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Rule Golden Hour

Malibu - Golden Hour - California Coast

Malibu, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover22%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-20.8° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
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Next opportunity
Excellent Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Malibu
Tomorrow · 07:00–07:09 · 1h window
Medium confidence
59%
🌇Golden Hour Potential84.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 2%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 4.1° (Golden hour)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Malibu
Fri, Feb 20 · 06:18–07:07
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Malibu
Sun, Feb 22 · 07:00–07:05
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium

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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
America/Los_Angeles
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Mon, Feb 16
05:007.5%100%23465m
06:0026%100%6853m
07:0022%100%4407m
08:004%100%7937m
09:004%100%7706m
10:003.2%100%4682m
11:002.2%100%1544m
12:004.5%100%5238m
13:005.2%100%7199m
14:0011%100%14829m
15:0010%100%12864m
16:0011%100%15616m
17:0034%98%10904m
18:0047%97%8698m
19:0017%97%23712m
20:008.4%98%13452m
21:008.2%98%11505m
22:007.7%99%9023m
23:007.6%72%8181m
Tue, Feb 17
24:007.1%44%7214m
01:007.1%17%7974m
02:009.1%19%11374m
03:0016%20%21844m
04:0015%22%24135m
05:0017%43%24134m
06:0063%63%24050m
07:0075%84%24135m
08:0017%88%24134m
09:0016%92%24135m
10:0018%96%24134m
11:0013%97%24134m
12:0017%99%24134m
13:0011%100%24134m
14:009.7%100%22403m
15:008.4%100%18114m
16:009.1%100%24135m
17:0029%100%21228m
18:0039%100%17735m
19:006.5%100%15155m
20:005.7%100%11818m
21:006.1%100%20510m
22:004.8%100%9699m
23:003.6%80%6343m
Wed, Feb 18
24:004.4%59%7890m
01:005.5%39%10699m
02:003.3%47%3892m
03:0015%55%24134m
04:0010%64%24134m
05:0016%43%24134m
06:0054%21%23364m
07:0085%0%24134m
08:0014%0%24135m
09:0014%0%24134m
10:0015%0%24134m
11:0014%0%24134m
12:0014%0%24134m
13:0015%0%24135m
14:0016%0%24134m
15:0015%0%24135m
16:0015%0%24134m
17:0049%0%24134m
18:0090%0%24134m
19:0016%0%24134m
20:0016%0%24135m
21:0016%0%24135m
22:0015%0%24134m
23:0016%3.3%24134m
Thu, Feb 19
24:0017%6.7%24135m
01:0016%10%24135m
02:009.9%31%24135m
03:009%53%24135m
04:0011%74%24135m
05:0011%75%24134m
06:0058%75%24134m
07:0059%75%15689m
08:007.8%80%10707m
09:006.2%84%5267m
10:004.4%88%1856m
11:007.2%68%9282m
12:0011%48%16709m
13:0015%28%24135m
14:0016%27%24135m
15:0015%25%24135m
16:0014%24%24135m
17:0045%23%24135m
18:0084%23%24135m
19:0014%22%24135m
20:0014%22%24135m
21:0015%22%24135m
22:0017%22%24135m
23:0016%15%24135m
Fri, Feb 20
24:0012%7.4%24135m
01:009.2%0%24135m
02:0012%0%24135m
03:0017%0%24135m
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
Tue, Feb 17 Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:39
05:00
- 0% 22% 0% 86% 22% 3.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 82% 0% 85% 82% 2.6m/s
07:00
- 0% 63% 0% 82% 63% 3m/s
08:00
- 0% 24% 0% 80% 24% 4.4m/s
09:00
- 0% 5% 0% 72% 5% 5.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 24% 0% 65% 24% 5.3m/s
11:00
- 0% 65% 4% 60% 65% 5.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 29% 0% 55% 29% 5.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 74% 5% 55% 74% 7.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 88% 5% 65% 88% 7.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 39% 92% 71% 92% 8.1m/s
16:00
- 0% 10% 84% 71% 84% 8.4m/s
17:00
- 0% 27% 86% 75% 86% 8.9m/s
18:00
- 0% 89% 100% 79% 100% 9.8m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 100% 78% 100% 11m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 100% 78% 100% 12m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 100% 81% 100% 13m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 100% 83% 100% 13m/s
23:00
- 0% 100% 100% 91% 100% 12m/s
Wed, Feb 18 Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:40
24:00
- 0% 100% 100% 84% 100% 14m/s
01:00
- 0% 98% 83% 81% 98% 14m/s
02:00
- 5% 97% 96% 89% 97% 13m/s
03:00
- 5% 36% 7% 81% 36% 12m/s
04:00
- 0% 72% 0% 77% 72% 10m/s
05:00
- 0% 15% 0% 74% 15% 11m/s
06:00
- 0% 83% 0% 75% 83% 10m/s
07:00
- 0% 2% 0% 72% 2% 9.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 67% 0% 10m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 9.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 9.2m/s
11:00
- 0% 3% 0% 45% 3% 9.1m/s
12:00
- 0% 4% 0% 45% 4% 8.4m/s
13:00
- 0% 4% 0% 48% 4% 8.2m/s
14:00
- 0% 12% 0% 51% 12% 7.7m/s
15:00
- 0% 4% 0% 54% 4% 7.5m/s
16:00
- 0% 2% 0% 56% 2% 7.8m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 6.9m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 7m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 59% 0% 6.8m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 5.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 5.4m/s
22:00
- 5% 1% 0% 68% 5% 5.7m/s
23:00
- 2% 3% 5% 70% 5% 5.2m/s
Thu, Feb 19 Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:41
24:00
- 5% 9% 3% 72% 9% 4.7m/s
01:00
- 0% 5% 4% 72% 5% 4.3m/s
02:00
- 100% 5% 72% 71% 100% 4.2m/s
03:00
- 100% 16% 100% 70% 100% 3.5m/s
04:00
- 5% 92% 9% 71% 92% 2.5m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 59% 68% 100% 1.2m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 100% 72% 100% 0.79m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 79% 78% 100% 1.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 93% 86% 100% 1.9m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 100% 91% 100% 2.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 84% 96% 100% 4.1m/s
11:00
- 0% 80% 56% 90% 80% 5.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 60% 28% 84% 60% 7.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 40% 0% 77% 40% 9.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 26% 0% 73% 26% 12m/s
15:00
- 0% 13% 0% 69% 13% 14m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 16m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 14m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 13m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 11m/s
20:00
- 2% 0% 0% 64% 2% 9.2m/s
21:00
- 4% 0% 0% 63% 4% 7.3m/s
22:00
- 6% 0% 0% 62% 6% 5.5m/s
23:00
- 37% 0% 33% 63% 37% 4.7m/s
Fri, Feb 20 Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:42
24:00
- 69% 0% 66% 63% 69% 3.9m/s
01:00
- 100% 0% 100% 63% 100% 3m/s
02:00
- 67% 0% 68% 59% 68% 2.3m/s
03:00
- 33% 0% 36% 55% 37% 1.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 5% 51% 5% 0.83m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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