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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Ribeira Grande, Azores

Ribeira Grande, Azores, Portugal

Ribeira Grande's river gorge and stone bridges cut through whitewashed streets. The watercourse leads outward toward the rugged cliffs of São Miguel's north coast.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover61%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation65.0° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Azores
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Ribeira Grande
Tomorrow · 19:54–20:47 · 1h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌇Golden Hour Potential85.6-91.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 13%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 16.7° (Daylight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Ribeira Grande
Thu, Aug 20 · 19:53–20:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:91.6%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Ribeira Grande
Wed, Aug 26 · 19:45–20:37
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
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 Ribeira Grande.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Azores →

Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Ribeira Grande during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
14
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 90 days
55
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
72
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 25 of 72 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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79-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 79-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 79 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
Tue, Aug 18
06:0074%82%4188m
07:0071%68%7031m
08:0017%53%24135m
09:0017%39%23348m
10:0016%53%23200m
11:0015%68%22728m
12:0020%82%20769m
13:0020%72%20585m
14:0018%63%20981m
15:0024%53%21819m
16:0026%63%21837m
17:0020%72%21427m
18:0018%82%21680m
19:0091%55%24135m
20:0084%27%24134m
21:0014%0%24134m
22:0014%13%21949m
23:0021%26%23659m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0021%39%24134m
01:0023%26%24134m
02:0018%13%24135m
03:0020%0%21632m
04:0021%27%11952m
05:0021%55%5214m
06:0075%82%3915m
07:0076%55%3942m
08:0019%27%7511m
09:0017%0%24134m
10:0014%0%24135m
11:0016%0%24134m
12:0016%0%24135m
13:0016%0%24134m
14:0016%0%24134m
15:0019%0%24135m
16:0023%0%24135m
17:0023%0%24134m
18:0022%0%24134m
19:0092%0%24134m
20:0086%0%24134m
21:0021%0%24134m
22:0021%13%24135m
23:0021%26%24134m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0021%39%24135m
01:0021%39%24134m
02:0020%39%24134m
03:0020%39%24134m
04:0018%39%24134m
05:0020%39%24135m
06:0089%39%24134m
07:0085%26%24134m
08:0014%13%24134m
09:0017%0%24134m
10:0017%13%24135m
11:0014%26%24135m
12:0015%39%24135m
13:0015%29%24134m
14:0018%19%24134m
15:0023%9.3%24135m
16:0023%6.2%24134m
17:0023%3.1%24135m
18:0023%0%24134m
19:0092%4.6%24134m
20:0090%9.1%24135m
21:0020%14%24135m
22:0024%22%24135m
23:0023%31%24135m
Fri, Aug 21
24:0023%39%24135m
01:000%39%24135m
02:000%39%24135m
03:000%39%24135m
04:000%41%22473m
05:000%44%20811m
06:0090%46%19150m
07:0088%36%19430m
08:000%27%19711m
09:000%17%19992m
10:000%27%19965m
11:000%36%19938m
12:000%46%19912m
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
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 20:30
14:00
- 0% 61% 0% 82% 65° 61% 2.7m/s
15:00
- 2% 64% 0% 81% 60° 64% 2.7m/s
16:00
- 0% 62% 0% 79% 51° 62% 2.4m/s
17:00
- 0% 67% 0% 81% 40° 67% 2.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 57% 0% 84% 29° 57% 2.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 42% 0% 86% 17° 42% 3m/s
