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Loch Chon - Fog Hunter - Trossachs & Loch Lomond

Aberfoyle, Scotland, United Kingdom

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 75.0%

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Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread8.2°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity60%
Wind Speed1.8m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/London

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Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies when fog and mist conditions create atmospheric photography opportunities across the Trossachs lochs and glens. We track temperature, humidity, wind, and overnight cooling to predict when dawn mist will form over forest-fringed lochs and settle into wooded valleys.

The Trossachs—"the Highlands in miniature"—sits where Lowland Scotland meets the Highlands, creating perfect conditions for mist formation. Cool Highland air draining down valleys meets warmer air over the lochs, while dense oak and birch forests trap moisture overnight. The result is frequent dawn mist that transforms intimate lochs and wooded glens into scenes of ethereal beauty.

What makes the Trossachs special for fog photography:

  • Forest-fringed lochs - Loch Ard and Loch Chon with native woodland creating layered mist scenes
  • Valley fog formation - Glen Finglas and other glens trap overnight mist between mountains
  • Intimate scale - Smaller lochs allow compositions that capture both mist and reflections
  • Seasonal reliability - Autumn (September-November) brings most reliable mist conditions with calm nights

Loch Ard near Aberfoyle offers the Trossachs' most reliable dawn mist—native forest comes right to the water's edge, creating layered compositions as mist rises through trees. The forest pier at dawn with mist swirling around ancient oaks is magical. Loch Chon, deeper into the forest, sees even more atmospheric conditions due to its remote, sheltered position. The Trossachs Pier on Loch Katrine with the historic steamship and Ben Venue emerging from mist creates classic Scottish landscape scenes. Timing is critical—arrive in darkness, position yourself 30 minutes before sunrise, and capture the 1-2 hour window as mist lifts and breaks. Conditions change rapidly once sun hits the water.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
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AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Wed, Jul 8
05:00100%
06:00100%
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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
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 04:42 Sunset 22:02
15:00
66% 14°C 0mm 60% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 1.8m/s
16:00
99% 14°C 0mm 58% 0cm 46° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 1.9m/s
17:00
95% 14°C 0mm 59% 0cm 38° 22°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2m/s
18:00
92% 14°C 0mm 60% 0cm 30° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
19:00
88% 14°C 0mm 65% 0cm 22° 21°C 0mm 0.87kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.3m/s
20:00
83% 16°C 0mm 78% 0cm 14° 20°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
21:00
77% 15°C 0mm 85% 0cm 6.1° 17°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
22:00
72% 13°C 0mm 91% 0cm 0.02° 15°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
70% 12°C 0mm 92% 0cm -5.8° 14°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 04:42 Sunset 22:02
24:00 ☾
68% 12°C 0mm 93% 0cm -9.5° 13°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
66% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -11° 12°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
02:00 ☾
61% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -11° 12°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
55% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -8.8° 12°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
04:00 ☾
50% 11°C 0mm 95% 0cm -4.6° 11°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
05:00
59% 11°C 0mm 95% 0cm 1.3° 11°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
06:00
67% 11°C 0mm 93% 0cm 7.8° 12°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
07:00
76% 12°C 0mm 88% 0cm 15° 14°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
08:00
78% 13°C 0mm 81% 0cm 24° 16°C 0mm 0.34kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
09:00
79% 14°C 0mm 76% 0cm 32° 18°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24134m 1.9m/s 1.3m/s
10:00
81% 14°C 0mm 71% 0cm 40° 19°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.4m/s
11:00
75% 14°C 0mm 67% 0cm 47° 20°C 0mm 0.78kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
70% 14°C 0mm 64% 0cm 53° 21°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 1.9m/s
13:00
64% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 56° 22°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.1m/s
