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Buttermere - Fog Hunter - Lake District

Workington, England, United Kingdom

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread2.0°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity87%
Wind Speed2.6m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/London

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks the conditions that create the Lake District's legendary atmospheric photography. We combine fog probability, dewpoint spread, visibility, and wind data to predict when and where mist will form over these famous lakes and valleys.

The Lake District's combination of lakes, tarns, and enclosed valleys creates ideal conditions for fog formation. Cool, calm nights allow mist to pool in valley bottoms, creating ethereal scenes at dawn that have inspired poets and photographers for centuries.

What makes the Lake District special for fog photography:

  • Lake mist - Cold water surfaces generate fog that pools over the lakes at dawn
  • Valley inversions - Mountain-ringed valleys trap mist while fells rise above
  • Romantic landscapes - This is Wordsworth and Turner country, with timeless views
  • Accessible locations - Well-maintained paths reach viewpoints above the fog layer

Peak fog season runs from late August through October, when temperature differentials are greatest. The best conditions typically occur on calm, clear nights when temperatures drop near dewpoint. Arrive before dawn—lake mist often lifts within an hour or two of sunrise. Higher viewpoints like Catbells or Loughrigg offer shots looking down at fog-filled valleys.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
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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
Tue, Apr 14 Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 20:15
20:00
0% 7.1°C 0.04mm 87% 0cm 1.7° 9.1°C 0.06mm 0.15kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
0% 7.4°C 0.15mm 87% 0cm -6.7° 9.5°C 0.13mm 0.16kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 3.3m/s
22:00 ☾
0% 7.8°C 0.01mm 89% 0cm -14° 9.5°C 0.25mm 0.13kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2.8m/s
23:00 ☾
0% 7.9°C 0.01mm 90% 0cm -20° 9.5°C 0.31mm 0.12kPa 24134m 3.6m/s 2.8m/s
Wed, Apr 15 Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 20:15
24:00 ☾
0% 8.1°C 0.01mm 91% 0cm -24° 9.5°C 0.31mm 0.11kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 3.7m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 8.2°C 0.11mm 92% 0cm -26° 9.5°C 0.38mm 0.1kPa 23677m 4.8m/s 4m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 8.4°C 0.41mm 93% 0cm -25° 9.5°C 0.38mm 0.09kPa 19350m 4.9m/s 3.8m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 8.7°C 0.37mm 93% 0cm -22° 9.7°C 0.75mm 0.08kPa 19762m 4.8m/s 3.6m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 8.8°C 0.52mm 93% 0cm -17° 9.9°C 1.3mm 0.09kPa 17276m 5.5m/s 3.9m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 9°C 0.14mm 91% 0cm -10° 10°C 1.6mm 0.11kPa 24134m 7.8m/s 5.4m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 9.3°C 0.21mm 91% 0cm -2.3° 11°C 1.9mm 0.11kPa 24057m 9.3m/s 6.2m/s
