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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 Cover99%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-16.7° (Astronomical twilight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zurich
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Saas-Fee
Today · 20:22–21:27 · 1h window
Medium confidence
48%
🌇Golden Hour Potential85-88.3%
Low Cloud Cover: 8%
Mid Cloud Cover: 2%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 9.7° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Saas-Fee
Tomorrow · 05:42–06:47
🌇Golden Hour Potential:85.7-85.9%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Saas-Fee
Tomorrow · 20:21–21:26
🌇Golden Hour Potential:86.9-90.8%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Saas-Fee
Tue, Jul 28 · 05:43–06:48
🌇Golden Hour Potential:91.8-92%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Saas-Fee
Thu, Jul 30 · 05:46–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Saas-Fee
Tue, Aug 4 · 05:52–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium

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.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
26
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Last 90 days
60
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 365 days
126
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 33 of 126 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 28 of 126 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
10matching 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
Sat, Jul 25
03:0024%0%24134m
04:0024%0%24134m
05:0091%0%24134m
06:0091%0%24134m
07:0021%0%24134m
08:0023%0%24134m
09:0027%32%24134m
10:0029%63%24134m
11:0027%95%24134m
12:0026%96%10660m
13:0027%97%9802m
14:0026%98%9492m
15:0018%94%8874m
16:0023%89%20748m
17:0015%84%18511m
18:0015%88%15178m
19:0015%93%23326m
20:0049%98%24135m
21:0048%99%23425m
22:0018%99%12883m
23:0018%98%10618m
Sun, Jul 26
24:0014%98%12024m
01:0014%99%21789m
02:0012%99%5710m
03:0014%97%335m
04:0016%95%278m
05:0032%93%237m
06:0032%95%269m
07:0014%97%319m
08:0014%100%327m
09:0014%98%3636m
10:0015%97%6498m
11:0012%95%9257m
12:0015%96%10322m
13:0015%96%24134m
14:0014%96%21386m
15:0011%64%21279m
16:0011%32%17712m
17:0011%0%21321m
18:0011%0%24135m
19:0012%0%24135m
20:0085%0%24134m
21:0088%0%24134m
22:0023%0%21335m
23:0020%0%21309m
Mon, Jul 27
24:0023%0%21390m
01:0021%0%24135m
02:0024%0%24134m
03:0021%0%24135m
04:0021%0%24135m
05:0086%0%24135m
06:0086%0%24134m
07:0023%0%24134m
08:0024%0%24134m
09:0024%0%24135m
10:0027%0%24135m
11:0024%0%24135m
12:0027%0%24134m
13:0027%0%24135m
14:0024%0%24134m
15:0027%0%24135m
16:0027%0%24135m
17:0027%0%24134m
18:0026%0%24135m
19:0026%0%24134m
20:0091%0%24135m
21:0087%0%24134m
22:0023%0%24134m
23:0023%0%24134m
Tue, Jul 28
24:0023%0%24135m
01:0024%0%24135m
02:0021%0%24135m
03:0023%0%24134m
04:0027%0%24134m
05:0092%0%24135m
06:0092%0%24134m
07:0044%0%24135m
08:0024%0%24134m
09:000%0%23982m
10:000%0%23831m
11:000%0%23679m
12:000%13%23831m
13:000%26%23983m
14:000%39%24135m
15:000%39%24135m
16:000%39%24135m
17:000%39%24135m
18:000%35%24135m
19:000%30%24135m
20:00100%26%24135m
21:00100%51%24135m
22:000%75%24135m
23:000%100%24135m
Wed, Jul 29
24:000%74%24135m
01:000%47%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
Sun, Jul 26 Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 21:05
04:00
- 100% 99% 100% 99% -17° 100% 1.3m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 99% -9.7° 100% 1.5m/s
06:00
- 99% 98% 100% 99% -1.1° 100% 1.5m/s
07:00
- 100% 99% 100% 98% 8.2° 100% 1.2m/s
08:00
- 98% 100% 100% 97% 18° 100% 0.67m/s
09:00
- 9% 100% 100% 91% 29° 100% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 100% 89% 39° 100% 1.8m/s
11:00
- 0% 95% 100% 89% 49° 100% 1.6m/s