20:00
- 0% 38% 0% 89% 5.3° 38% 3.2m/s
21:00
- 0% 52% 0% 92% -6.2° 52% 3.3m/s
22:00
- 0% 26% 0% 93% -17° 26% 3.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 10% 0% 93% -26° 10% 2.9m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 20:29
24:00
- 5% 16% 0% 93% -34° 16% 2.8m/s
01:00
- 27% 16% 0% 93% -38° 27% 2.7m/s
02:00
- 64% 16% 0% 93% -39° 64% 2.8m/s
03:00
- 26% 24% 0% 93% -36° 33% 3.2m/s
04:00
- 3% 29% 0% 93% -30° 29% 3.3m/s
05:00
- 3% 28% 0% 93% -22° 28% 3.4m/s
06:00
- 5% 27% 0% 93% -12° 28% 3.5m/s
07:00
- 5% 30% 0% 93% -0.68° 31% 3.4m/s
08:00
- 5% 31% 0% 92% 11° 32% 3.4m/s
09:00
- 3% 32% 0% 87% 22° 33% 3.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 36% 0% 83% 34° 36% 3.1m/s
11:00
- 0% 38% 0% 80% 45° 38% 2.6m/s
12:00
- 0% 15% 0% 75% 56° 15% 2.6m/s
13:00
- 0% 24% 0% 70% 63° 24% 2.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 36% 0% 68% 65° 36% 2.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 31% 0% 68% 60° 31% 2m/s
16:00
- 1% 20% 0% 69% 51° 20% 1.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 28% 0% 70% 40° 28% 1.7m/s
18:00
- 0% 36% 0% 71% 28° 36% 1.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 13% 0% 76% 17° 13% 2.3m/s
20:00
- 0% 2% 0% 83% 2% 2.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 15% 0% 92% -6.4° 15% 2.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 18% 0% 93% -17° 18% 2.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 17% 0% 93% -26° 17% 2.3m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 20:28
24:00
- 0% 21% 0% 94% -34° 21% 2.2m/s
01:00
- 0% 21% 0% 94% -39° 21% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 20% 0% 94% -40° 20% 2.2m/s
03:00
- 0% 20% 0% 94% -37° 20% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 20% 0% 94% -31° 20% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 22% 0% 94% -22° 22% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 22% 0% 94% -12° 22% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 15% 0% 93% -0.89° 15% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 0% 11% 0% 90% 10° 11% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 18% 0% 83% 22° 18% 2.7m/s
10:00
- 0% 7% 0% 78% 34° 7% 3.1m/s
11:00
- 0% 10% 0% 73% 45° 10% 3.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 20% 0% 71% 55° 20% 3.1m/s
13:00
- 0% 18% 0% 69% 63° 18% 2.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 8% 0% 66% 64° 8% 2.8m/s
15:00
- 0% 5% 0% 65% 60° 5% 2.8m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 0% 64% 51° 5% 2.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 6% 0% 66% 40° 6% 2.5m/s
18:00
- 0% 7% 0% 68% 28° 7% 2.4m/s
19:00
- 9% 5% 2% 73% 16° 13% 3.2m/s
20:00
- 18% 2% 3% 79% 4.8° 20% 3.9m/s
21:00
- 26% 0% 5% 84% -6.7° 26% 4.7m/s
22:00
- 49% 1% 5% 84% -17° 49% 4.9m/s
23:00
- 72% 2% 5% 83% -27° 72% 5.1m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 20:26
24:00
- 95% 4% 5% 83% -34° 95% 5.4m/s
01:00
- 82% 3% 29% 83% -39° 90% 5.7m/s
02:00
- 70% 1% 54% 83% -40° 86% 6.1m/s
03:00
- 58% 0% 78% 83% -37° 82% 6.5m/s
04:00
- 41% 0% 54% 83% -31° 57% 6.7m/s
05:00
- 25% 0% 30% 83% -22° 33% 6.9m/s
06:00
- 8% 0% 5% 83% -12° 8% 7.1m/s
07:00
- 5% 0% 5% 83% -1.1° 7% 7.6m/s
08:00
- 3% 0% 5% 84% 10° 6% 8.1m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 5% 84% 22° 5% 8.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 6% 5% 84% 34° 9% 8.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 11% 5% 85% 45° 13% 8.3m/s
12:00
- 0% 17% 4% 85% 55° 17% 8.2m/s
13:00
- 24% 26% 3% 83% 62° 36% 7.9m/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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