07:00
0% 9.3°C 0.22mm 91% 0cm 6.1° 11°C 2.3mm 0.11kPa 24134m 9.3m/s 6.1m/s
08:00
0% 9.3°C 0.02mm 90% 0cm 15° 11°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 8.5m/s 5.7m/s
09:00
0% 9.3°C 0mm 90% 0cm 23° 11°C 0.06mm 0.13kPa 24135m 7.3m/s 5.1m/s
10:00
0% 9.5°C 0mm 91% 0cm 31° 11°C 0.06mm 0.12kPa 23762m 5.8m/s 4.6m/s
11:00
0% 9.8°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 38° 12°C 0.13mm 0.16kPa 23014m 7.7m/s 5.3m/s
12:00
0% 9.5°C 0.08mm 85% 0cm 43° 12°C 0.56mm 0.21kPa 21738m 11m/s 7.4m/s
13:00
0% 9.4°C 1.4mm 87% 0cm 45° 12°C 1.9mm 0.18kPa 4859m 15m/s 9.7m/s
14:00
0% 9.6°C 3.6mm 90% 0cm 44° 11°C 1.9mm 0.12kPa 3979m 13m/s 8.6m/s
15:00
0% 9.1°C 6.5mm 96% 0cm 41° 9.8°C 7.1mm 0.05kPa 3200m 16m/s 11m/s
16:00
0% 7.8°C 0.05mm 89% 0cm 35° 9.6°C 8.5mm 0.13kPa 24135m 14m/s 8.5m/s
17:00
0% 8°C 0mm 86% 0cm 27° 10°C 8.6mm 0.18kPa 24134m 15m/s 10m/s
18:00
0% 7.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm 19° 10°C 8.6mm 0.2kPa 24134m 17m/s 12m/s
19:00
0% 7.3°C 0mm 84% 0cm 10° 9.8°C 8.6mm 0.19kPa 24134m 19m/s 12m/s
20:00
12% 7.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm 1.9° 9.5°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 18m/s 12m/s
21:00 ☾
24% 7°C 0.09mm 86% 0cm -6.4° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.16kPa 22745m 19m/s 13m/s
22:00 ☾
36% 7.2°C 0.2mm 89% 0cm -14° 9°C 1.8mm 0.13kPa 15310m 20m/s 13m/s
23:00 ☾
30% 7.3°C 0mm 87% 0cm -19° 9.3°C 2.1mm 0.15kPa 22152m 20m/s 14m/s
Thu, Apr 16 Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 20:17
24:00 ☾
23% 6.9°C 0mm 87% 0cm -23° 9°C 2.5mm 0.15kPa 15107m 19m/s 14m/s
01:00 ☾
17% 7°C 0mm 87% 0cm -25° 9°C 3.3mm 0.14kPa 22882m 19m/s 14m/s
02:00 ☾
23% 6.4°C 0mm 84% 0cm -25° 9.1°C 0.69mm 0.19kPa 9088m 19m/s 13m/s
03:00 ☾
28% 6.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm -22° 8.9°C 1.1mm 0.16kPa 24134m 17m/s 12m/s
04:00 ☾
34% 6.1°C 0mm 82% 0cm -16° 8.9°C 1.2mm 0.2kPa 24135m 15m/s 10m/s
05:00 ☾
34% 6.2°C 0mm 84% 0cm -9.8° 8.7°C 1.3mm 0.17kPa 24135m 14m/s 10m/s
06:00 ☾
33% 6°C 0mm 84% 0cm -2° 8.6°C 1.3mm 0.18kPa 24135m 14m/s 10m/s
07:00
33% 6°C 0mm 84% 0cm 6.4° 8.6°C 1.4mm 0.18kPa 24135m 14m/s 9.2m/s
08:00
46% 5.8°C 0mm 81% 0cm 15° 8.9°C 0.06mm 0.22kPa 24135m 13m/s 8.6m/s
09:00
58% 5.9°C 0mm 81% 0cm 23° 9°C 0.06mm 0.21kPa 23964m 12m/s 8.7m/s
10:00
71% 5.9°C 0mm 81% 0cm 31° 9°C 0.19mm 0.21kPa 24134m 12m/s 8.6m/s
11:00
70% 6°C 0mm 82% 0cm 38° 9°C 0.25mm 0.21kPa 24134m 12m/s 8.5m/s
12:00
70% 5.8°C 0mm 80% 0cm 43° 9.1°C 0.31mm 0.23kPa 24134m 11m/s 8.1m/s
13:00
69% 6.1°C 0mm 82% 0cm 46° 9.1°C 0.31mm 0.21kPa 24135m 11m/s 7.6m/s
14:00
