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Rule Fire Sky

Ubud - Fire Sky - Bali, Indonesia

Ubud, 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 Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
Aerosol Optical Depth0.1dimensionless
Sun Elevation52.0° (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
Wed, Mar 11
15:000%75%24135m
16:000%57%24135m
17:000%39%24134m
18:0083%47%14099m
19:0073%56%24135m
20:000%64%24135m
21:000%73%24135m
22:000%72%24135m
23:000%71%24134m
Thu, Mar 12
24:000%79%24135m
01:000%87%24134m
02:000%95%24135m
03:000%79%24135m
04:000%59%23511m
05:000%39%24134m
06:0073%39%24135m
07:000%39%24134m
08:000%39%24134m
09:000%39%23673m
10:000%39%23525m
11:000%39%24127m
12:000%53%24134m
13:000%68%24135m
14:000%82%24135m
15:000%62%24134m
16:000%42%24135m
17:000%22%14452m
18:0075%23%24135m
19:0072%25%24135m
20:000%26%24135m
21:000%27%23518m
22:000%28%24134m
23:000%29%24135m
Fri, Mar 13
24:000%28%24135m
01:000%27%24135m
02:000%26%24134m
03:000%25%23535m
04:000%24%24134m
05:000%23%24134m
06:0075%43%24134m
07:000%64%24134m
08:000%84%23696m
09:000%87%23701m
10:000%91%23725m
11:000%94%24135m
12:000%95%24134m
13:000%96%24134m
14:000%97%24134m
15:000%89%24135m
16:000%81%24134m
17:000%73%23759m
18:0081%76%15638m
19:0069%80%24135m
20:000%83%24135m
21:000%74%24135m
22:000%66%24135m
23:000%57%24135m
Sat, Mar 14
24:000%60%24135m
01:000%63%24134m
02:000%65%24135m
03:000%54%24135m
04:000%42%24135m
05:000%30%24134m
06:0073%46%24134m
07:000%63%24135m
08:000%79%24134m
09:000%86%24134m
10:000%93%24135m
11:000%100%24134m
12:000%100%24134m
13:000%100%24134m
14:000%100%24134m
15:000%74%24135m
16:000%48%24135m
17:000%22%24134m
18:0073%36%15617m
19:0057%50%6374m
20:000%64%11334m
21:000%52%15601m
22:000%40%19868m
23:000%28%24135m
Sun, Mar 15
24:000%26%24135m
01:000%24%24135m
02:000%22%24135m
03:000%20%24135m
04:000%19%24135m
05:000%17%24135m
06:0082%44%19125m
07:000%71%14115m
08:000%98%9105m
09:000%98%8863m
10:000%99%8621m
11:000%99%8379m
12:000%100%13413m
13:000%100%18446m
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
Thu, Mar 12 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33
15:00
0.09 977hPa 0.002 - 10% 0% 0% 62% 55% 0.01 30°C 4m/s 1
16:00
0.08 977hPa 0.002 - 2% 0% 0% 64% 59% 0.01 29°C 4m/s 1
17:00
0.08 977hPa 0.002 - 98% 1% 0% 66% 68% 0.01 27°C 3.4m/s 1.1
18:00
0.08 978hPa 0.002 - 81% 0% 0% 66% 80% 0.01 25°C 2.2m/s 1.1
19:00
0.08 979hPa 0.003 - 6% 0% 0% 67% 89% 0.01 23°C 1.6m/s 1.1
20:00
0.1 980hPa 0.004 - 3% 12% 0% 67% 91% 0.02 22°C 1.8m/s 1.1
21:00
0.12 980hPa 0.005 - 0% 2% 0% 65% 91% 0.02 22°C 1.8m/s 1.1
22:00
0.13 981hPa 0.005 - 1% 7% 0% 64% 91% 0.02 22°C 1.9m/s 1
23:00
0.13 981hPa 0.005 - 5% 10% 0% 62% 92% 0.02 22°C 1.9m/s 1
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33
24:00
0.12 980hPa 0.005 - 58% 13% 0% 66% 92% 0.02 22°C 1.7m/s 1
01:00
0.11 979hPa 0.005 - 4% 17% 0% 69% 93% 0.02 22°C 1.8m/s 1.1
02:00
0.1 979hPa 0.005 - 20% 13% 0% 73% 92% 0.02 22°C 1.8m/s 1.1
03:00
0.09 979hPa 0.004 - 6% 22% 0% 73% 93% 0.01 22°C 1.6m/s 1.1
04:00
0.09 979hPa 0.004 - 6% 18% 0% 73% 93% 0.01 22°C 1.7m/s 1.1
05:00
0.08 979hPa 0.004 - 70% 30% 0% 73% 94% 0.01 22°C 1.6m/s 1.1
06:00
0.08 979hPa 0.004 - 5% 26% 0% 74% 94% 0.01 22°C 1.7m/s 1.1
07:00
0.08 979hPa 0.003 - 5% 14% 0% 75% 91% 0.01 22°C 1.6m/s 1.2
08:00
0.09 980hPa 0.003 - 2% 24% 0% 76% 83% 0.01 25°C 2.4m/s 1.2
09:00
0.09 980hPa 0.003 - 1% 5% 0% 75% 73% 0.02 27°C 3m/s 1.3
