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Rule Fog Hunter

Beddgelert - Fog Hunter - Snowdonia (Eryri)

Beddgelert, Wales, United Kingdom

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread0.2°C
Visibility820 (Fog)
Relative Humidity98%
Wind Speed3.8m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog at Sunset
Beddgelert
Fri, Jun 12 · 21:00–23:00 · 2h window
Medium confidence
43%
🌫️Fog Probability79.7-91.1%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.2°C
Visibility: 5278 (Moderate)
Relative Humidity: 99%
Wind Speed: 1.8m/s (calm conditions)
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Dense Fog
Beddgelert
Fri, Jun 12 · 23:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:86%
Medium
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Dense Fog at Sunset
Beddgelert
Tue, Jun 16 · 21:00–23:00
🌫️Fog Probability:79.7-100%
Medium
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Moderate Fog
Beddgelert
Tue, Jun 16 · 23:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:77.1%
Low

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks when valley inversions and mountain mist create atmospheric conditions for photography in Snowdonia's glacial valleys. We monitor temperature inversions, humidity patterns, and wind conditions to predict optimal fog photography opportunities.

Snowdonia's deep glacial valleys—Nant Gwynant, Llanberis Pass, and Ogwen Valley—act as natural fog bowls where cold air settles overnight, creating spectacular valley inversions with mountain peaks rising through cloud seas. The region's high rainfall and numerous lakes add moisture to the atmosphere, producing frequent mist conditions that transform slate landscapes and mountain tarns into ethereal scenes.

What makes Snowdonia fog photography distinctive:

  • Valley inversions - Nant Gwynant and Ogwen Valley trap cold air, creating cloud seas with peaks emerging above
  • Lake mist - Llyn Padarn and Llyn Ogwen generate morning mist that drifts across mirror-still water
  • Slate atmosphere - Historic slate quarries at Llanberis create moody industrial landscapes in fog
  • Glacial cwms - Cwm Idwal's enclosed cirque traps mist, creating atmospheric waterfall scenes at Devil's Kitchen