12:00
- 0% 96% 100% 91% 57° 100% 1.8m/s
13:00
- 1% 99% 98% 88% 62° 99% 1.8m/s
14:00
- 0% 67% 35% 81% 63° 76% 1.8m/s
15:00
- 3% 74% 27% 71% 58° 82% 2.2m/s
16:00
- 4% 70% 24% 71% 50° 70% 2.4m/s
17:00
- 0% 66% 6% 70% 40° 66% 2.2m/s
18:00
- 0% 27% 10% 70% 30° 27% 1.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 14% 7% 68% 20° 16% 2.2m/s
20:00
- 0% 8% 2% 75% 9.7° 8% 2.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 5% 2% 81% 0.51° 6% 3.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 4% 2% 82% -8.5° 6% 4.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 4% 1% 84% -16° 6% 4.9m/s
Mon, Jul 27 Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 21:05
24:00
- 0% 5% 0% 84% -21° 5% 5m/s
01:00
- 0% 4% 0% 82% -24° 4% 4.7m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% -24° 1% 4.5m/s
03:00
- 1% 0% 0% 78% -22° 2% 4.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 1% 0% 76% -17° 1% 4.9m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% -9.9° 0% 5.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% -1.3° 0% 5.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 5.1m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 18° 0% 3.6m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 28° 0% 2m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 39° 0% 1.3m/s
11:00
- 4% 0% 0% 47% 48° 4% 1.7m/s
12:00
- 2% 0% 0% 47% 57° 2% 2m/s
13:00
- 4% 0% 0% 47% 62° 4% 2.3m/s
14:00
- 5% 3% 3% 46% 63° 5% 2.5m/s
15:00
- 5% 1% 3% 45% 58° 5% 2.4m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 3% 44% 50° 5% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 2% 44% 40° 5% 2m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 46% 30° 5% 1.6m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 52% 20° 5% 1.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 67% 9.5° 0% 2m/s
21:00
- 3% 0% 0% 75% 0.36° 3% 2.8m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% -8.7° 0% 3.6m/s
23:00
- 3% 0% 0% 74% -16° 3% 3.4m/s
Tue, Jul 28 Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 21:04
24:00
- 5% 0% 0% 70% -21° 5% 2.5m/s
01:00
- 5% 0% 0% 72% -24° 5% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 4% 0% 0% 76% -25° 4% 2.4m/s
03:00
- 1% 0% 0% 77% -22° 1% 2.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% -17° 0% 2.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% -10° 0% 2.2m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% -1.5° 0% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 7.9° 0% 1.7m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 18° 0% 1.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 30% 3% 70% 28° 30% 1.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 59% 5% 75% 38° 59% 2.1m/s
11:00
- 0% 89% 8% 80% 48° 89% 2.4m/s
12:00
- 0% 79% 5% 83% 57° 79% 2.4m/s
13:00
- 0% 69% 3% 86% 62° 69% 2.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 60% 0% 89% 62° 60% 2.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 68% 3% 89% 58° 68% 2.3m/s
16:00
- 0% 76% 5% 89% 50° 76% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 0% 84% 7% 88% 40° 84% 2.2m/s
18:00
- 0% 66% 8% 88% 30° 67% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 0% 48% 8% 87% 19° 50% 2m/s
20:00
- 0% 30% 8% 86% 9.4° 33% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 22% 7% 86% 0.21° 24% 1.8m/s
22:00
- 0% 14% 6% 87% -8.9° 15% 1.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 5% 5% 87% -16° 6% 1.7m/s
Wed, Jul 29 Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 21:03
24:00
- 0% 6% 7% 84% -22° 8% 1.6m/s
01:00
- 0% 6% 9% 81% -25° 10% 1.5m/s
02:00
- 0% 6% 11% 78% -25° 13% 1.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 18% 9% 77% -22° 22% 1.7m/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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