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Rule Golden Hour

Half Moon Bay - Golden Hour - California Coast

Half Moon Bay, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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No Golden Hour opportunities in the next 14 days

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Golden Hour · Any Golden Hour Potential · ≥ 80.0% Precipitation Chance · ≤ 5.0% Visibility · ≥ 1000.0m

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

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Golden Hour Potential 99% failing
Golden Hour 92% failing
Precipitation Chance 65% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover5%
Sun Elevation35.7° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Los_Angeles

No opportunities in the next 10 days

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 72 hours
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
≥ 1000.0m
Fri, Feb 13
10:0017%0%24134m
11:0016%0%24135m
12:0013%0%24134m
13:0017%0%24135m
14:0013%0%24134m
15:0010%0%24134m
16:009.5%0%24135m
17:008.6%0%24134m
18:00100%0%24134m
19:0011%0%24135m
20:0010%0%24134m
21:008.4%0%24134m
22:008.4%0%24134m
23:008.3%0%24134m
Sat, Feb 14
24:008.3%0%24135m
01:009.6%0%24134m
02:008.6%0%24135m
03:008.6%0%24134m
04:008.6%0%24135m
05:008.6%0%24134m
06:008.5%0%24135m
07:0054%0%24135m
08:009%0%24134m
09:009.3%0%24135m
10:009.5%0%24134m
11:009.1%8.1%24134m
12:008.6%16%24134m
13:008.5%24%24134m
14:008.4%48%24134m
15:008.1%71%24134m
16:008.1%95%24134m
17:008.1%96%24134m
18:0046%98%24135m
19:007.6%99%24134m
20:007%99%24135m
21:006.7%99%16165m
22:006.9%100%21116m
23:006.4%94%22518m
Sun, Feb 15
24:006.5%88%20777m
01:007.5%82%22781m
02:008.4%85%16200m
03:008.6%88%21818m
04:0012%91%23653m
05:0010%94%21532m
06:0011%96%23515m
07:0055%99%24135m
08:008.2%99%24135m
09:008.3%100%24135m
10:008.2%100%24135m
11:0013%99%24134m
12:0016%98%24135m
13:008.2%97%24134m
14:007.8%96%23870m
15:006.7%96%24135m
16:005%96%8765m
17:006.1%93%10661m
18:0049%90%12557m
19:009%87%14454m
20:009%88%12330m
21:008%90%10207m
22:007.3%91%8084m
23:007.3%88%9566m
Mon, Feb 16
24:007.5%84%11047m
01:007.5%81%12529m
02:007.2%84%14254m
03:007.3%87%15980m
04:007.4%90%17705m
05:006.9%88%15148m
06:006.2%87%12591m
07:0036%85%10034m
08:005.2%88%9580m
09:005%90%9126m
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
Fri, Feb 13 Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:45
11:00
- 5% 0% 0% 76% 5% 2.6m/s
12:00
- 60% 0% 0% 74% 60% 2.9m/s
13:00
- 40% 2% 0% 76% 40% 4.8m/s
14:00
- 60% 12% 0% 79% 60% 5.3m/s
15:00
- 81% 9% 5% 81% 81% 5.5m/s
16:00
- 100% 9% 5% 81% 100% 6.2m/s
17:00
- 98% 7% 24% 80% 98% 5.8m/s
18:00
- 25% 0% 5% 80% 25% 5.1m/s
19:00
- 76% 0% 5% 79% 76% 4.8m/s
20:00
- 98% 0% 5% 80% 98% 4.8m/s
21:00
- 97% 0% 96% 81% 98% 4.2m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 100% 81% 100% 3.4m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 100% 82% 100% 3.3m/s
Sat, Feb 14 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:47
24:00
- 100% 0% 100% 82% 100% 3m/s
01:00
- 100% 0% 29% 83% 100% 2.5m/s
02:00
- 100% 0% 96% 83% 100% 2.3m/s
03:00
- 100% 1% 100% 84% 100% 2m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 1.5m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 1.5m/s
07:00
- 100% 0% 90% 84% 100% 1.2m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 100% 83% 100% 0.61m/s
09:00
- 100% 0% 100% 79% 100% 0.98m/s
10:00
- 100% 0% 94% 76% 100% 1.1m/s
11:00
- 100% 0% 100% 75% 100% 2m/s
12:00
- 100% 6% 100% 76% 100% 3.1m/s
13:00
- 100% 18% 100% 79% 100% 3.6m/s
14:00
- 100% 9% 100% 79% 100% 4.2m/s
15:00
- 100% 14% 100% 78% 100% 4.3m/s
16:00
- 100% 25% 100% 78% 100% 4.8m/s
17:00
- 100% 34% 100% 79% 100% 5.4m/s
18:00
- 100% 49% 100% 80% 100% 5.9m/s
19:00
- 100% 68% 100% 80% 100% 6.6m/s
20:00
- 100% 81% 100% 80% 100% 7.3m/s
21:00
- 100% 27% 100% 82% 100% 8.1m/s
22:00
- 100% 5% 100% 82% 100% 8.3m/s
23:00
- 100% 18% 100% 83% 100% 8.8m/s
Sun, Feb 15 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:48
24:00
- 100% 56% 26% 81% 100% 9.1m/s
01:00
- 50% 97% 0% 81% 97% 8.8m/s
02:00
- 0% 97% 0% 80% 97% 9m/s
03:00
- 0% 99% 0% 80% 99% 9.3m/s
04:00
- 0% 60% 0% 80% 60% 8.8m/s
05:00
- 0% 72% 0% 81% 72% 8.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 69% 7% 80% 69% 8.3m/s
07:00
- 3% 100% 14% 78% 100% 7.8m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 27% 76% 100% 7.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 24% 75% 100% 8.3m/s
10:00
- 4% 100% 76% 77% 100% 8.1m/s
11:00
- 4% 56% 9% 74% 56% 8.3m/s
12:00
- 0% 39% 5% 69% 39% 9.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 99% 39% 71% 99% 11m/s
14:00
- 0% 100% 74% 76% 100% 11m/s
15:00
- 0% 100% 94% 78% 100% 10m/s
16:00
- 0% 100% 100% 88% 100% 10m/s
17:00
- 0% 82% 100% 86% 100% 7.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 64% 100% 84% 100% 4.8m/s
19:00
- 0% 45% 100% 82% 100% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 64% 100% 83% 100% 2.1m/s
21:00
- 0% 82% 100% 84% 100% 2.1m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 100% 85% 100% 2.1m/s
23:00
- 33% 100% 100% 85% 100% 2.7m/s
Mon, Feb 16 Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:49
24:00
- 67% 100% 100% 85% 100% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 85% 100% 3.9m/s
02:00
- 67% 94% 100% 83% 100% 4.8m/s
03:00
- 33% 88% 100% 82% 100% 5.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 81% 100% 80% 100% 6.5m/s
05:00
- 0% 87% 100% 78% 100% 8.2m/s
06:00
- 0% 92% 100% 77% 100% 9.9m/s
07:00
- 0% 97% 100% 75% 100% 12m/s
08:00
- 0% 98% 100% 77% 100% 13m/s
09:00
- 0% 99% 100% 79% 100% 14m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 100% 81% 100% 15m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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