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Rule Fire Sky

Seminyak - Fire Sky - Bali, Indonesia

Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia

Those rare, intensely red and orange sunset skies

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover1%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover5%
Aerosol Optical Depth0.1
Sun Elevation-41.2° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Asia/Makassar
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Next opportunity
Excellent Fiery Red Sky at Sunset
Seminyak
Wed, May 27 · 18:00–18:20 · 1h window
Medium confidence
48%
🔥Fiery Red Sky Potential72.5%
Low Cloud Cover: 12%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 100%
Sun Elevation: 1.1° (Golden hour)
fire-sky weather icon
Excellent Fiery Red Sky at Sunset
Seminyak
Thu, May 28 · 18:00–18:20
🔥Fiery Red Sky Potential:79.3%
Medium

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
1matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Makassar
Golden Hour
Any
Fiery Red Sky Potential
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Sat, May 23
21:0015%65%24134m
22:0026%33%20343m
23:0023%0%24134m
Sun, May 24
24:0016%27%24135m
01:0017%55%24135m
02:0015%82%23095m
03:0014%86%24135m
04:0015%90%19353m
05:0016%95%24135m
06:0030%96%22291m
07:0012%98%22520m
08:0011%100%21858m
09:0019%100%11871m
10:0017%98%24135m
11:0017%97%21899m
12:0016%98%15914m
13:0017%98%24135m
14:0017%99%24134m
15:0016%94%24134m
16:0014%88%24134m
17:009%82%24134m
18:0031%86%16153m
19:0011%90%24134m
20:0015%95%24135m
21:0014%82%24135m
22:0012%69%24135m
23:0010%56%13715m
Mon, May 25
24:0017%65%21158m
01:006.9%74%24134m
02:0018%83%22210m
03:0017%80%24135m
04:0016%77%24134m
05:0017%74%24135m
06:0028%80%24134m
07:0018%86%22492m
08:0017%92%23070m
09:0016%92%7521m
10:0016%92%8687m
11:0021%91%5924m
12:0023%91%22206m
13:0021%91%24134m
14:0021%90%24134m
15:0018%77%23070m
16:0013%63%17021m
17:0011%49%15112m
18:0030%52%9824m
19:0015%55%22130m
20:0032%57%16163m
21:0031%55%14300m
22:0033%52%11924m
23:0033%50%21965m
Tue, May 26
24:0033%54%13417m
01:0029%57%6180m
02:0033%61%4877m
03:0022%65%13827m
04:0021%69%20311m
05:0011%73%11859m
06:0020%79%12695m
07:0012%85%5304m
08:0010%91%4351m
09:0014%92%5900m
10:0015%93%5648m
11:0016%94%5281m
12:0014%92%6941m
13:0017%91%20600m
14:0014%90%22671m
15:0026%73%20527m
16:0022%56%24135m
17:0015%39%24134m
18:0036%33%24135m
19:0016%28%24134m
20:0015%22%24134m
21:0014%15%24134m
22:009.4%7.4%24135m
23:0012%0%24135m
Wed, May 27
24:0017%0%24134m
01:004%0%24135m
02:0015%0%24134m
03:000%7.4%24134m
04:000%15%24135m
05:000%22%24135m
06:0019%20%24135m
07:000%19%24135m
08:000%17%24135m
09:000%22%24135m
10:000%28%24135m
11:000%33%24135m
12:000%31%24135m
13:000%28%24135m
14:000%26%24135m
15:000%19%24135m
16:000%12%24135m
17:000%4.9%24135m
18:0073%3.3%24135m
19:000%1.6%24135m
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)
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Cloud Cover Uncertainty (Ensemble)
%
Dust AOD (550nm)
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
RH @ 700 hPa
%
Smoke AOD (550nm)
Solar Elevation
°
Sunshine Duration
seconds
Sun, May 24 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:06
21:00
0.13 80% 16% 0.002 - 5% 1% 0% 36% 0.01 -41° 0seconds
22:00
0.14 84% 14% 0.002 - 5% 1% 0% 37% 0.01 -55° 0seconds
23:00
0.14 88% 13% 0.002 - 5% 2% 0% 38% 0.01 -68° 0seconds
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:06
24:00
0.14 90% 12% 0.002 - 5% 2% 0% 43% 0.01 -77° 0seconds
01:00
0.13 91% 10% 0.002 - 0% 1% 0% 48% 0.01 -74° 0seconds
02:00
0.13 93% 9% 0.002 - 0% 14% 1% 53% 0.01 -62° 0seconds
03:00
0.12 94% 9% 0.002 - 2% 7% 0% 61% 0.01 -49° 0seconds
04:00
