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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Lagoa do Fogo, Azores

Ribeira Grande, Azores, Portugal

A rim view of Lagoa do Fogo traces its pale shoreline and steep crater walls, with the descent trail forming a diagonal into the blue lake.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover13%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-11.6° (Nautical twilight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Azores
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Lagoa do Fogo
Tue, Sep 8 · 19:26–20:17 · 1h window
Medium confidence
47%
🌇Golden Hour Potential92.3-95.5%
Low Cloud Cover: 15%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 9%
Sun Elevation: 11.2° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Lagoa do Fogo
Wed, Sep 9 · 07:02–07:52
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.4%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Lagoa do Fogo
Wed, Sep 9 · 19:25–20:15
🌇Golden Hour Potential:94.2%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Azores. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Lagoa do Fogo.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Lagoa do Fogo during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
23
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 90 days
55
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
86
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 30 of 86 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

June, with 20 of 86 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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87-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 87-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 87 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Azores
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sun, Sep 6
04:0026%28%3061m
05:0026%33%2963m
06:0060%39%3583m
07:0050%26%3393m
08:0028%29%3286m
09:0024%33%24135m
10:0024%41%24134m
11:0024%48%24135m
12:0025%56%24134m
13:0024%55%24134m
14:0026%59%24134m
15:0026%56%24135m
16:0026%59%24135m
17:0023%61%24134m
18:0023%64%24135m
19:0091%73%24091m
20:0084%65%24135m
21:0021%56%24135m
22:0021%60%24135m
23:0021%64%24134m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0021%69%24134m
01:0021%48%24135m
02:0021%28%24134m
03:0021%7%24134m
04:0020%18%16818m
05:0020%28%17600m
06:0020%39%12980m
07:0081%26%6317m
08:0038%13%5911m
09:0021%0%24134m
10:0021%0%24134m
11:0024%0%24134m
12:0024%0%24135m
13:0026%0%24135m
14:0029%0%24134m
15:0026%0%24134m
16:0026%0%24134m
17:0023%0%24135m
18:0026%0%24134m
19:0068%1.6%24134m
20:0063%3.3%24134m
21:0026%4.9%24135m
22:0026%20%24135m
23:0026%35%24135m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0026%50%24134m
01:0026%50%24135m
02:0029%50%24135m
03:0026%50%24134m
04:0027%46%24135m
05:0026%42%24134m
06:0025%38%24134m
07:0087%42%24134m
08:0036%46%24134m
09:0026%50%24135m
10:0026%39%24134m
11:0029%28%24134m
12:0024%17%24135m
13:0027%11%19967m
14:0026%5.6%19112m
15:0026%0%19071m
16:0026%0%18871m
17:0026%0%24135m
18:0026%0%19123m
19:0096%0.3%24135m
20:0092%0.61%24134m
21:0029%0.91%24134m
22:0026%4.6%24134m
23:0026%8.3%24135m
Wed, Sep 9
24:0026%12%24135m
01:0027%8%24134m
02:0029%4%24134m
03:0029%0%24135m
04:0027%0%24135m
05:0027%0%24134m
06:0023%0%24135m
07:0095%0%24135m
08:0030%0%24135m
09:000%0%24135m
10:000%0%24135m
11:000%0%24135m
12:000%0%24135m
13:000%0%24135m
14:000%0%24135m
15:000%0%24135m
16:000%0%24135m
17:000%0%24135m
18:000%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
Atlantic/Azores
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Sep 6 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 20:03
