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Half Moon Bay - Golden Hour - California Coast

Half Moon Bay, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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
Half Moon Bay
Tomorrow · 07:05–08:00 · 1h window
High confidence
77%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:05–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:05–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:05–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Fri, Jan 16 · 07:04–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Sat, Jan 17 · 07:04–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Half Moon Bay
Sun, Jan 18 · 07:03–08:00
Medium
+1 more windows in the next 14 days

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching 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
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Sun, Jan 11
10:00✕29%0%51100m
11:00✕29%0%52100m
12:00✕20%0%53100m
13:00✕19%0%48700m
14:00✕20%0%42300m
15:00✕20%0%41400m
16:00✕20%0%39400m
17:00✕59%0%36900m
18:00✕43%0%35000m
19:00✕59%0%37800m
20:00✕60%0%42900m
21:00✕56%0%39300m
22:00✕61%0%38300m
23:00✕65%0%38500m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00✕61%0%36900m
01:00✕95%0%35300m
02:00✕88%0%35000m
03:00✕88%0%35600m
04:00✕88%0%31300m
05:00✕86%0%28500m
06:00✕88%0%37200m
07:00✓100%0%39900m
08:00✓70%0%40500m
09:00✕31%0%36800m
10:00✕30%0%33800m
11:00✕30%0%34400m
12:00✕29%0%34700m
13:00✕29%0%32900m
14:00✕29%0%31200m
15:00✕28%0%27400m
16:00✕28%0%24100m
17:00✕97%0%21600m
18:00✕65%0%22500m
19:00✕79%0%21900m
20:00✕81%0%30700m
21:00✕82%0%34800m
22:00✕84%0%37000m
23:00✕83%0%39700m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00✕84%0%38800m
01:00✕83%0%43700m
02:00✕84%0%38360m
03:00✕84%0%34320m
04:00✕83%0%30930m
05:00✕81%0%24140m
06:00✕81%0%24140m
07:00✓94%0%24140m
08:00✓63%0%24140m
09:00✕28%0%24140m
10:00✕29%0%24140m
11:00✕29%0%24140m
12:00✕29%0%24140m
13:00✕29%0%24140m
14:00✕29%0%24140m
15:00✕29%0%24140m
16:00✕29%0%24140m
17:00✕100%0%24140m
18:00✕67%0%24140m
19:00✕84%0%24140m
20:00✕84%0%24140m
21:00✕84%0%24140m
22:00✕83%0%24140m
23:00✕83%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00✕83%0%24140m
01:00✕84%0%24140m
02:00✕82%0%24140m
03:00✕82%0%24140m
04:00✕82%0%24140m
05:00✕82%0%24140m
06:00✕82%0%24140m
07:00✓98%0%24140m
08:00✓66%0%24140m
09:00✕29%0%24140m
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
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:10
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 4.8m/s
12:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 38% 100% 4.6m/s
13:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 42% 100% 4.5m/s
14:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 47% 100% 5.2m/s
15:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 48% 100% 5.2m/s
16:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 18% 50% 100% 4.6m/s
17:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 84% 53% 100% 3.7m/s
18:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 34% 55% 100% 3.6m/s
19:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 8% 52% 100% 3.4m/s
20:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 5% 47% 100% 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 30% 51% 100% 1.8m/s
22:00 ☾
- 92% 0% 13% 52% 92% 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 78% 0% 0% 51% 78% 1.8m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:11
24:00 ☾
- 98% 0% 0% 53% 98% 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
- 20% 0% 0% 54% 20% 1.8m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 1m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 0.81m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 0.57m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 0.41m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 1.2m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 0.92m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 1.2m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 1.3m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 1.9m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 2.6m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 3.3m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 3.6m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 4m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 4.1m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 71% 0% 3.6m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 2.1m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 2.4m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 0% 3.3m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 4.8m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 4.7m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 3.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 3.8m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:12
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 4.2m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 46% 0% 3.8m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 3.7m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 3.6m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 3.1m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 0% 2.6m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 2.8m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 0% 2.9m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 3.1m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 3m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 3m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 2.7m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 2.8m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 2.6m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 2.3m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 2.2m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 1.7m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 1.8m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 2.4m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 2.2m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 59% 0% 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 2.3m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 2.3m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:13
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 2.4m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 2.4m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 3m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 2.8m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 3.1m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 3.1m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 54% 0% 3.1m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 54% 0% 3m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 2.6m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 2.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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