The most reliable fog conditions occur during settled high-pressure periods in autumn and winter (September-February) when clear skies allow overnight cooling to create temperature inversions. Nant Gwynant valley is particularly prone to inversions—position yourself at higher viewpoints like Pen-y-Gwryd or along the A498 to capture peaks rising through cloud. Llyn Padarn generates morning mist that drifts past Dolbadarn Castle's tower, creating atmospheric castle scenes. Cwm Idwal's enclosed glacial bowl traps mist against the dramatic headwall of Devil's Kitchen. The timing is critical—arrive before dawn as mist typically burns off within an hour or two of sunrise. Wales's wet climate means fog is common, but our forecast identifies the photogenic conditions when visibility is just right—not too thick to lose definition, not too thin to lack atmosphere.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 92 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
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Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
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How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fog Probability 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
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Solar Elevation
°
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 21:38
03:00
0% 9.6°C 3.2mm 98% 0cm -11° 9.8°C 6.9mm 0.02kPa 820m 8.3m/s 3.8m/s
04:00
0% 9.1°C 1.7mm 98% 0cm -6.1° 9.4°C 8.4mm 0.02kPa 5218m 5.7m/s 2.3m/s
05:00
0% 8.6°C 0.2mm 97% 0cm 0.54° 9°C 9.5mm 0.03kPa 12418m 4.3m/s 2.4m/s
06:00
0% 7.9°C 0.02mm 98% 0cm 7.6° 8.3°C 9.8mm 0.03kPa 20304m 3.1m/s 2.5m/s
07:00
0% 7.7°C 0mm 96% 0cm 16° 8.2°C 9.9mm 0.04kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
08:00
6% 7.3°C 0mm 87% 0cm 25° 9.4°C 0.19mm 0.15kPa 19748m 3.3m/s 2.1m/s
09:00
11% 7.2°C 0mm 83% 0cm 34° 10°C 0.38mm 0.21kPa 23427m 4.3m/s 2.6m/s
10:00
17% 7.1°C 0mm 82% 0cm 42° 10°C 0.69mm 0.23kPa 23206m 4.7m/s 3.6m/s
11:00
21% 6.7°C 0.01mm 79% 0cm 50° 10°C 0.94mm 0.26kPa 23437m 5.7m/s 4.3m/s
12:00
25% 5.8°C 0mm 71% 0cm 57° 11°C 1mm 0.38kPa 24135m 6m/s 4.4m/s
13:00
29% 5.5°C 0mm 67% 0cm 60° 11°C 1mm 0.45kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 5m/s
14:00
52% 5.4°C 0mm 66% 0cm 59° 12°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 5.6m/s
15:00
75% 5.5°C 0mm 66% 0cm 54° 12°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 5.5m/s
16:00
98% 6.2°C 0mm 70% 0cm 47° 11°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 7.2m/s 6.4m/s
17:00
95% 6.9°C 0mm 78% 0cm 38° 11°C 0.13mm 0.28kPa 21788m 7.7m/s 6.2m/s
18:00
93% 7°C 0mm 81% 0cm 29° 10°C 0.25mm 0.24kPa 23318m 8.1m/s 5.9m/s
19:00
90% 7.2°C 0mm 85% 0cm 20° 9.7°C 0.44mm 0.18kPa 21196m 8.9m/s 5.3m/s
20:00
60% 7.5°C 0mm 90% 0cm 12° 9.1°C 0.31mm 0.12kPa 15969m 9.2m/s 4.9m/s
21:00
31% 7.2°C 0mm 92% 0cm 8.5°C 0.69mm 0.09kPa 21102m 9.2m/s 4.8m/s
22:00
1% 7.1°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm -3° 8°C 1.1mm 0.06kPa 21995m 8.7m/s 4.1m/s
23:00
1% 7.4°C 0.09mm 93% 0cm -8.5° 8.5°C 1.6mm 0.08kPa 13336m 10m/s 4.4m/s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 21:38
24:00
0% 6.8°C 0mm 91% 0cm -12° 8.3°C 2mm 0.1kPa 22802m 9.7m/s 4.1m/s
01:00
0% 6°C 0mm 92% 0cm -14° 7.2°C 2.3mm 0.08kPa 22741m 6.8m/s 3m/s
02:00
1% 6.5°C 0.19mm 93% 0cm -13° 7.6°C 0.38mm 0.07kPa 17719m 8.7m/s 3.2m/s
03:00
2% 6.7°C 0mm 94% 0cm -11° 7.6°C 0.94mm 0.07kPa 14689m 9.2m/s 3.9m/s
04:00
3% 5.3°C 0mm 97% 0cm -6.1° 5.7°C 1.3mm 0.03kPa 23181m 6.7m/s 3.1m/s
05:00
4% 5°C 0mm 98% 0cm 0.58° 5.2°C 1.4mm 0.01kPa 14049m 5.8m/s 3.2m/s
06:00
4% 5.8°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm 7.7° 6.8°C 1.6mm 0.06kPa 23466m 9.9m/s 4.6m/s
07:00
5% 6.3°C 0mm 93% 0cm 16° 7.4°C 1.8mm 0.07kPa 12010m 11m/s 5m/s
08:00
