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Lovina - Fire Sky - Bali, Indonesia

Lovina, Bali, Indonesia

Those rare, intensely red and orange sunset skies

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Golden Hour · Any Fiery Red Sky Potential · ≥ 90.0% Precipitation Chance · ≤ 15.0% Visibility · ≥ 8000.0m

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fiery Red Sky Potential 100% failing
Precipitation Chance 100% failing
Golden Hour 92% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover6%
Mid Cloud Cover96%
Aerosol Optical Depth0.1dimensionless
Sun Elevation37.4° (Daylight)

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Times shown in Asia/Makassar

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Bali's tropical location combines with volcanic haze and maritime aerosols to create some of the world's most intense sunset displays. The "fire-sky" phenomenon—when the entire horizon ignites in orange, red, and magenta—occurs when high-altitude particles scatter sunlight at low angles.

Volcanic activity from Mount Agung occasionally adds sulfur dioxide to the atmosphere, enhancing already spectacular sunsets. The Indian Ocean's western horizon provides unobstructed views, while iconic temples like Tanah Lot and Uluwatu offer perfect silhouetted foregrounds.

What makes Bali's fire-sky conditions exceptional:

  • Temple silhouettes - Tanah Lot's sea temple becomes a pure black form against burning skies
  • Volcanic enhancement - Aerosols from Mount Agung amplify color intensity and duration
  • Ocean reflections - Wet sand at Seminyak and Canggu mirrors the sky's fire
  • Extended duration - Equatorial sunsets maintain intense color for 20-30 minutes after sunset