14:00
48% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 55° 22°C 0mm 0.98kPa 24134m 3.7m/s 2.5m/s
15:00
31% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 52° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.5m/s
16:00
15% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 46° 22°C 0mm 0.99kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.2m/s
17:00
11% 14°C 0mm 64% 0cm 38° 21°C 0mm 0.91kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2.4m/s
18:00
6% 14°C 0mm 67% 0cm 30° 20°C 0mm 0.8kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.3m/s
19:00
2% 14°C 0mm 72% 0cm 22° 19°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 2.1m/s
20:00
4% 15°C 0mm 81% 0cm 13° 18°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 2.7m/s 2m/s
21:00
5% 14°C 0mm 87% 0cm 6.1° 16°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 1.9m/s
22:00
7% 13°C 0mm 92% 0cm -0.13° 15°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
23:00 ☾
7% 13°C 0mm 94% 0cm -5.9° 14°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 04:43 Sunset 22:01
24:00 ☾
8% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -9.6° 13°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
8% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -11° 13°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
16% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -11° 13°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
25% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -8.9° 13°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.6m/s
04:00 ☾
33% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm -4.8° 13°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
05:00
23% 12°C 0mm 95% 0cm 1.2° 12°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
06:00
14% 12°C 0mm 93% 0cm 7.7° 13°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
4% 13°C 0mm 88% 0cm 15° 15°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
08:00
3% 13°C 0mm 81% 0cm 23° 17°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 0.73m/s 0.72m/s
09:00
1% 14°C 0mm 76% 0cm 32° 18°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
10:00
0% 14°C 0mm 71% 0cm 40° 20°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.2m/s
11:00
0% 15°C 0mm 67% 0cm 47° 21°C 0mm 0.82kPa 24134m 2m/s 1.4m/s
12:00
0% 14°C 0mm 63% 0cm 53° 22°C 0mm 0.94kPa 24134m 2.5m/s 1.7m/s
13:00
0% 14°C 0mm 62% 0cm 56° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
14:00
1% 14°C 0mm 60% 0cm 55° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.1m/s
15:00
1% 14°C 0mm 59% 0cm 52° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
16:00
2% 15°C 0mm 60% 0cm 45° 23°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
17:00
2% 15°C 0mm 62% 0cm 38° 22°C 0mm 1kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2.1m/s
18:00
1% 15°C 0mm 67% 0cm 30° 22°C 0mm 0.85kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.1m/s
19:00
1% 16°C 0mm 76% 0cm 21° 21°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
20:00
2% 15°C 0.003mm 82% 0cm 13° 18°C 0.04mm 0.38kPa 22557m 3.2m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
4% 14°C 0.007mm 88% 0cm 6° 16°C 0.08mm 0.21kPa 20980m 4.2m/s 1.9m/s
22:00
5% 13°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm -0.3° 13°C 0.13mm 0.08kPa 19402m 5.1m/s 2m/s
23:00 ☾
4% 12°C 0.007mm 93% 0cm -6° 13°C 0.15mm 0.11kPa 20980m 5.1m/s 2.1m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 04:44 Sunset 22:00
24:00 ☾
2% 12°C 0.003mm 91% 0cm -9.7° 13°C 0.17mm 0.13kPa 22557m 5m/s 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
1% 11°C 0mm 89% 0cm -12° 13°C 0.19mm 0.16kPa 24135m 4.9m/s 2.4m/s
02:00 ☾
1% 11°C 0mm 87% 0cm -11° 13°C 0.13mm 0.2kPa 24135m 4.8m/s 2.5m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 11°C 0mm 84% 0cm -9° 13°C 0.06mm 0.24kPa 24135m 4.6m/s 2.6m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 11°C 0mm 82% 0cm -4.9° 14°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 2.7m/s
05:00
0% 11°C 0mm 80% 0cm 1° 14°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 2.9m/s
06:00
0% 11°C 0mm 78% 0cm 7.6° 15°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3m/s
07:00
0% 11°C 0mm 76% 0cm 15° 15°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 3.2m/s
08:00
0% 12°C 0mm 74% 0cm 23° 16°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 3.3m/s
09:00
0% 12°C 0mm 73% 0cm 32° 17°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.4m/s
10:00
0% 12°C 0mm 71% 0cm 40° 17°C 0mm 0.57kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 3.4m/s
11:00
0% 12°C 0.003mm 73% 0cm 47° 17°C 0mm 0.53kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 3.5m/s
12:00
1% 12°C 0.007mm 74% 0cm 53° 17°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.5m/s
13:00
1% 12°C 0.01mm 75% 0cm 56° 16°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 3.6m/s
14:00
2% 11°C 0.007mm 77% 0cm 55° 15°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 4m/s 3m/s
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