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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 Cover23%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-22.5° (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 (calm) at Sunrise
Zermatt
Tomorrow · 07:00–07:09 · 1h window
Medium confidence
52%
🌇Golden Hour Potential87.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 2%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 4.5° (Golden hour)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Zermatt
Tomorrow · 19:46–20:46
🌇Golden Hour Potential:93.6-93.9%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Zermatt
Fri, Apr 24 · 06:07–07:07
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96.5-97.4%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Zermatt
Fri, Apr 24 · 19:47–20:47
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Zermatt
Sat, Apr 25 · 06:05–07:05
🌇Golden Hour Potential:97.5-97.7%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Zermatt
Sat, Apr 25 · 19:48–20:49
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96.1-100%
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
8matching 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, Apr 21
03:0028%0%24135m
04:0035%0%24135m
05:0035%0%24134m
06:0094%0%24135m
07:0074%0%24134m
08:0031%0%24135m
09:0026%29%24134m
10:0023%59%24135m
11:0022%88%24135m
12:0023%91%24134m
13:0028%94%24135m
14:0029%98%24135m
15:0035%67%24134m
16:0028%33%9839m
17:0027%0%20107m
18:0027%0%9003m
19:0073%0%16246m
20:0052%0%1949m
21:0058%23%2157m
22:0024%45%547m
23:0026%68%239m
Wed, Apr 22
24:0028%77%394m
01:0028%86%4982m
02:0033%95%18398m
03:0037%76%17275m
04:0026%58%12067m
05:0025%39%4268m
06:0076%45%5076m
07:0068%50%6017m
08:0020%56%7607m
09:0020%50%6729m
10:0020%44%4968m
11:0022%39%21517m
12:0018%40%21902m
13:0022%42%24135m
14:0022%44%18290m
15:0025%46%21620m
16:0026%48%21511m
17:0026%50%21852m
18:0031%42%21516m
19:0075%34%21497m
20:0068%26%23543m
21:0081%17%21697m
22:0035%8.7%21839m
23:0033%0%22246m
Thu, Apr 23
24:0033%0%23161m
01:0032%0%24134m
02:0032%0%24135m
03:0032%3.3%24134m
04:0029%6.7%24134m
05:0029%10%24134m
06:0088%6.7%24135m
07:0088%3.3%24134m
08:0034%0%24134m
09:0036%3.3%24135m
10:0036%6.7%24135m
11:0036%10%24134m
12:0036%6.7%24135m
13:0036%3.3%24134m
14:0035%0%24134m
15:0033%0%24134m
16:0036%0%24134m
17:0034%0%24134m
18:0034%0%24135m
19:0094%0%24135m
20:0094%0%24135m
21:0084%0%24135m
22:0032%0%24134m
23:0032%0%24134m
Fri, Apr 24
24:0033%0%24135m
01:0033%0%24135m
02:0033%0%24135m
03:0036%0%24135m
04:0039%0%24135m
05:0039%0%24134m
06:0097%0%24135m
07:0097%0%24134m
08:0039%0%24134m
09:0018%0%24134m
10:0018%0%24135m
11:0017%0%24135m
12:0018%0%24135m
13:0018%0%24135m
14:0016%0%24135m
15:0017%0%24135m
16:0016%0%24135m
17:0016%0%24135m
18:0017%0%24135m
19:00100%0%24135m
20:00100%0%24135m
21:00100%0%24135m
22:0019%0%24135m
23:0019%0%24135m
Sat, Apr 25
24:0019%0%24135m
01:0018%0%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
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Wed, Apr 22 Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:24
04:00
- 0% 23% 0% 84% 23% 1.9m/s
05:00
- 0% 41% 1% 87% 41% 2.5m/s
06:00
- 0% 42% 0% 90% 42% 2.5m/s
07:00
- 0% 42% 0% 91% 42% 2m/s
08:00
- 5% 22% 0% 81% 22% 1.7m/s
09:00
- 93% 32% 0% 73% 93% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 5% 40% 0% 70% 41% 1.5m/s
11:00
- 21% 39% 3% 63% 49% 1.1m/s
12:00
- 74% 26% 18% 54% 74% 1.4m/s
13:00
- 96% 4% 5% 50% 96% 1.8m/s
14:00
- 63% 4% 20% 51% 64% 1.9m/s
15:00
- 100% 3% 36% 49% 100% 2m/s
16:00
- 100% 2% 75% 51% 100% 1.8m/s
17:00
- 99% 1% 54% 51% 99% 2m/s
18:00
- 5% 2% 60% 56% 60% 1.7m/s
19:00
- 1% 8% 66% 61% 66% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 65% 50% 52% 78% 66% 1.8m/s
21:00
- 40% 32% 34% 85% 45% 1.1m/s
22:00
- 2% 6% 16% 88% 16% 0.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 7% 6% 89% 8% 0.39m/s
Thu, Apr 23 Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:24
24:00
- 0% 6% 4% 88% 6% 0.16m/s
01:00
- 0% 6% 4% 88% 6% 0.43m/s
02:00
- 0% 4% 0% 88% 4% 0.52m/s
03:00
- 0% 5% 0% 88% 5% 0.24m/s
04:00
- 0% 5% 0% 88% 5% 0.96m/s
05:00
- 0% 5% 0% 87% 5% 1.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 5% 0% 84% 5% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 0% 2% 0% 79% 2% 1.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 0% 1.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 1.2m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 0.84m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 0.82m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 34% 0% 1.2m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 1% 36% 1% 1.4m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 3% 37% 3% 1.6m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 4% 38% 4% 1.6m/s
17:00
- 1% 0% 20% 39% 20% 2m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 10% 42% 10% 2.2m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 2% 46% 2% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 2.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 0% 2.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 2% 0% 82% 2% 2.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 2% 0% 79% 2% 2.4m/s
Fri, Apr 24 Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:26
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 70% 0% 2.2m/s
01:00
- 0% 1% 0% 64% 1% 2m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 2m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 1.6m/s
04:00
- 2% 0% 0% 42% 2% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 5% 0% 0% 33% 5% 1.8m/s
06:00
- 5% 0% 0% 27% 5% 2.1m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 0% 23% 5% 2.4m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 0% 20% 5% 2.4m/s
09:00
- 16% 0% 0% 26% 16% 2.7m/s
10:00
- 26% 0% 0% 33% 26% 3.1m/s
11:00
- 37% 0% 0% 39% 37% 3.4m/s
12:00
- 26% 0% 0% 50% 26% 3.2m/s
13:00
- 16% 0% 0% 61% 16% 3m/s
14:00
- 5% 0% 0% 72% 5% 2.8m/s
15:00
- 5% 0% 0% 74% 5% 2.7m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 76% 5% 2.5m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 0% 78% 5% 2.4m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 75% 5% 1.8m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 72% 5% 1.3m/s
20:00
- 5% 0% 0% 69% 5% 0.74m/s
21:00
- 11% 0% 0% 65% 11% 0.87m/s
22:00
- 17% 0% 0% 60% 17% 1m/s
23:00
- 23% 0% 0% 55% 23% 1.1m/s
Sat, Apr 25 Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:27
24:00
- 17% 0% 0% 50% 17% 1.3m/s
01:00
- 11% 0% 0% 44% 11% 1.5m/s
02:00
- 5% 0% 0% 38% 5% 1.6m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 36% 5% 2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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