% 0% 86% -44° 100% 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
02:00
945hPa 100% 20% 0% 86% -41° 100% 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
03:00
945hPa 100% 3% 0% 86% -36° 100% 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
04:00
945hPa 100% 31% 13% 85% -30° 100% 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
05:00
944hPa 100% 84% 26% 85% -22° 100% 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
06:00
944hPa 100% 94% 39% 84% -14° 100% 1.7m/s 2m/s
07:00
943hPa 68% 70% 43% 84% -5.6° 85% 2.6m/s 2.1m/s
08:00
942hPa 37% 45% 46% 84% 2.3° 70% 3.4m/s 2.1m/s
09:00
941hPa 5% 21% 50% 84% 9.1° 55% 4.2m/s 2.2m/s
10:00
941hPa 13% 16% 67% 86% 15° 60% 3.3m/s 2m/s
11:00
941hPa 21% 10% 83% 89% 19° 66% 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
12:00
941hPa 28% 5% 100% 92% 21° 71% 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
13:00
942hPa 21% 5% 83% 92% 21° 71% 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
14:00
942hPa 13% 5% 67% 91% 19° 72% 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
15:00
942hPa 5% 5% 50% 91% 15° 73% 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
16:00
942hPa 32% 13% 39% 91% 9.2° 78% 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
17:00
943hPa 60% 21% 28% 92% 2.4° 83% 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
18:00
943hPa 87% 29% 17% 92% -5.5° 87% 1.8m/s 2m/s
19:00
943hPa 82% 21% 26% 92% -14° 82% 1.8m/s 2m/s
20:00
944hPa 76% 12% 36% 93% -22° 76% 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
944hPa 71% 4% 45% 93% -29° 71% 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
22:00
945hPa 49% 3% 36% 93% -36° 49% 1.9m/s 2.1m/s
23:00
946hPa 27% 1% 26% 93% -41° 27% 2.1m/s 2.3m/s
Thu, Feb 19 Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 17:25
24:00
946hPa 5% 0% 17% 94% -44° 5% 2.3m/s 2.5m/s
01:00
947hPa 9% 0% 19% 93% -44° 9% 2.9m/s 2.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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