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Rule Golden Hour

Zermatt - Golden Hour - Alps

Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover89%
Mid Cloud Cover48%
High Cloud Cover5%
Sun Elevation-44.2° (Astronomical night)

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 Sunrise
Zermatt
Fri, Mar 13 · 06:27–07:24 · 1h window
Low confidence
37%
🌇Golden Hour Potential82.1-90.9%
Low Cloud Cover: 30%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: -8.7° (Nautical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Zermatt
Tue, Mar 17 · 06:19–07:16
🌇Golden Hour Potential:83.3-94.9%
Low
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Zermatt
Tue, Mar 17 · 17:58–18:56
🌇Golden Hour Potential:97.4-98.6%
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching 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
Tue, Mar 10
02:006%92%4760m
03:006.2%89%6005m
04:007.2%86%8978m
05:0011%89%6323m
06:0054%93%4958m
07:0069%96%6376m
08:009.2%97%3886m
09:009.1%94%3855m
10:007.6%91%3935m
11:006.7%86%4156m
12:006.4%82%2869m
13:006.7%78%1841m
14:005.6%92%2101m
15:004.1%87%805m
16:003.6%82%191m
17:0022%84%108m
18:0022%85%112m
19:0020%86%145m
20:003.6%62%104m
21:003.6%31%118m
22:003.6%0.001%100m
23:003.6%0%164m
Wed, Mar 11
24:003.6%0%185m
01:005%0%332m
02:005%0%631m
03:006.4%0%2155m
04:005.8%0%4353m
05:007.6%0%14398m
06:0055%0%24134m
07:0061%0%24134m
08:008.2%28%24135m
09:008.6%56%24135m
10:008.6%84%23569m
11:008%87%10144m
12:006.9%91%5579m
13:006.2%94%3123m
14:005.8%79%2062m
15:005.7%63%1865m
16:005.6%48%1659m
17:0032%64%1385m
18:0022%80%916m
19:0020%95%935m
20:004.8%97%1450m
21:005.4%98%2324m
22:005.2%99%1858m
23:004%99%424m
Thu, Mar 12
24:004%99%176m
01:004%99%126m
02:004%73%113m
03:004%46%106m
04:003.6%20%93m
05:003.6%21%97m
06:0022%21%127m
07:0022%22%497m
08:0011%27%14225m
09:0017%31%24054m
10:0011%36%22576m
11:0011%31%16575m
12:007.3%27%4735m
13:007.6%22%3086m
14:007.1%15%1231m
15:006.7%7.4%783m
16:006.7%0%862m
17:0050%0%3113m
18:0047%0%4905m
19:0079%0%10354m
20:0016%0%24134m
21:0017%0%24134m
22:0017%0%24134m
23:0015%0%7145m
Fri, Mar 13
24:0017%0%24134m
01:0018%0%24135m
02:0015%0%4897m
03:0015%0%4044m
04:0015%0%4175m
05:0015%0%4537m
06:0091%0%4572m
07:0082%0%4179m
08:0014%4.9%7954m
09:0013%9.8%11729m
10:0012%15%15504m
11:0010%23%11726m
12:008.9%31%7949m
13:006.3%39%4172m
14:005.2%53%4374m
15:005.2%68%4576m
16:005.2%82%4778m
17:0025%87%4614m
18:0025%93%4450m
19:0025%99%4287m
20:004.2%99%4213m
21:004.2%98%4139m
22:004.2%98%4065m
23:004.2%99%3173m
Sat, Mar 14
24:003.8%99%2281m
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
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Wed, Mar 11 Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 18:28
02:00
- 5% 89% 48% 98% 89% 1.4m/s
03:00
- 35% 81% 40% 98% 81% 1.3m/s
04:00
- 93% 72% 98% 98% 98% 0.9m/s
05:00
- 93% 41% 100% 97% 100% 0.46m/s
06:00
- 5% 16% 100% 95% 100% 0.74m/s
07:00
