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Fog Spotlight
Live fog forecast for the Del Norte redwood coast, paired with the US-101 camera south of Cushing Creek. Fog-Index helps photographers anticipate when an ordinary, visually chaotic forest scene will become layered, ethereal, and mysterious.
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Terrain creates the setup. Fog-Index scores the morning.
Location logic
Cool Pacific air reaches the steep redwood coast before inland heating takes over, letting fog collect between the trunks, soften the canopy, and create visible shafts when the first light begins to break through.
Best season
Late spring through early fall
Forecast target
Cushing Creek, Del Norte Redwoods
Terrain mode
coastal
Elevation
1,047 ft ASL
Fog seasonality
The live forecast answers whether the selected sunrise looks promising. Seasonality zooms out, using a rolling 10-year history of sunrise conditions to show when this location tends to produce its strongest fog setups.
Live validation
Use the live view as a reality check while keeping the forecast target anchored to Cushing Creek, Del Norte Redwoods.
The camera and Fog Score share the same Cushing Creek target, showing whether low cloud and fog are reaching the forested US-101 corridor south of Crescent City.
Map preview
A focused fog-map preview showing the selected sunrise signal around Cushing Creek, Crescent Beach, and the redwood-covered coastal hills south of Crescent City.
The blue marker carries the exact viewpoint score from above; the surrounding cells come from the regional grid, so they can differ.
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Forecast logic
Fog-Index scores the sunrise window from saturation, wind, cloud cover, wetness, terrain, and source confirmation. Cushing Creek, Del Norte Redwoods is evaluated as a coastal target, so the model weighs the local terrain setup.
Forecast logic is loading
The supporting model drivers will appear after the public forecast API responds.
Track this viewpoint
Save the Cushing Creek viewpoint, get sunrise-window fog alerts, and see whether marine cloud is likely to linger in the forest long enough for soft light and separation between the trees.
Save the viewpoint and get alerts when the next morning is worth watching.
See the score plus whether external fog forecasts and advisories agree.
Review humidity, DPD, wind, cloud prep, wetness, visibility, and trend data.
Scan the local footprint instead of relying on a single point forecast.
Use longer-range patterns to plan workshops, scouting trips, and repeat visits.
Compare recent forecasts against what actually happened and tune your trust.
Built for photographers
Fog-Index is built by James Lorentson, a landscape photographer who returns to the redwoods for the rare overlap of coastal fog, soft light, and a forest full of depth. The photographs on this page were made in Del Norte County; the nearby Cushing Creek camera provides a practical live check on the marine layer moving through the US-101 corridor.