21:00
- 0% 13% 0% 91% -12° 13% 3.1m/s
22:00
- 0% 13% 0% 91% -23° 13% 3.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 14% 0% 92% -32° 14% 3.3m/s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 20:01
24:00
- 0% 15% 0% 93% -40° 15% 3.5m/s
01:00
- 0% 17% 0% 93% -45° 17% 3.7m/s
02:00
- 0% 15% 0% 93% -46° 15% 3.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 17% 0% 93% -42° 17% 3.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 19% 0% 93% -35° 19% 3.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 20% 0% 94% -26° 20% 3.6m/s
06:00
- 0% 21% 0% 94% -16° 21% 3.3m/s
07:00
- 0% 22% 0% 94% -4.1° 22% 3m/s
08:00
- 0% 22% 0% 94% 7.7° 22% 2.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 27% 0% 91% 19° 27% 3.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 15% 0% 86% 31° 15% 3.7m/s
11:00
- 4% 10% 0% 80% 42° 10% 3.9m/s
12:00
- 5% 14% 0% 75% 51° 15% 4m/s
13:00
- 24% 17% 0% 73% 57° 24% 4.1m/s
14:00
- 72% 12% 0% 73% 58° 72% 4.1m/s
15:00
- 94% 4% 0% 73% 53° 94% 4.1m/s
16:00
- 84% 2% 0% 74% 45° 84% 3.9m/s
17:00
- 70% 6% 0% 76% 35° 70% 3.8m/s
18:00
- 98% 18% 0% 80% 23° 98% 3.4m/s
19:00
- 100% 18% 0% 85% 12° 100% 3.1m/s
20:00
- 100% 27% 2% 93% 0.14° 100% 2.3m/s
21:00
- 100% 33% 2% 95% -12° 100% 2.1m/s
22:00
- 100% 36% 3% 95% -23° 100% 2.1m/s
23:00
- 98% 33% 0% 96% -33° 98% 2.1m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 20:00
24:00
- 62% 29% 0% 96% -41° 62% 1.8m/s
01:00
- 87% 30% 0% 96% -46° 87% 1.8m/s
02:00
- 63% 36% 0% 96% -46° 63% 1.8m/s
03:00
- 5% 38% 0% 96% -43° 38% 1.9m/s
04:00
- 5% 35% 3% 96% -36° 36% 2m/s
05:00
- 33% 34% 4% 95% -26° 48% 1.8m/s
06:00
- 6% 35% 4% 95% -16° 35% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 47% 36% 5% 95% -4.2° 49% 1.9m/s
08:00
- 99% 40% 5% 95% 7.6° 99% 1.7m/s
09:00
- 47% 13% 5% 90% 19° 47% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 6% 0% 4% 78% 31° 6% 2m/s
11:00
- 5% 2% 5% 72% 42° 5% 2.3m/s
12:00
- 5% 28% 5% 70% 51° 28% 2.5m/s
13:00
- 5% 45% 5% 72% 57° 46% 2.6m/s
14:00
- 5% 55% 5% 76% 57° 55% 2.5m/s
15:00
- 5% 31% 5% 80% 53° 32% 2.4m/s
16:00
- 5% 44% 5% 80% 45° 45% 2.5m/s
17:00
- 5% 52% 4% 81% 34° 53% 2.6m/s
18:00
- 5% 38% 1% 83% 23° 39% 2.3m/s
19:00
- 9% 15% 0% 86% 11° 16% 2m/s
20:00
- 49% 4% 0% 92% -0.23° 49% 1.7m/s
21:00
- 44% 3% 0% 94% -12° 44% 1.2m/s
22:00
- 24% 5% 0% 95% -23° 24% 1.1m/s
23:00
- 11% 11% 0% 96% -33° 19% 1.1m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:58
24:00
- 20% 17% 0% 96% -41° 23% 1.1m/s
01:00
- 24% 20% 0% 96% -46° 26% 1.1m/s
02:00
- 37% 22% 0% 96% -47° 37% 0.81m/s
03:00
- 49% 22% 0% 96% -43° 49% 0.65m/s
04:00
- 50% 20% 0% 96% -36° 50% 0.52m/s
05:00
- 62% 17% 0% 96% -27° 62% 0.25m/s
06:00
- 65% 16% 0% 95% -16° 65% 0.42m/s
07:00
- 45% 11% 0% 92% -4.4° 45% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 25% 5% 0% 89% 7.4° 25% 2.8m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 19° 5% 3.9m/s
10:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 31° 5% 3.6m/s
11:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 41° 5% 3.3m/s
12:00
- 5% 0% 0% 84% 50° 5% 2.9m/s
13:00
- 5% 0% 0% 85% 56° 5% 2.5m/s
14:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% 57° 5% 2.1m/s
15:00
- 5% 0% 0% 87% 53° 5% 1.7m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 87% 44° 5% 1.5m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% 34° 5% 1.4m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% 23° 5% 1.2m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% 11° 5% 1.4m/s
20:00
- 5% 0% 0% 88% -0.67° 5% 1.6m/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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