- 0% 5% 100% 94% 100% 0.73m/s
08:00
- 100% 5% 84% 91% 100% 0.88m/s
09:00
- 100% 5% 92% 84% 100% 1.5m/s
10:00
- 100% 42% 95% 83% 100% 1.9m/s
11:00
- 100% 63% 96% 84% 100% 2m/s
12:00
- 100% 77% 90% 85% 100% 2.3m/s
13:00
- 100% 82% 86% 84% 100% 2.4m/s
14:00
- 100% 85% 93% 83% 100% 2.2m/s
15:00
- 100% 97% 62% 82% 100% 1.9m/s
16:00
- 100% 100% 87% 83% 100% 1.8m/s
17:00
- 100% 92% 90% 87% 100% 1.7m/s
18:00
- 100% 84% 88% 94% 100% 1.8m/s
19:00
- 100% 70% 83% 98% 100% 1.6m/s
20:00
- 100% 74% 85% 98% 100% 1.4m/s
21:00
- 33% 78% 95% 98% 95% 1.4m/s
22:00
- 24% 89% 88% 98% 95% 1.4m/s
23:00
- 82% 87% 100% 97% 100% 1.3m/s
Thu, Mar 12 Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 18:28
24:00
- 100% 99% 100% 95% 100% 1.1m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 0.96m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 0.65m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 0.83m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 2.2m/s
06:00
- 99% 100% 100% 96% 100% 2.7m/s
07:00
- 50% 74% 100% 96% 100% 2.7m/s
08:00
- 5% 51% 57% 94% 63% 2.1m/s
09:00
- 3% 13% 34% 86% 37% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 4% 29% 81% 78% 81% 1.5m/s
11:00
- 1% 63% 74% 79% 78% 1.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 89% 76% 82% 89% 1.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 95% 68% 82% 95% 1.4m/s
14:00
- 0% 99% 31% 82% 99% 0.56m/s
15:00
- 0% 99% 16% 85% 99% 0.46m/s
16:00
- 0% 100% 15% 84% 100% 0.35m/s
17:00
- 0% 84% 1% 88% 84% 0.34m/s
18:00
- 0% 87% 0% 95% 87% 0.36m/s
19:00
- 0% 59% 0% 96% 59% 0.66m/s
20:00
- 0% 6% 0% 91% 6% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 2% 20% 0% 91% 20% 1.7m/s
22:00
- 3% 19% 0% 93% 20% 1.1m/s
23:00
- 0% 18% 0% 91% 18% 1.4m/s
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:30
24:00
- 0% 17% 0% 83% 17% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 0% 16% 0% 76% 16% 1.6m/s
02:00
- 4% 33% 0% 78% 34% 1.6m/s
03:00
- 5% 36% 0% 79% 37% 1.4m/s
04:00
- 3% 32% 0% 78% 33% 1.9m/s
05:00
- 0% 30% 0% 79% 30% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 5% 30% 0% 79% 31% 2.2m/s
07:00
- 26% 36% 0% 80% 38% 2.2m/s
08:00
- 19% 44% 0% 83% 46% 2.7m/s
09:00
- 12% 53% 0% 86% 54% 3.2m/s
10:00
- 5% 61% 0% 89% 62% 3.7m/s
11:00
- 25% 65% 0% 91% 67% 4.4m/s
12:00
- 45% 68% 0% 94% 72% 5m/s
13:00
- 65% 71% 0% 96% 76% 5.6m/s
14:00
- 76% 71% 2% 95% 84% 5.9m/s
15:00
- 88% 71% 3% 95% 92% 6.2m/s
16:00
- 100% 71% 5% 94% 100% 6.5m/s
17:00
- 100% 71% 36% 94% 100% 6.5m/s
18:00
- 100% 71% 68% 94% 100% 6.5m/s
19:00
- 100% 71% 100% 95% 100% 6.5m/s
20:00
- 77% 71% 100% 95% 100% 6.4m/s
21:00
- 53% 71% 100% 96% 100% 6.3m/s
22:00
- 30% 71% 100% 96% 100% 6.2m/s
23:00
- 53% 72% 100% 95% 100% 6m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:31
24:00
- 77% 72% 100% 95% 100% 5.8m/s
01:00
- 100% 72% 100% 95% 100% 5.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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