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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Saas-Fee, Alps

Saas-Fee, Valais, Switzerland

Saas-Fee is enclosed by glaciers and high summits, where traditional timber buildings, larch woods and ice-covered peaks create compact alpine layers.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover5%
High Cloud Cover2%
Sun Elevation0.3° (Golden hour)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zurich

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Precipitation Chance99% of hours
  • Golden Hour Potential92% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Alps. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Saas-Fee.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Alps →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
21
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Last 90 days
69
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Last 365 days
156
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 41 of 156 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 32 of 156 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Zurich
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sun, Sep 6
07:0097%0%24134m
08:0027%0%24135m
09:0027%6.7%24135m
10:0029%13%24135m
11:0029%20%24135m
12:0029%26%24134m
13:0029%33%24135m
14:0029%39%24134m
15:0024%26%12201m
16:0027%13%22413m
17:0030%0%24135m
18:0027%0%23299m
19:0097%0%24134m
20:0093%0%24135m
21:0027%0%24135m
22:0026%0%24135m
23:0026%0%24135m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0026%0%21299m
01:0027%0%24134m
02:0027%0%24134m
03:0029%7.4%24134m
04:0026%15%24134m
05:0023%22%24135m
06:0096%31%24134m
07:0093%41%24134m
08:0026%50%24135m
09:0029%56%24134m
10:0027%62%24134m
11:0029%69%24134m
12:0032%70%24134m
13:0032%72%19593m
14:0032%74%19613m
15:0030%62%24134m
16:0030%51%24135m
17:0029%39%7745m
18:0027%45%11619m
19:0096%50%24135m
20:0099%56%19949m
21:0028%50%24135m
22:0029%45%24134m
23:0029%39%24134m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0024%39%21017m
01:0023%39%20116m
02:0023%39%21432m
03:0026%26%24134m
04:0026%13%24135m
05:0027%0%24134m
06:0073%19%24135m
07:0073%37%24135m
08:0027%56%24135m
09:0028%71%24134m
10:0026%85%24135m
11:0027%100%21098m
12:0027%100%24134m
13:0029%100%17289m
14:0029%100%11760m
15:0032%98%9179m
16:0030%97%16260m
17:0029%95%12272m
18:0027%97%24135m
19:0085%98%6010m
20:0088%100%20117m
21:0014%97%24134m
22:0015%95%24135m
23:0023%92%21626m
Wed, Sep 9
24:0027%94%24134m
01:0026%96%20872m
02:0023%98%24134m
03:0024%90%20289m
04:0024%81%24134m
05:0024%73%24134m
06:0064%82%24135m
07:0068%91%23921m
08:0018%100%23618m
09:0015%100%19631m
10:0018%100%15215m
11:0012%99%14739m
12:0011%99%7095m
13:0014%99%10596m
14:0014%99%20340m
15:000%88%21318m
16:000%76%22296m
17:000%64%23274m
18:000%64%23561m
19:0052%64%23848m
20:0054%63%24135m
21:000%52%21004m
22:000%41%17873m
23:000%30%14742m
Thu, Sep 10
24:000%31%17873m
01:000%32%21004m
02:000%33%24135m
03:000%55%24135m
04:000%78%24135m
05:000%100%24135m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential 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/Zurich
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:55
07:00
- 2% 0% 5% 70% 0.32° 5% 1.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 100% 64% 10° 100% 2m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 94% 56% 21° 94% 1.2m/s
