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Coniston Water - Fog Hunter - Lake District

Coniston, 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
Dewpoint Spread3.3°C
Visibility13564 (Clear)
Relative Humidity79%
Wind Speed10.7m/s (moderate winds)

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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
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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
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:11
01:00
-0.1°C 0mm 79% 0.46cm 3.2°C 0.38mm 0.16kPa 13564m 16m/s 11m/s
02:00
-0.9°C 0mm 77% 0.13cm 2.8°C 0.75mm 0.17kPa 23638m 17m/s 11m/s
03:00
-1.6°C 0mm 74% 0.16cm 2.6°C 0.88mm 0.2kPa 22857m 18m/s 11m/s
04:00
-2°C 0mm 72% 0.33cm 2.6°C 1.1mm 0.21kPa 15637m 18m/s 11m/s
05:00
-1.3°C 0mm 74% 0.06cm 2.9°C 1.2mm 0.2kPa 24135m 21m/s 12m/s
06:00
-0.8°C 0.05mm 75% 0.09cm 3.2°C 1.3mm 0.19kPa 21305m 23m/s 13m/s
07:00
0.4°C 0.33mm 83% 0.37cm 2.9°C 0.38mm 0.13kPa 5881m 23m/s 14m/s
08:00
0.9°C 0.08mm 84% 0.12cm 3.3°C 0.5mm 0.12kPa 11170m 19m/s 13m/s
09:00
1.1°C 0.05mm 84% 0.1cm 3.5°C 0.63mm 0.12kPa 14393m 17m/s 11m/s
10:00
1.1°C 0.01mm 82% 0.1cm 3.8°C 0.75mm 0.14kPa 5906m 15m/s 9.8m/s
11:00
1.5°C 0.01mm 83% 0cm 4.1°C 0.88mm 0.14kPa 4946m 13m/s 9m/s
12:00
1.9°C 0.02mm 87% 0cm 3.9°C 1.1mm 0.1kPa 8320m 13m/s 8.9m/s
13:00
2.3°C 0mm 88% 0cm 4°C 0.13mm 0.1kPa 19811m 11m/s 8.6m/s
14:00
2.9°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 4.8°C 0.25mm 0.11kPa 23075m 9.5m/s 7.2m/s
15:00
2.5°C 0mm 84% 0cm 4.9°C 0.44mm 0.13kPa 23961m 7.5m/s 5.4m/s
16:00
2.2°C 0mm 81% 0cm 5.2°C 0.44mm 0.17kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 4.4m/s
17:00
1.2°C 0mm 76% 0cm 5.2°C 0.5mm 0.22kPa 23222m 6m/s 4m/s
18:00
2°C 0mm 83% 0cm 4.6°C 0.5mm 0.14kPa 24135m 6m/s 3m/s
19:00
1.7°C 0mm 90% 0cm 3.3°C 0.13mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.1m/s
20:00
1.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.6°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
21:00
0.8°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.2°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 24134m 3m/s 1.7m/s
22:00
0.8°C 0mm 91% 0cm 2.2°C 0.25mm 0.07kPa 24134m 4.4m/s 2m/s
23:00
1.1°C 0mm 91% 0cm 2.5°C 0.25mm 0.07kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 2.5m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:13
24:00
1.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.6°C 0.25mm 0.08kPa 24135m 5.7m/s 2.6m/s
01:00
1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.5°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 5m/s 2.2m/s
02:00
1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.5°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 2.2m/s
03:00
1.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.5°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24135m 5.4m/s 2.5m/s
04:00
1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.4°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 2.6m/s
05:00
0.8°C 0mm 90% 0cm 2.3°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 24134m 4.8m/s 2.4m/s
06:00
0.5°C 0mm 89% 0cm 2.1°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 24135m 5.2m/s 2.2m/s
07:00
0.3°C 0mm 89% 0cm 1.9°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 5m/s 2.2m/s
08:00
1.2°C 0mm 84% 0cm 3.6°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24135m 9.5m/s 3.3m/s
09:00