10:00
0.1 980hPa 0.003 - 0% 5% 0% 74% 64% 0.02 28°C 3.3m/s 1.3
11:00
0.11 980hPa 0.003 - 1% 1% 0% 73% 58% 0.02 29°C 3.6m/s 1.3
12:00
0.12 979hPa 0.003 - 0% 12% 0% 72% 57% 0.02 30°C 3.9m/s 1.3
13:00
0.13 978hPa 0.003 - 0% 17% 0% 70% 55% 0.02 30°C 4.1m/s 1.3
14:00
0.12 977hPa 0.002 - 4% 16% 0% 69% 55% 0.02 30°C 4.3m/s 1.3
15:00
0.1 977hPa 0.002 - 0% 8% 0% 71% 59% 0.02 30°C 4.2m/s 1.3
16:00
0.09 977hPa 0.002 - 0% 7% 0% 73% 65% 0.02 28°C 3.9m/s 1.3
17:00
0.13 977hPa 0.002 - 4% 9% 0% 75% 70% 0.02 27°C 3.4m/s 1.2
18:00
0.1 978hPa 0.002 - 5% 1% 0% 74% 86% 0.02 25°C 1.9m/s 1.2
19:00
0.11 979hPa 0.002 - 5% 1% 0% 74% 95% 0.02 23°C 1.3m/s 1.1
20:00
0.11 980hPa 0.002 - 42% 0% 0% 73% 96% 0.02 22°C 1.6m/s 1.1
21:00
- 980hPa - - 6% 1% 0% 75% 95% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
22:00
- 981hPa - - 11% 0% 0% 76% 94% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
23:00
- 981hPa - - 0% 0% 0% 77% 93% - 22°C 1.7m/s -
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33
24:00
- 980hPa - - 5% 1% 0% 78% 93% - 22°C 1.7m/s -
01:00
- 980hPa - - 54% 1% 2% 79% 93% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
02:00
- 979hPa - - 5% 1% 4% 80% 93% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
03:00
- 979hPa - - 100% 0% 2% 79% 92% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
04:00
- 979hPa - - 100% 0% 3% 79% 90% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
05:00
- 979hPa - - 100% 0% 2% 78% 88% - 22°C 1.7m/s -
06:00
- 980hPa - - 100% 0% 3% 78% 88% - 22°C 1.6m/s -
07:00
- 980hPa - - 100% 0% 0% 78% 86% - 22°C 1.5m/s -
08:00
- 981hPa - - 100% 0% 0% 78% 78% - 25°C 0.9m/s -
09:00
- 981hPa - - 100% 0% 0% 78% 70% - 27°C 1.8m/s -
10:00
- 981hPa - - 98% 0% 0% 78% 62% - 28°C 2.5m/s -
11:00
- 981hPa - - 10% 0% 0% 77% 55% - 30°C 2.9m/s -
12:00
- 980hPa - - 14% 1% 0% 77% 51% - 31°C 3.7m/s -
13:00
- 979hPa - - 64% 7% 0% 77% 50% - 31°C 4.1m/s -
14:00
- 978hPa - - 27% 12% 0% 77% 54% - 30°C 4m/s -
15:00
- 978hPa - - 62% 10% 0% 73% 58% - 29°C 3.4m/s -
16:00
- 978hPa - - 27% 9% 0% 69% 63% - 29°C 3.2m/s -
17:00
- 978hPa - - 71% 24% 0% 65% 71% - 27°C 3.1m/s -
18:00
- 979hPa - - 6% 11% 0% 66% 84% - 25°C 2m/s -
19:00
- 980hPa - - 5% 13% 1% 66% 96% - 23°C 0.78m/s -
20:00
- 981hPa - - 41% 8% 2% 66% 98% - 22°C 1.1m/s -
21:00
- 981hPa - - 61% 6% 28% 65% 96% - 22°C 1.3m/s -
22:00
- 981hPa - - 80% 3% 55% 65% 94% - 22°C 1.5m/s -
23:00
- 982hPa - - 100% 0% 82% 64% 92% - 21°C 1.6m/s -
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:32
24:00
- 982hPa - - 99% 0% 56% 63% 88% - 22°C 1.4m/s -
01:00
- 982hPa - - 99% 0% 31% 62% 84% - 23°C 1.1m/s -
02:00
- 983hPa - - 98% 0% 5% 61% 81% - 25°C 0.84m/s -
03:00
- 983hPa - - 78% 10% 5% 61% 74% - 26°C 1.5m/s -
04:00
- 982hPa - - 57% 21% 5% 61% 66% - 28°C 2.1m/s -
05:00
- 982hPa - - 36% 31% 5% 61% 59% - 29°C 2.7m/s -
06:00
- 981hPa - - 26% 37% 5% 61% 65% - 29°C 2.4m/s -
07:00
- 981hPa - - 15% 43% 5% 61% 71% - 28°C 2.1m/s -
08:00
- 980hPa - - 5% 49% 5% 61% 77% - 27°C 1.8m/s -
09:00
- 980hPa - - 37% 48% 34% 60% 82% - 26°C 1.8m/s -
10:00
- 980hPa - - 68% 47% 64% 60% 87% - 26°C 1.8m/s -
11:00
- 980hPa - - 100% 46% 94% 59% 91% - 25°C 1.8m/s -
12:00
- 981hPa - - 100% 33% 95% 64% 93% - 24°C 1.8m/s -
13:00
- 981hPa - - 100% 20% 96% 68% 95% - 24°C 1.8m/s -
14:00
- 982hPa - - 100% 7% 97% 73% 96% - 23°C 1.7m/s -
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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