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Rule Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake Forecast for Windermere, Lake District

Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom

Windermere offers broad water, wooded islands, boats and distant Lakeland fells, with jetties and shoreline trees providing structured foregrounds.

6 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
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First upcoming window
Perfect Mirror Reflections
Windermere
Sun, Sep 20 · 23:00–24:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
63%
💨Wind Speed0.6m/s
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Glassy Mirror Reflections (glassy)
Windermere
Mon, Sep 21 · 01:00–05:00
💨Wind Speed:0.5-1m/s
Low
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Glassy Mirror Reflections (glassy)
Windermere
Thu, Sep 24 · 24:00–04:00
💨Wind Speed:0.5-0.9m/s
Low
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Perfect Mirror Reflections
Windermere
Thu, Sep 24 · 05:00–06:00
💨Wind Speed:1m/s
Low
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Perfect Mirror Reflections at Sunrise
Windermere
Thu, Sep 24 · 06:00–08:00
💨Wind Speed:0.6-0.7m/s
Low
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Perfect Mirror Reflections
Windermere
Thu, Sep 24 · 08:00–09:00
💨Wind Speed:0.7m/s
Low

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Wind Speed82% of hours
  • Wind Gusts82% of hours
  • Visibility53% of hours
5matching hours in the displayed 71-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Wind Speed
≤ 1.0m/s
Wind Gusts
≤ 2.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Visibility
≥ 5000.0m
Sun, Sep 20
Rule fails. 06:00Wind Speed: 2.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirementVisibility: 34940m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Wind Speed: 2.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirementVisibility: 37400m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Wind Speed: 3.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 21%. Misses requirementVisibility: 39200m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Wind Speed: 4.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 31%. Misses requirementVisibility: 44120m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Wind Speed: 4.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 8.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirementVisibility: 48000m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Wind Speed: 4.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirementVisibility: 50760m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Wind Speed: 5.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 10m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirementVisibility: 50600m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Wind Speed: 5.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 9.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirementVisibility: 54860m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Wind Speed: 4.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 8.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 55780m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Wind Speed: 5.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 10m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 56100m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Wind Speed: 5.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 9.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 56620m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Wind Speed: 4.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 57920m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Wind Speed: 3.4m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 58660m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Wind Speed: 1.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 50340m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Wind Speed: 1.9m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 43720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Wind Speed: 1.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 41800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Wind Speed: 1.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 47140m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 23:00Wind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 35180m. Meets requirement
Mon, Sep 21
Rule fails. 24:00Wind Speed: 1.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 34740m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 01:00Wind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 33240m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 02:00Wind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 32200m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 03:00Wind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 31300m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 04:00Wind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 30960m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Wind Speed: 1.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 32420m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Wind Speed: 1.5m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirementVisibility: 31500m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Wind Speed: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirementVisibility: 28620m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Wind Speed: 2.9m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirementVisibility: 28640m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 36%. Misses requirementVisibility: 28800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Wind Speed: 2.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 47%. Misses requirementVisibility: 23940m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 55%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Wind Speed: 2.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 60%. Misses requirementVisibility: 7780m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Wind Speed: 3.5m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 59%. Misses requirementVisibility: 6060m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Wind Speed: 3.4m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 46%. Misses requirementVisibility: 5760m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4540m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Wind Speed: 2.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4320m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Wind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3480m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Wind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 2340m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Wind Speed: 1.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 1440m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Wind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 0.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 1580m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Wind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3160m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Wind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4740m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Wind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4020m. Misses requirement
Tue, Sep 22
Rule fails. 24:00Wind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirementVisibility: 2980m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Wind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirementWind Gusts: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3580m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Wind Speed: 1.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 1500m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Wind Speed: 1.4m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 2.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirementVisibility: 2070m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Wind Speed: 1.9m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 2935m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Wind Speed: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 3.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3840m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Wind Speed: 2.5m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3940m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4060m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Wind Speed: 2.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3300m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Wind Speed: 3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3420m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Wind Speed: 3.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3560m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Wind Speed: 3.5m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 22%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3720m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Wind Speed: 3.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 34%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3880m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Wind Speed: 3.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4040m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Wind Speed: 3.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4280m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Wind Speed: 3.4m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 36%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4520m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Wind Speed: 3.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4760m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4800m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Wind Speed: 2.5m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4840m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Wind Speed: 2.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4880m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Wind Speed: 2.2m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 4420m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Wind Speed: 2.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3960m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Wind Speed: 2.4m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirementVisibility: 3500m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Wind Speed: 2.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 4.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3380m. Misses requirement
Wed, Sep 23
Rule fails. 24:00Wind Speed: 2.8m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 26%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3280m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Wind Speed: 3.1m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 5.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 37%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3160m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Wind Speed: 3.6m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 51%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3120m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Wind Speed: 4.3m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 7.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 66%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3060m. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Wind Speed: 4.7m/s. Misses requirementWind Gusts: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 78%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3020m. Misses requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Supporting inputs are unavailable for the displayed forecast period.

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Mirror Lake conditions across Lake District. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Windermere.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Windermere during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
11
recorded matching windows · 67% average confidence
Last 90 days
83
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 365 days
175
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

04:00 local time, shared by 19 of 175 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 33 of 175 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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