10% 6.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm 25° 7.9°C 0.5mm 0.08kPa 11874m 11m/s 6.8m/s
09:00
16% 6.7°C 0mm 91% 0cm 34° 8.1°C 0.94mm 0.1kPa 13435m 11m/s 7.8m/s
10:00
21% 6.6°C 0mm 89% 0cm 43° 8.2°C 1.3mm 0.12kPa 15964m 11m/s 8m/s
11:00
18% 6.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm 50° 8.4°C 1.4mm 0.12kPa 24135m 11m/s 7m/s
12:00
16% 7°C 0mm 90% 0cm 57° 8.5°C 1.6mm 0.11kPa 23636m 11m/s 7.2m/s
13:00
13% 7.2°C 0mm 80% 0cm 60° 11°C 1.8mm 0.25kPa 22163m 12m/s 8.9m/s
14:00
31% 6.7°C 0mm 73% 0cm 59° 11°C 0.19mm 0.36kPa 23642m 12m/s 8.6m/s
15:00
48% 6.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm 54° 12°C 0.38mm 0.39kPa 23496m 11m/s 8.3m/s
16:00
66% 7.3°C 0mm 75% 0cm 47° 12°C 0.63mm 0.34kPa 23281m 10m/s 7.6m/s
17:00
62% 7.5°C 0mm 77% 0cm 38° 11°C 0.88mm 0.31kPa 23126m 9.9m/s 6.4m/s
18:00
57% 7.3°C 0mm 76% 0cm 29° 11°C 1.1mm 0.33kPa 23189m 8.9m/s 6m/s
19:00
53% 7.8°C 0mm 82% 0cm 21° 11°C 1.3mm 0.24kPa 23224m 8.3m/s 5.4m/s
20:00
41% 7.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm 12° 9.8°C 0.38mm 0.16kPa 17160m 9.2m/s 4.6m/s
21:00
30% 6.5°C 0mm 88% 0cm 4.1° 8.4°C 0.69mm 0.13kPa 22981m 5.2m/s 3m/s
22:00
18% 5.4°C 0mm 90% 0cm -2.9° 7°C 0.81mm 0.1kPa 23988m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
23:00
15% 5.4°C 0mm 89% 0cm -8.4° 7°C 0.88mm 0.11kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.6m/s
Wed, Jun 10 Sunrise 04:52 Sunset 21:39
24:00
12% 5.9°C 0.09mm 90% 0cm -12° 7.4°C 0.94mm 0.1kPa 24106m 3.2m/s 1.9m/s
01:00
9% 6.5°C 0mm 91% 0cm -14° 7.8°C 1mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.1m/s
02:00
8% 5.6°C 0mm 93% 0cm -13° 6.6°C 0mm 0.07kPa 23991m 2.1m/s 2.1m/s
03:00
7% 4.9°C 0mm 96% 0cm -11° 5.5°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
04:00
6% 4.2°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -6° 4.7°C 0.19mm 0.03kPa 23864m 2m/s 2m/s
05:00
5% 5.1°C 0.1mm 97% 0cm 0.62° 5.5°C 0.25mm 0.02kPa 23796m 2m/s 1.8m/s
06:00
4% 6.2°C 0mm 97% 0cm 7.7° 6.6°C 0.44mm 0.03kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 2.5m/s
07:00
3% 6.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm 16° 7.8°C 0.63mm 0.08kPa 23137m 7.3m/s 3.2m/s
08:00
7% 6.6°C 0mm 89% 0cm 25° 8.3°C 0.31mm 0.12kPa 15764m 7.6m/s 4.3m/s
09:00
10% 6.8°C 0mm 88% 0cm 34° 8.7°C 0.56mm 0.14kPa 14868m 7.6m/s 4.8m/s
10:00
14% 7.1°C 0mm 86% 0cm 43° 9.3°C 0.94mm 0.16kPa 15383m 8.1m/s 5.5m/s
11:00
12% 7.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm 51° 9.9°C 1.4mm 0.17kPa 12928m 8m/s 6m/s
12:00
10% 8°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm 57° 10°C 2mm 0.17kPa 11604m 8.8m/s 6.7m/s
13:00
8% 7.6°C 0mm 84% 0cm 60° 10°C 2.4mm 0.2kPa 23399m 9.4m/s 7.3m/s
14:00
19% 7.1°C 0.003mm 86% 0cm 59° 9.3°C 1.7mm 0.16kPa 23644m 7m/s 5.6m/s
15:00
31% 6.6°C 0.007mm 88% 0cm 54° 8.5°C 0.9mm 0.14kPa 23890m 4.6m/s 3.9m/s
16:00
42% 6°C 0.01mm 90% 0cm 47° 7.6°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
17:00
38% 6°C 0.007mm 92% 0cm 38° 7.3°C 0.15mm 0.09kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.2m/s
18:00
34% 6°C 0.003mm 94% 0cm 30° 6.9°C 0.17mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
19:00
30% 5.9°C 0mm 96% 0cm 21° 6.6°C 0.19mm 0.04kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
20:00
27% 6.7°C 0mm 97% 0cm 12° 7.2°C 0.21mm 0.03kPa 17236m 4.2m/s 2.6m/s
21:00
24% 7.5°C 0mm 98% 0cm 4.2° 7.9°C 0.23mm 0.03kPa 10337m 6.1m/s 3m/s
22:00
21% 8.3°C 0mm 99% 0cm -2.8° 8.5°C 0.25mm 0.02kPa 3438m 8.1m/s 3.4m/s
23:00
16% 8.6°C 0.57mm 99% 0cm -8.4° 8.8°C 1mm 0.01kPa 2364m 8.9m/s 3.5m/s
Thu, Jun 11 Sunrise 04:51 Sunset 21:40
24:00
12% 8.9°C 1.1mm 99% 0cm -12° 9.1°C 1.8mm 0.01kPa 1290m 9.7m/s 3.6m/s
01:00
7% 9.2°C 1.7mm 99% 0cm -14° 9.4°C 2.5mm 0.01kPa 216m 11m/s 3.7m/s
02:00
6% 9.3°C 1.8mm 99% 0cm -13° 9.5°C 4.3mm 0.01kPa 278m 10m/s 3.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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