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Rule Golden Hour

Bodega Bay - Golden Hour - California Coast

Bodega Bay, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover5%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-59.9° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Bodega Bay
Tomorrow · 07:00–07:46 · 1h window
High confidence
79%
🌇Golden Hour Potential100%
Low Cloud Cover: 5%
Mid Cloud Cover: 5%
High Cloud Cover: 21%
Sun Elevation: -2.6° (Civil twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Bodega Bay
Fri, Feb 13 · 07:00–07:40
🌇Golden Hour Potential:97.5%
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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Los_Angeles
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Sat, Feb 7
22:0016%0%24134m
23:0016%0%24135m
Sun, Feb 8
24:0016%0%24134m
01:0016%0%24134m
02:0016%0%24135m
03:0016%0%24134m
04:0013%0%24134m
05:0017%0%24134m
06:0017%0%24134m
07:00100%0%24135m
08:0012%13%24134m
09:0012%26%24134m
10:0011%39%24135m
11:0018%33%24135m
12:009.1%28%24134m
13:0013%22%24134m
14:0010%22%24135m
15:007.7%22%24135m
16:008.8%22%24135m
17:0024%15%24134m
18:0044%7.4%24134m
19:007.4%0%24135m
20:007.6%0%17916m
21:007%0%24135m
22:007%0%24134m
23:009%0%24134m
Mon, Feb 9
24:009%0%24135m
01:009.4%0%24135m
02:009.8%0%24134m
03:009.9%0%24134m
04:009.9%0%24135m
05:008.3%0%24135m
06:008.2%0%24134m
07:0047%0%24134m
08:008.3%0%24135m
09:009.7%0%24135m
10:009.1%0%24135m
11:009.4%0%24135m
12:009.5%0%24135m
13:009.5%0%24134m
14:009%0%24135m
15:008.9%0%24134m
16:009.2%0%24134m
17:0028%0%24134m
18:0051%0%24135m
19:008.9%0%24134m
20:009.1%0%24135m
21:009.2%0%24134m
22:009.1%0%24135m
23:009.2%33%24134m
Tue, Feb 10
24:008.9%67%24135m
01:009.3%100%24135m
02:009.5%77%24135m
03:009.2%54%24134m
04:008.7%32%24134m
05:009.7%35%24134m
06:0010%39%24135m
07:0070%42%24135m
08:0011%49%21106m
09:009.4%56%18077m
10:009%63%15048m
11:007.4%61%14346m
12:007%59%13644m
13:007%56%12942m
14:007%62%10943m
15:006.2%67%8944m
16:005.6%72%6945m
17:0023%69%12229m
18:0052%65%17513m
19:009%62%22798m
20:007.6%66%18546m
21:007.4%70%14295m
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
America/Los_Angeles
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sat, Feb 7 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:41
23:00
- 0% 0% 5% 85% 5% 1.5m/s
Sun, Feb 8 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:41
24:00
- 0% 0% 5% 84% 5% 1.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.1m/s
02:00
- 3% 0% 0% 81% 3% 1.2m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 78% 5% 1.4m/s
04:00
- 70% 0% 0% 77% 70% 1.4m/s
05:00
- 5% 0% 0% 76% 5% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 5% 0% 0% 75% 5% 1m/s
07:00
- 21% 5% 5% 75% 21% 1.4m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 0% 74% 100% 1.2m/s
09:00
- 85% 0% 5% 70% 85% 0.58m/s
10:00
- 86% 2% 5% 70% 86% 1.8m/s
11:00
- 26% 3% 5% 70% 26% 1.6m/s
12:00
- 100% 1% 90% 74% 100% 2.7m/s
13:00
- 65% 10% 33% 79% 65% 4m/s
14:00
- 97% 14% 5% 82% 97% 3.6m/s
15:00
- 100% 88% 23% 85% 100% 4.4m/s
16:00
- 100% 69% 5% 89% 100% 2.9m/s
17:00
- 85% 83% 50% 92% 92% 3m/s
18:00
- 98% 100% 5% 96% 100% 3.6m/s
19:00
- 92% 89% 4% 97% 93% 3.3m/s
20:00
- 30% 100% 1% 97% 100% 5.2m/s
21:00
- 85% 100% 0% 96% 100% 4.4m/s
22:00
- 100% 95% 5% 95% 100% 5.2m/s
23:00
- 100% 3% 1% 94% 100% 4.4m/s
Mon, Feb 9 Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:42
24:00
- 100% 3% 5% 93% 100% 4.4m/s
01:00
- 100% 0% 5% 91% 100% 3.1m/s
02:00
- 100% 0% 5% 90% 100% 3.3m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 1% 89% 100% 3m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 5% 88% 100% 3.2m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 82% 88% 100% 2.3m/s
06:00
- 100% 4% 100% 90% 100% 2.6m/s
07:00
- 100% 9% 97% 91% 100% 2.4m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 100% 89% 100% 2.1m/s
09:00
- 100% 0% 39% 82% 100% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 100% 0% 100% 75% 100% 2.1m/s
11:00
- 100% 0% 100% 70% 100% 1.9m/s
12:00
- 100% 0% 89% 68% 100% 2.8m/s
13:00
- 100% 0% 100% 65% 100% 2.6m/s
14:00
- 100% 0% 99% 70% 100% 3.8m/s
15:00
- 100% 0% 100% 71% 100% 2.9m/s
16:00
- 100% 0% 100% 74% 100% 2.3m/s
17:00
- 100% 0% 100% 77% 100% 3.1m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 100% 80% 100% 3.2m/s
19:00
- 100% 69% 100% 79% 100% 1.7m/s
20:00
- 100% 64% 100% 74% 100% 1.7m/s
21:00
- 100% 96% 100% 74% 100% 2m/s
22:00
- 100% 19% 100% 75% 100% 2.1m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 100% 73% 100% 2m/s
Tue, Feb 10 Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:43
24:00
- 100% 66% 90% 72% 100% 3.2m/s
01:00
- 6% 96% 99% 72% 99% 2.3m/s
02:00
- 0% 98% 93% 66% 98% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 99% 100% 64% 100% 2.9m/s
04:00
- 0% 95% 100% 66% 100% 4.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 86% 76% 75% 89% 3.8m/s
06:00
- 0% 77% 52% 85% 78% 3.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 68% 28% 94% 68% 2.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 78% 20% 93% 78% 2.6m/s
09:00
- 0% 89% 12% 92% 89% 2.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 5% 91% 100% 3m/s
11:00
- 0% 100% 25% 92% 100% 3.8m/s
12:00
- 0% 100% 45% 93% 100% 4.6m/s
13:00
- 0% 100% 65% 94% 100% 5.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 100% 61% 94% 100% 5.4m/s
15:00
- 0% 100% 57% 95% 100% 5.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 100% 53% 96% 100% 5.4m/s
17:00
- 0% 100% 36% 95% 100% 5.2m/s
18:00
- 0% 99% 19% 94% 99% 5.1m/s
19:00
- 0% 99% 2% 94% 99% 5m/s
20:00
- 0% 99% 30% 94% 99% 4.4m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 59% 95% 100% 3.9m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 87% 96% 100% 3.4m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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