0.12 94% 10% 0.002 - 5% 2% 0% 69% 0.01 -35° 0seconds
05:00
0.12 95% 10% 0.002 - 5% 0% 0% 77% 0.01 -21° 0seconds
06:00
0.12 95% 10% 0.002 - 5% 0% 0% 74% 0.01 -6.8° 0seconds
07:00
0.12 94% 10% 0.002 - 5% 1% 1% 71% 0.01 7.1° 0seconds
08:00
0.12 94% 10% 0.002 - 4% 1% 0% 68% 0.01 21° 0seconds
09:00
0.12 88% 13% 0.002 - 5% 1% 2% 68% 0.02 33° 3600seconds
10:00
0.12 83% 15% 0.002 - 5% 3% 0% 68% 0.02 45° 3600seconds
11:00
0.13 77% 18% 0.002 - 36% 4% 0% 68% 0.02 55° 3600seconds
12:00
0.13 70% 18% 0.002 - 7% 1% 0% 69% 0.02 60° 3600seconds
13:00
0.12 62% 19% 0.002 - 29% 1% 0% 71% 0.02 58° 3600seconds
14:00
0.12 55% 19% 0.002 - 10% 4% 0% 73% 0.02 51° 3600seconds
15:00
0.12 60% 20% 0.002 - 5% 1% 0% 74% 0.02 40° 3600seconds
16:00
0.12 64% 20% 0.002 - 5% 0% 0% 76% 0.02 28° 3600seconds
17:00
0.12 69% 21% 0.002 - 3% 1% 0% 77% 0.02 14° 3600seconds
18:00
0.12 70% 19% 0.002 - 5% 0% 0% 77% 0.02 1.1° 3600seconds
19:00
0.12 70% 17% 0.002 - 5% 5% 0% 78% 0.02 -13° 3600seconds
20:00
0.13 71% 15% 0.002 - 98% 1% 0% 79% 0.02 -27° 3600seconds
21:00
- 56% 19% - - 98% 1% 0% 78% - -41° 0seconds
22:00
- 40% 22% - - 83% 0% 0% 78% - -55° 0seconds
23:00
- 25% 26% - - 83% 0% 0% 78% - -68° 0seconds
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:06
24:00
- 21% 24% - - 100% 0% 3% 80% - -77° 0seconds
01:00
- 16% 23% - - 100% 1% 1% 82% - -74° 0seconds
02:00
- 12% 21% - - 80% 1% 0% 84% - -62° 0seconds
03:00
- 17% 23% - - 6% 1% 0% 85% - -49° 0seconds
04:00
- 22% 24% - - 50% 0% 0% 86% - -35° 0seconds
05:00
- 27% 26% - - 5% 0% 0% 87% - -21° 0seconds
06:00
- 29% 25% - - 5% 5% 0% 85% - -6.9° 0seconds
07:00
- 32% 23% - - 5% 0% 0% 84% - 0seconds
08:00
- 34% 22% - - 5% 13% 0% 82% - 20° 0seconds
09:00
- 39% 24% - - 5% 1% 0% 82% - 33° 3600seconds
10:00
- 45% 27% - - 4% 2% 3% 81% - 45° 3600seconds
11:00
- 50% 29% - - 0% 0% 2% 81% - 55° 3600seconds
12:00
- 48% 28% - - 1% 2% 1% 82% - 60° 3600seconds
13:00
- 47% 26% - - 2% 2% 3% 82% - 58° 3600seconds
14:00
- 45% 25% - - 5% 1% 0% 83% - 51° 3600seconds
15:00
- 47% 28% - - 5% 18% 0% 85% - 40° 3600seconds
16:00
- 49% 30% - - 17% 52% 0% 87% - 28° 3600seconds
17:00
- 51% 33% - - 22% 22% 0% 89% - 14° 3600seconds
18:00
- 51% 32% - - 5% 3% 0% 88% - 1.1° 3600seconds
19:00
- 50% 32% - - 5% 19% 0% 86% - -13° 3600seconds
20:00
- 50% 31% - - 5% 10% 0% 84% - -27° 3600seconds
21:00
- 51% 33% - - 1% 8% 0% 83% - -41° 0seconds
22:00
- 52% 35% - - 5% 8% 0% 81% - -55° 0seconds
23:00
- 53% 37% - - 5% 17% 0% 80% - -68° 0seconds
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:06
24:00
- 50% 35% - - 5% 26% 0% 76% - -77° 0seconds
01:00
- 48% 34% - - 5% 12% 0% 72% - -74° 0seconds
02:00
- 45% 32% - - 5% 1% 0% 69% - -62° 0seconds
03:00
- 46% 34% - - 34% 14% 0% 68% - -49° 1200seconds
04:00
- 47% 36% - - 63% 27% 0% 67% - -35° 2400seconds
05:00
- 48% 38% - - 92% 40% 0% 66% - -21° 3600seconds
06:00
- 48% 37% - - 94% 57% 0% 64% - -6.9° 3600seconds
07:00
- 48% 35% - - 97% 75% 0% 61% - 3600seconds
08:00
- 48% 34% - - 100% 92% 0% 59% - 20° 3600seconds
09:00
- 50% 36% - - 100% 63% 0% 57% - 33° 3600seconds
10:00
- 51% 38% - - 100% 33% 0% 54% - 45° 3600seconds
11:00
- 53% 40% - - 100% 3% 0% 52% - 55° 3600seconds
12:00
- 51% 39% - - 100% 2% 0% 48% - 60° 3600seconds
13:00
- 50% 38% - - 100% 1% 0% 44% - 58° 3600seconds
14:00
- 48% 37% - - 100% 0% 0% 40% - 51° 3600seconds
15:00
- 49% 35% - - 100% 4% 0% 40% - 40° 2400seconds
16:00
- 51% 32% - - 100% 8% 0% 39% - 28° 1200seconds
17:00
- 52% 30% - - 100% 11% 0% 39% - 14° 0seconds
18:00
- 54% 29% - - 100% 12% 0% 32% - 1.1° 0seconds
19:00
- 55% 28% - - 100% 12% 0% 24% - -13° 0seconds
20:00
- 57% 27% - - 100% 12% 0% 17% - -27° 0seconds
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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