10:00
- 5% 0% 52% 53% 30° 52% 0.48m/s
11:00
- 5% 0% 36% 51% 39° 36% 1.1m/s
12:00
- 17% 1% 42% 49% 46° 52% 1.6m/s
13:00
- 19% 2% 64% 49% 49° 72% 2.1m/s
14:00
- 21% 1% 92% 52% 49° 92% 2m/s
15:00
- 8% 3% 80% 50% 45° 80% 1.2m/s
16:00
- 14% 6% 83% 47% 38° 83% 1.4m/s
17:00
- 89% 7% 86% 54% 29° 89% 1.9m/s
18:00
- 98% 6% 69% 63% 19° 98% 1.8m/s
19:00
- 12% 0% 30% 71% 8.9° 30% 1.9m/s
20:00
- 4% 0% 8% 70% -1.4° 8% 2.8m/s
21:00
- 12% 1% 14% 66% -12° 22% 3.3m/s
22:00
- 40% 0% 8% 67% -21° 40% 3.2m/s
23:00
- 98% 0% 9% 67% -29° 98% 2.8m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:55
24:00
- 6% 0% 3% 67% -35° 6% 2.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 3% 68% -38° 3% 2.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% -38° 0% 2.2m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% -34° 0% 2.3m/s
04:00
- 8% 0% 0% 74% -28° 8% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 0% 75% -20° 100% 1.6m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 0% 73% -10° 100% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 100% 0% 0% 71% 0.15° 100% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 0% 68% 10° 100% 1.4m/s
09:00
- 72% 0% 0% 61% 20° 72% 1.1m/s
10:00
- 13% 0% 0% 61% 30° 13% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 6% 0% 0% 62% 39° 6% 2m/s
12:00
- 3% 0% 8% 60% 45° 9% 2.4m/s
13:00
- 1% 1% 0% 60% 49° 2% 2.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 7% 61% 49° 7% 2.8m/s
15:00
- 2% 2% 21% 63% 45° 21% 2.8m/s
16:00
- 6% 10% 39% 60% 38° 39% 1.6m/s
17:00
- 36% 3% 9% 66% 29° 36% 2.3m/s
18:00
- 12% 0% 4% 70% 19° 12% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 37% 3% 31% 81% 8.6° 37% 2.3m/s
20:00
- 33% 4% 34% 82% -1.7° 53% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 8% 4% 12% 78% -12° 12% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 12% 100% 74% -21° 100% 3.3m/s
23:00
- 83% 4% 89% 75% -29° 89% 2.4m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:53
24:00
- 17% 0% 72% 77% -35° 72% 0.89m/s
01:00
- 35% 3% 50% 79% -38° 51% 1.1m/s
02:00
- 99% 0% 51% 75% -38° 99% 2.2m/s
03:00
- 89% 0% 70% 77% -34° 91% 0.94m/s
04:00
- 80% 0% 42% 74% -28° 80% 1.9m/s
05:00
- 98% 4% 95% 76% -20° 99% 1.6m/s
06:00
- 97% 4% 100% 76% -11° 100% 0.36m/s
07:00
- 10% 52% 100% 76% -0.07° 100% 1.1m/s
08:00
- 35% 77% 97% 74% 9.8° 97% 0.76m/s
09:00
- 100% 80% 100% 75% 20° 100% 0.74m/s
10:00
- 32% 39% 89% 75% 30° 89% 0.63m/s
11:00
- 100% 77% 100% 76% 38° 100% 1.4m/s
12:00
- 97% 99% 100% 82% 45° 100% 1.1m/s
13:00
- 100% 96% 95% 91% 49° 100% 0.68m/s
14:00
- 100% 71% 71% 86% 48° 100% 1.6m/s
15:00
- 100% 65% 81% 85% 44° 100% 1.8m/s
16:00
- 100% 59% 90% 85% 37° 100% 2m/s
17:00
- 100% 53% 100% 84% 28° 100% 2.2m/s
18:00
- 99% 58% 100% 84% 18° 100% 1.8m/s
19:00
- 99% 62% 100% 83% 8.2° 100% 1.4m/s
20:00
- 98% 67% 100% 83% -2.1° 100% 1.1m/s
21:00
- 98% 76% 100% 83% -12° 100% 0.98m/s
22:00
- 98% 86% 100% 83% -22° 100% 0.88m/s
23:00
- 98% 96% 100% 83% -29° 100% 0.78m/s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 19:51
24:00
- 71% 66% 98% 82% -35° 98% 0.81m/s
01:00
- 44% 36% 95% 81% -39° 95% 0.85m/s
02:00
- 17% 6% 92% 80% -38° 92% 0.89m/s
03:00
- 44% 17% 63% 77% -35° 94% 1.2m/s
04:00
- 70% 29% 34% 74% -28° 95% 1.5m/s
05:00
- 97% 40% 5% 71% -20° 97% 1.8m/s
06:00
- 69% 59% 30% 75% -11° 97% 2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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