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Rule Cloudscapes

Shetland Islands - Cloudscapes - Scotland

Lerwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multi-layered dramatic clouds for striking sky photography

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Europe/London
Next opportunity
Striking Cloud Drama
Shetland Islands
Tomorrow · 11:00–12:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
52%
Striking Cloud Drama at Sunset
Shetland Islands
Tomorrow · 14:00–15:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Shetland Islands
Tomorrow · 15:00–16:00
Medium
Striking Cloud Drama
Shetland Islands
Tue, Jan 13 · 11:00–12:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama
Shetland Islands
Tue, Jan 13 · 12:00–13:00
Medium
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunrise
Shetland Islands
Sat, Jan 17 · 08:00–10:00
Low
Dramatic Cloud Drama at Sunset
Shetland Islands
Sat, Jan 17 · 14:00–15:00
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 72 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, Jan 11
18:0017%100%100%100%3080m
19:0017%100%100%100%4740m
20:0017%100%100%100%6300m
21:0017%100%100%100%6100m
22:0017%100%100%100%2840m
23:0017%100%100%100%2480m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0017%100%100%100%3000m
01:0017%100%100%100%2500m
02:0019%100%100%100%4240m
03:0030%100%100%99%17380m
04:0036%36%12%0%42100m
05:0024%1%63%0%45460m
06:0033%5%44%14%45440m
07:0028%11%0%38%50300m
08:0063%12%1%100%49120m
09:0072%11%3%100%43100m
10:0065%25%1%100%50160m
11:0082%30%2%41%50140m
12:0065%23%0%79%28760m
13:0042%9%2%0%50140m
14:0077%50%67%0%45260m
15:00100%31%88%0%45260m
16:0079%27%9%0%33120m
17:0056%27%0%0%50080m
18:0020%19%2%0%50080m
19:0019%17%4%0%41940m
20:0025%52%99%0%5320m
21:0019%100%100%1%4200m
22:0017%100%98%100%6180m
23:0016%100%100%100%3080m
Tue, Jan 13
24:0015%100%100%100%3980m
01:0016%100%100%79%11960m
02:0015%100%100%100%4560m
03:0015%100%100%100%6140m
04:0020%65%51%72%14860m
05:0023%100%21%70%26760m
06:0024%98%88%100%17500m
07:0027%85%52%0%15400m
08:0065%98%88%0%23800m
09:0043%39%7%0%19420m
10:0044%26%6%0%30140m
11:0084%21%0%100%34660m
12:00100%30%15%100%49320m
13:0065%55%60%100%49300m
14:0062%38%100%100%49280m
15:0059%18%100%100%49260m
16:0049%5%100%100%30160m
17:0051%13%100%100%35040m
18:0013%16%100%100%15960m
19:0013%50%100%100%5740m
20:0013%55%100%100%4160m
21:0014%100%100%100%4320m
22:0013%100%100%100%3820m
23:0013%100%100%100%3520m
Wed, Jan 14
24:0013%100%100%100%3360m
01:0013%100%100%100%3200m
02:0014%100%100%100%3460m
03:0013%100%100%66%6260m
04:006.3%4%95%0%10800m
05:0014%77%18%0%17560m
06:008.1%81%0%0%31080m
07:009%76%0%0%36460m
08:0042%45%0%0%37780m
09:0042%74%0%0%44500m
10:0049%52%0%0%44460m
11:0049%34%4%0%21940m
12:0081%41%11%0%28480m
13:0060%82%11%0%49300m
14:0027%100%0%3%53060m
15:0021%100%0%0%53060m
16:0038%93%0%69%56360m
17:0050%68%17%100%53020m
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 08:59 Sunset 15:25
19:00
988hPa 100% 100% 100% 90% 100% 26m/s 18m/s
20:00
987hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 26m/s 18m/s
21:00
986hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 26m/s 18m/s
22:00
985hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 27m/s 19m/s
23:00
984hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 27m/s 18m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 08:58 Sunset 15:27
24:00
982hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 27m/s 19m/s
01:00
980hPa 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 29m/s 19m/s
02:00
978hPa 100% 100% 100% 93% 100% 29m/s 18m/s
03:00
978hPa 99% 100% 100% 89% 100% 27m/s 17m/s
04:00
978hPa 0% 12% 91% 89% 55% 25m/s 16m/s
05:00
979hPa 0% 63% 79% 88% 13% 23m/s 15m/s
06:00
979hPa 14% 44% 67% 87% 17% 22m/s 15m/s
07:00
980hPa 38% 0% 57% 87% 12% 22m/s 15m/s
08:00
981hPa 100% 1% 48% 87% 6% 22m/s 15m/s
09:00
981hPa 100% 3% 41% 88% 6% 22m/s 14m/s
10:00
981hPa 100% 1% 35% 87% 2% 21m/s 14m/s
11:00
981hPa 41% 2% 31% 86% 1% 21m/s 14m/s
12:00
981hPa 79% 0% 29% 86% 4% 21m/s 14m/s
13:00
981hPa 0% 2% 31% 87% 7% 22m/s 15m/s
14:00
981hPa 0% 67% 36% 86% 4% 22m/s 15m/s
15:00
981hPa 0% 88% 39% 87% 22% 22m/s 15m/s
16:00
981hPa 0% 9% 37% 87% 24% 22m/s 15m/s
17:00
981hPa 0% 0% 32% 87% 29% 21m/s 14m/s
18:00
981hPa 0% 2% 29% 87% 30% 21m/s 14m/s
19:00
981hPa 0% 4% 29% 86% 16% 21m/s 15m/s
20:00
981hPa 0% 99% 30% 86% 39% 22m/s 15m/s
21:00
981hPa 1% 100% 31% 83% 83% 22m/s 15m/s
22:00
980hPa 100% 98% 32% 81% 90% 23m/s 15m/s
23:00
980hPa 100% 100% 33% 86% 100% 24m/s 16m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 08:56 Sunset 15:30
24:00
980hPa 100% 100% 33% 91% 100% 24m/s 15m/s
01:00
981hPa 79% 100% 32% 90% 100% 22m/s 12m/s
02:00
982hPa 100% 100% 29% 89% 100% 18m/s 11m/s
03:00
984hPa 100% 100% 29% 87% 100% 17m/s 10m/s
04:00
986hPa 72% 51% 33% 84% 100% 16m/s 9.8m/s
05:00
987hPa 70% 21% 38% 84% 100% 15m/s 9.4m/s
06:00
989hPa 100% 88% 41% 81% 100% 14m/s 9m/s
07:00
990hPa 0% 52% 39% 75% 100% 14m/s 9.2m/s
08:00
992hPa 0% 88% 33% 72% 99% 14m/s 9.3m/s
09:00
993hPa 0% 7% 29% 71% 97% 14m/s 8.5m/s
10:00
994hPa 0% 6% 27% 68% 98% 13m/s 7m/s
11:00
995hPa 100% 0% 25% 69% 74% 10m/s 5.7m/s
12:00
996hPa 100% 15% 24% 70% 79% 8.2m/s 4.3m/s
13:00
997hPa 100% 60% 23% 72% 96% 6.3m/s 2.7m/s
14:00
997hPa 100% 100% 23% 79% 100% 3.8m/s 1.2m/s
15:00
997hPa 100% 100% 24% 82% 100% 1.9m/s 0.46m/s
16:00
998hPa 100% 100% 28% 83% 100% 0.8m/s 0.29m/s
17:00
997hPa 100% 100% 33% 85% 100% 1m/s 0.78m/s
18:00
997hPa 100% 100% 37% 85% 100% 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
19:00
997hPa 100% 100% 39% 82% 100% 3.1m/s 2.2m/s
20:00
996hPa 100% 100% 40% 95% 100% 5.2m/s 2.6m/s
21:00
996hPa 100% 100% 41% 95% 100% 4.3m/s 1.5m/s
22:00
995hPa 100% 100% 41% 94% 100% 2.4m/s 1.4m/s
23:00
994hPa 100% 100% 41% 95% 100% 3.6m/s 2.1m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 08:55 Sunset 15:32
24:00
993hPa 100% 100% 41% 95% 100% 3.9m/s 2.3m/s
01:00
992hPa 100% 100% 41% 95% 100% 4.7m/s 2.8m/s
02:00
991hPa 100% 100% 41% 96% 100% 5.4m/s 3.3m/s
03:00
990hPa 66% 100% 39% 96% 100% 6.1m/s 3.6m/s
04:00
989hPa 0% 95% 35% 97% 95% 6.3m/s 3.7m/s
05:00
989hPa 0% 18% 29% 96% 81% 6.3m/s 3.7m/s
06:00
989hPa 0% 0% 24% 93% 81% 6.7m/s 3.8m/s
07:00
989hPa 0% 0% 20% 92% 76% 6.4m/s 3.7m/s
08:00
989hPa 0% 0% 16% 89% 45% 7.6m/s 4.6m/s
09:00
990hPa 0% 0% 12% 86% 74% 8.8m/s 5.2m/s
10:00
991hPa 0% 0% 7% 81% 52% 8.7m/s 4.7m/s
11:00
991hPa 0% 4% 3% 83% 34% 8m/s 4.7m/s
12:00
991hPa 0% 11% 0% 82% 42% 8.2m/s 4.8m/s
13:00
992hPa 0% 11% 0% 74% 82% 8.2m/s 4.8m/s
14:00
992hPa 3% 0% 2% 67% 100% 8m/s 4.3m/s
15:00
992hPa 0% 0% 4% 62% 100% 7.3m/s 4m/s
16:00
993hPa 69% 0% 5% 60% 98% 6.8m/s 3.1m/s
17:00
993hPa 100% 17% 5% 66% 100% 5.2m/s 1.9m/s
18:00
993hPa 100% 87% 6% 68% 100% 3.2m/s 1.5m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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