Prime locations include Uluwatu (clifftop temple), Tanah Lot (offshore temple), Echo Beach (rock formations), and Seminyak Beach (wide ocean horizon). Dry season (April-September) offers more consistent conditions, but post-rain sunsets during wet season can be even more spectacular due to atmospheric clarity.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Makassar
Golden Hour
Any
Fiery Red Sky Potential
≥ 90.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Sun, Feb 22
09:000%100%10456m
10:000%99%14118m
11:000%99%23218m
12:000%99%24134m
13:000%99%15582m
14:000%99%4899m
15:000%88%18428m
16:000%83%13605m
17:000%77%24135m
18:0059%80%14901m
19:0065%83%24135m
20:000%86%24134m
21:000%76%13889m
22:000%65%13034m
23:000%54%12753m
Mon, Feb 23
24:000%54%14908m
01:000%53%21429m
02:000%52%24135m
03:000%68%24135m
04:000%53%24135m
05:000%37%24134m
06:0073%58%24134m
07:000%79%24135m
08:000%99%24134m
09:000%99%24134m
10:000%99%24135m
11:000%99%24134m
12:000%99%20026m
13:000%99%8219m
14:000%99%5537m
15:000%93%6946m
16:000%86%8912m
17:000%79%18690m
18:0058%78%14663m
19:0067%77%23260m
20:000%77%24135m
21:000%74%10268m
22:000%71%17155m
23:000%68%24135m
Tue, Feb 24
24:000%72%24135m
01:000%76%24135m
02:000%80%24134m
03:000%84%24135m
04:000%89%7311m
05:000%93%2550m
06:0048%92%2545m
07:000%91%3104m
08:000%91%2177m
09:000%89%16780m
10:000%87%308m
11:000%85%559m
12:000%87%656m
13:000%89%273m
14:000%90%804m
15:000%84%1291m
16:000%77%2324m
17:000%71%2266m
18:0031%70%162m
19:0031%69%307m
20:000%68%1274m
21:000%59%1451m
22:000%51%1580m
23:000%42%1729m
Wed, Feb 25
24:000%45%16848m
01:000%48%11862m
02:000%51%5657m
03:000%50%7816m
04:000%49%17083m
05:000%48%19615m
06:0073%60%23874m
07:000%71%24135m
08:000%83%24134m
09:000%88%24135m
10:000%93%20047m
11:000%99%18852m
12:000%99%9249m
13:000%99%19145m
14:000%100%1203m
15:000%83%2738m
16:000%67%4274m
17:000%50%5809m
18:0056%53%6019m
19:0056%56%6229m
20:000%60%6438m
21:000%55%6389m
22:000%50%6339m
23:000%45%6290m
Thu, Feb 26
24:000%50%7687m
01:000%55%9084m
02:000%60%10482m
03:000%64%10065m
04:000%68%9648m
05:000%72%9231m
06:0071%81%11080m
07:000%90%12929m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fiery Red Sky 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
Asia/Makassar
Aerosol Optical Depth (550nm)
Air Pressure
hPa
Dust AOD (550nm)
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
RH @ 700 hPa
%
Relative Humidity
%
Smoke AOD (550nm)
Temperature
°C
Wind Speed
m/s
Ångström Exponent
Mon, Feb 23 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:42
09:00
0.11 946hPa 0 - 100% 6% 96% 78% 85% 0.02 23°C 1.1m/s 1.2
10:00
0.11 946hPa 0 - 100% 13% 77% 77% 78% 0.02 25°C 1.3m/s 1.3
11:00
0.13 945hPa 0 - 100% 12% 17% 77% 70% 0.02 26°C 1.7m/s 1.3
12:00
0.16 945hPa 0 - 94% 32% 9% 83% 66% 0.03 28°C 2.1m/s 1.3
13:00
0.18 944hPa 0 - 76% 61% 34% 89% 77% 0.03 26°C 2m/s 1.3
14:00
0.22 944hPa 0 - 75% 100% 74% 96% 86% 0.04 25°C 1.9m/s 1.3
15:00
0.23 943hPa 0 - 99% 100% 100% 95% 95% 0.04 23°C 1.3m/s 1.3
16:00
0.23 943hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 94% 95% 0.05 22°C 1.2m/s 1.4
17:00
0.28 944hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 93% 96% 0.06 22°C 1.7m/s 1.4
18:00
0.26 944hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 95% 97% 0.06 21°C 1.5m/s 1.4
19:00
0.22 945hPa 0 - 100% 50% 100% 97% 96% 0.05 21°C 1.8m/s 1.4
20:00
0.19 946hPa 0 - 100% 29% 100% 99% 96% 0.05 21°C 1.7m/s 1.4
21:00
0.18 946hPa 0 - 100% 46% 100% 94% 96% 0.04 21°C 1.7m/s 1.4
22:00
0.16 947hPa 0 - 100% 44% 97% 90% 96% 0.04 21°C 1.7m/s 1.3
23:00
0.13 946hPa 0 - 100% 32% 88% 85% 95% 0.03 21°C 1.7m/s 1.3
Tue, Feb 24 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:42
24:00
0.11 946hPa 0 - 100% 9% 86% 84% 95% 0.02 21°C 1.7m/s 1.3
01:00
0.09 945hPa 0 - 100% 22% 98% 83% 96% 0.01 20°C 1.8m/s 1.3
02:00
0.08 945hPa 0 - 100% 51% 94% 81% 96% 0.01 20°C 1.8m/s 1.3
03:00
0.08 944hPa 0 - 100% 30% 93% 84% 96% 0.01 21°C 1.9m/s 1.2
04:00
0.08 944hPa 0 - 100% 39% 32% 87% 96% 0.01 21°C 1.9m/s 1.2
05:00
0.08 945hPa 0 - 100% 39% 42% 89% 97% 0.01 21°C 2m/s 1.2