58% 6.2°C 0mm 83% 0cm 45° 9°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24134m 9.8m/s 6.9m/s
15:00
47% 6.4°C 0mm 83% 0cm 41° 9.1°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24134m 8.1m/s 5.6m/s
16:00
36% 6.6°C 0mm 83% 0cm 35° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 24134m 6.7m/s 5.1m/s
17:00
26% 6.6°C 0mm 83% 0cm 27° 9.3°C 0.06mm 0.19kPa 24134m 6.2m/s 5.2m/s
18:00
16% 6.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm 19° 9.4°C 0.06mm 0.19kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 5.1m/s
19:00
6% 6.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm 10° 9.5°C 0.06mm 0.19kPa 24134m 7m/s 4.9m/s
20:00
5% 6.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm 2.2° 9.4°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 7.1m/s 4.9m/s
21:00 ☾
4% 7°C 0mm 85% 0cm -6.1° 9.4°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 7.5m/s 5.1m/s
22:00 ☾
3% 6.8°C 0mm 85% 0cm -13° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.17kPa 24135m 8.5m/s 5.5m/s
23:00 ☾
2% 6.9°C 0mm 87% 0cm -19° 8.9°C 0.06mm 0.14kPa 24135m 9.8m/s 5.9m/s
Fri, Apr 17 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:19
24:00 ☾
1% 6.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm -23° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 11m/s 6.9m/s
01:00 ☾
0% 6.6°C 0mm 84% 0cm -25° 9.2°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24135m 10m/s 6.5m/s
02:00 ☾
0% 6.7°C 0.05mm 85% 0cm -24° 9°C 0.17mm 0.17kPa 24135m 11m/s 6.3m/s
03:00 ☾
0% 6.7°C 0.1mm 87% 0cm -21° 8.8°C 0.27mm 0.15kPa 24135m 11m/s 6m/s
04:00 ☾
0% 6.8°C 0.15mm 88% 0cm -16° 8.7°C 0.38mm 0.14kPa 24135m 11m/s 5.8m/s
05:00 ☾
0% 7.1°C 0.16mm 88% 0cm -9.5° 8.9°C 0.58mm 0.13kPa 23620m 11m/s 5.8m/s
06:00 ☾
0% 7.4°C 0.18mm 89% 0cm -1.6° 9.1°C 0.79mm 0.13kPa 23104m 11m/s 5.8m/s
07:00
0% 7.7°C 0.19mm 90% 0cm 6.7° 9.3°C 1mm 0.12kPa 22589m 11m/s 5.9m/s
08:00
0% 7.8°C 0.13mm 88% 0cm 15° 9.7°C 0.73mm 0.14kPa 22937m 11m/s 6.4m/s
09:00
0% 8°C 0.06mm 87% 0cm 24° 10°C 0.46mm 0.17kPa 23286m 12m/s 7m/s
10:00
0% 8.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm 32° 11°C 0.19mm 0.19kPa 23634m 12m/s 7.5m/s
11:00
0% 8.2°C 0mm 87% 0cm 39° 10°C 0.29mm 0.17kPa 23258m 13m/s 7.5m/s
12:00
0% 8.3°C 0mm 88% 0cm 44° 10°C 0.4mm 0.14kPa 22882m 13m/s 7.4m/s
13:00
0% 8.5°C 0mm 90% 0cm 46° 10°C 0.5mm 0.12kPa 22506m 14m/s 7.4m/s
14:00
1% 8°C 0mm 89% 0cm 45° 9.7°C 0.4mm 0.13kPa 23049m 14m/s 7.5m/s
15:00
2% 7.6°C 0mm 88% 0cm 41° 9.5°C 0.29mm 0.14kPa 23592m 14m/s 7.7m/s
16:00
3% 7.2°C 0mm 87% 0cm 35° 9.2°C 0.19mm 0.15kPa 24135m 14m/s 7.8m/s
17:00
2% 6.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm 28° 8.8°C 0.21mm 0.14kPa 24135m 14m/s 8.1m/s
18:00
1% 6.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm 19° 8.5°C 0.23mm 0.12kPa 24135m 15m/s 8.4m/s
19:00
0% 6.5°C 0mm 90% 0cm 11° 8.1°C 0.25mm 0.11kPa 24135m 15m/s 8.7m/s
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