1.9°C 0mm 78% 0cm 5.5°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 22275m 8.7m/s 4.6m/s
10:00
1.7°C 0mm 73% 0cm 6.2°C 0.25mm 0.25kPa 22344m 8.9m/s 5.8m/s
11:00
1.6°C 0.01mm 70% 0cm 6.7°C 0.44mm 0.29kPa 24135m 9m/s 6.2m/s
12:00
1.1°C 0mm 65% 0cm 7.2°C 0.5mm 0.35kPa 24134m 8.9m/s 6.2m/s
13:00
0.9°C 0mm 63% 0cm 7.4°C 0mm 0.38kPa 24135m 8.6m/s 6.1m/s
14:00
0.5°C 0mm 62% 0cm 7.3°C 0.06mm 0.39kPa 24135m 8.4m/s 6.1m/s
15:00
0.7°C 0mm 64% 0cm 7°C 0.06mm 0.36kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 5.5m/s
16:00
1.8°C 0mm 72% 0cm 6.4°C 0.13mm 0.27kPa 24134m 6.6m/s 5.1m/s
17:00
2.6°C 0mm 81% 0cm 5.6°C 0.25mm 0.18kPa 24135m 6.6m/s 4m/s
18:00
2.2°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4.4°C 0.25mm 0.12kPa 24134m 7.4m/s 3.5m/s
19:00
2.1°C 0mm 90% 0cm 3.6°C 0mm 0.08kPa 22799m 4.2m/s 2.5m/s
20:00
1.8°C 0mm 92% 0cm 3°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
1.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm 2.7°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 1.6m/s
22:00
1.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm 2.6°C 0.13mm 0.05kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 1.8m/s
23:00
1.6°C 0mm 93% 0cm 2.6°C 0.13mm 0.05kPa 24135m 2.9m/s 1.8m/s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:15
24:00
1.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm 2.8°C 0.13mm 0.05kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.7m/s
01:00
1.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm 2.8°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
02:00
2.3°C 0mm 92% 0cm 3.5°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 3m/s 1.9m/s
03:00
2.4°C 0mm 91% 0cm 3.7°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 4m/s 2.7m/s
04:00
2.5°C 0.01mm 92% 0cm 3.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 6.8m/s 3.3m/s
05:00
3°C 0mm 92% 0cm 4.1°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 9.1m/s 4.2m/s
06:00
3.4°C 0mm 93% 0cm 4.3°C 0.13mm 0.06kPa 24135m 11m/s 5.5m/s
07:00
2.9°C 0.02mm 92% 0.07cm 4°C 0.4mm 0.06kPa 24135m 12m/s 6.6m/s
08:00
2.4°C 0.05mm 92% 0.13cm 3.7°C 0.67mm 0.07kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.8m/s
09:00
1.9°C 0.07mm 91% 0.2cm 3.3°C 0.94mm 0.07kPa 24135m 14m/s 8.9m/s
10:00
1.5°C 0.12mm 92% 0.24cm 2.7°C 1.5mm 0.06kPa 16285m 14m/s 8.6m/s
11:00
1.1°C 0.16mm 93% 0.28cm 2.1°C 2mm 0.05kPa 8436m 14m/s 8.3m/s
12:00
0.7°C 0.21mm 95% 0.33cm 1.5°C 2.5mm 0.04kPa 586m 13m/s 8m/s
13:00
0°C 0.15mm 92% 0.22cm 1.2°C 1.8mm 0.05kPa 8435m 13m/s 7.7m/s
14:00
-0.7°C 0.09mm 89% 0.11cm 0.89°C 1.2mm 0.07kPa 16285m 13m/s 7.4m/s
15:00
-1.4°C 0.03mm 87% 0cm 0.6°C 0.5mm 0.09kPa 24135m 14m/s 7.1m/s
16:00
-1.2°C 0.03mm 88% 0cm 0.63°C 0.54mm 0.08kPa 24135m 14m/s 7.1m/s
17:00
-1°C 0.02mm 89% 0cm 0.67°C 0.58mm 0.07kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.1m/s
18:00
-0.8°C 0.02mm 90% 0cm 0.7°C 0.63mm 0.07kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.1m/s
19:00
-0.4°C 0.01mm 91% 0cm 0.88°C 0.44mm 0.06kPa 24011m 13m/s 6.6m/s
20:00
-0.1°C 0.007mm 92% 0cm 1.1°C 0.25mm 0.05kPa 23886m 13m/s 6.1m/s
21:00
0.3°C 0mm 94% 0cm 1.2°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 23761m 12m/s 5.6m/s
22:00
0.4°C 0.003mm 92% 0cm 1.5°C 0.08mm 0.05kPa 22794m 12m/s 5.7m/s
23:00
0.5°C 0.007mm 92% 0cm 1.8°C 0.1mm 0.06kPa 21828m 11m/s 5.9m/s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:17
24:00
0.7°C 0.01mm 90% 0cm 2.1°C 0.13mm 0.07kPa 20861m 11m/s 6m/s
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