06:00
0.07 945hPa 0 - 100% 72% 36% 91% 97% 0.01 21°C 2.1m/s 1.2
07:00
0.07 946hPa 0 - 100% 77% 7% 94% 96% 0.01 21°C 2m/s 1.2
08:00
0.06 946hPa 0 - 100% 95% 12% 96% 96% 0.01 22°C 1.6m/s 1.3
09:00
0.06 947hPa 0 - 100% 89% 5% 97% 97% 0.01 22°C 2.3m/s 1.2
10:00
0.07 947hPa 0 - 99% 96% 43% 98% 96% 0.01 22°C 2.7m/s 1.2
11:00
0.07 947hPa 0 - 93% 76% 100% 99% 95% 0.01 23°C 2.5m/s 1.3
12:00
0.08 946hPa 0 - 100% 98% 100% 99% 93% 0.01 23°C 1.8m/s 1.3
13:00
0.09 945hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 100% 97% 0.02 22°C 2.5m/s 1.3
14:00
0.1 945hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 100% 97% 0.02 21°C 2.7m/s 1.3
15:00
0.11 944hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 99% 98% 0.02 21°C 2.4m/s 1.3
16:00
0.11 944hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 98% 97% 0.02 21°C 2.3m/s 1.3
17:00
0.09 944hPa 0 - 100% 100% 57% 98% 97% 0.02 21°C 2.6m/s 1.4
18:00
0.09 945hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 97% 98% 0.02 21°C 2.7m/s 1.3
19:00
0.09 946hPa 0 - 100% 100% 100% 97% 98% 0.02 21°C 2.5m/s 1.3
20:00
0.09 946hPa 0 - 100% 97% 100% 97% 98% 0.02 22°C 2.2m/s 1.3
21:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 99% 96% 96% 98% - 22°C 2.8m/s -
22:00
- 947hPa - - 100% 100% 100% 94% 97% - 21°C 2.6m/s -
23:00
- 947hPa - - 100% 100% 100% 92% 98% - 21°C 2.5m/s -
Wed, Feb 25 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:41
24:00
- 947hPa - - 100% 100% 100% 93% 96% - 21°C 2.5m/s -
01:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 78% 100% 93% 96% - 21°C 2.4m/s -
02:00
- 945hPa - - 100% 59% 98% 93% 96% - 21°C 2m/s -
03:00
- 945hPa - - 100% 43% 98% 93% 97% - 21°C 1.6m/s -
04:00
- 945hPa - - 88% 44% 90% 93% 97% - 21°C 1.1m/s -
05:00
- 945hPa - - 90% 74% 87% 92% 96% - 21°C 1m/s -
06:00
- 945hPa - - 90% 59% 66% 94% 96% - 21°C 0.77m/s -
07:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 33% 84% 96% 95% - 21°C 0.29m/s -
08:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 58% 90% 98% 94% - 22°C 0.56m/s -
09:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 30% 52% 97% 94% - 22°C 0.43m/s -
10:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 34% 26% 97% 87% - 23°C 1.2m/s -
11:00
- 946hPa - - 100% 60% 55% 96% 80% - 25°C 1.5m/s -
12:00
- 945hPa - - 100% 97% 76% 97% 83% - 24°C 2.1m/s -
13:00
- 945hPa - - 100% 94% 94% 97% 91% - 23°C 2m/s -
14:00
- 944hPa - - 100% 100% 100% 97% 95% - 23°C 2.3m/s -
15:00
- 965hPa - - 100% 99% 98% 97% 90% - 24°C 2.7m/s -
16:00
- 987hPa - - 100% 98% 96% 97% 85% - 25°C 3.1m/s -
17:00
- 1008hPa - - 100% 97% 93% 97% 80% - 27°C 3.5m/s -
18:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 94% 96% 98% 80% - 26°C 3m/s -
19:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 91% 98% 98% 81% - 26°C 2.6m/s -
20:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 88% 100% 99% 81% - 26°C 2.2m/s -
21:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 71% 100% 98% 81% - 26°C 2m/s -
22:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 53% 100% 98% 81% - 26°C 1.8m/s -
23:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 35% 100% 98% 81% - 26°C 1.6m/s -
Thu, Feb 26 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:41
24:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 50% 100% 98% 81% - 26°C 1.6m/s -
01:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 64% 100% 97% 82% - 26°C 1.7m/s -
02:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 79% 100% 97% 82% - 26°C 1.7m/s -
03:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 64% 100% 97% 83% - 25°C 2m/s -
04:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 48% 100% 97% 85% - 25°C 2.4m/s -
05:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 32% 100% 97% 86% - 25°C 2.8m/s -
06:00
- 1007hPa - - 100% 48% 100% 97% 87% - 25°C 3m/s -
07:00
- 1006hPa - - 100% 63% 100% 97% 87% - 25°C 3.1m/s -
08:00
- 1005hPa - - 100% 78% 100% 98% 87% - 25°C 3.3m/s -
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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