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Mendocino - Golden Hour - California Coast

Mendocino City, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Golden Hour Potential
16%
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation11.6° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mendocino
Tomorrow · 06:00–06:54 · 1h window
Medium confidence
64%
🌇Golden Hour Potential86.9%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -4.2° (Civil twilight)
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Excellent Golden Hour at Sunset
Mendocino
Tomorrow · 19:30–20:24
🌇Golden Hour Potential:81.5-83.3%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mendocino
Thu, Apr 30 · 05:59–06:53
🌇Golden Hour Potential:86.9-87.8%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Thu, Apr 30 · 19:31–20:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:85.2%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Mon, May 4 · 05:54–06:49
🌇Golden Hour Potential:94.7-96.9%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Tue, May 5 · 20:00–20:31
🌇Golden Hour Potential:94.2%
Low
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Thu, May 7 · 05:51–06:46
🌇Golden Hour Potential:90.9-96.4%
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
7matching hours in the next 95 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
≥ 1000.0m
Mon, Apr 27
19:00✓61%0%24135m
20:00✓63%0%24135m
21:00✕29%0%24135m
22:00✕32%0%24135m
23:00✕33%0%24135m
Tue, Apr 28
24:00✕32%0%24135m
01:00✕31%0%24135m
02:00✕31%0%24135m
03:00✕31%0%24135m
04:00✕32%0%24134m
05:00✕32%0%24134m
06:00✓85%0%24135m
07:00✕56%0%24135m
08:00✕32%0%24135m
09:00✕35%0%24134m
10:00✕36%0%24135m
11:00✕35%0%24135m
12:00✕35%0%24134m
13:00✕38%0%24134m
14:00✕38%0%24134m
15:00✕37%0%24135m
16:00✕35%0%24135m
17:00✕32%0%24135m
18:00✕32%0%24135m
19:00✓86%0%24135m
20:00✓85%0%24135m
21:00✕32%0%24134m
22:00✕31%0%24134m
23:00✕32%0%24134m
Wed, Apr 29
24:00✕32%0%24135m
01:00✕32%0%24135m
02:00✕32%0%24135m
03:00✕32%0%24135m
04:00✕32%0%24134m
05:00✕32%0%24134m
06:00✓87%0%24135m
07:00✕57%0%24134m
08:00✕34%0%24135m
09:00✕35%0%24135m
10:00✕38%0%24134m
11:00✕39%0%24135m
12:00✕39%0%14148m
13:00✕39%0%24134m
14:00✕34%0%24134m
15:00✕34%0%24134m
16:00✕35%0%24134m
17:00✕32%0%24134m
18:00✕31%0%24135m
19:00✓83%0%24134m
20:00✓82%0%24134m
21:00✕31%0%24134m
22:00✕32%0%24134m
23:00✕32%0%24135m
Thu, Apr 30
24:00✕32%0%24134m
01:00✕35%0%24134m
02:00✕38%0%24134m
03:00✕34%0%24134m
04:00✕34%0%24135m
05:00✓88%0%24135m
06:00✓87%0%24135m
07:00✕62%0%24134m
08:00✕39%0%24135m
09:00✕36%0%24135m
10:00✕39%0%24135m
11:00✕38%0%24134m
12:00✕35%0%24134m
13:00✕38%0%24134m
14:00✕25%0%24134m
15:00✕25%0%24135m
16:00✕22%0%24135m
17:00✕23%0%24135m
18:00✕25%0%24135m
19:00✓85%0%24135m
20:00✓79%0%24135m
21:00✕58%0%24134m
22:00✕35%0%24134m
23:00✕35%0%24134m
Fri, May 1
24:00✕36%0%24134m
01:00✕32%0%24135m
02:00✕32%0%24135m
03:00✕30%0%24135m
04:00✕30%0%24135m
05:00✓50%0%24135m
06:00✓36%0%24135m
07:00✕20%0%24135m
08:00✕5.7%0%24135m
09:00✕6.7%0%24135m
10:00✕6.7%0%24135m
11:00✕7.8%0%24135m
12:00✕7.8%0%24135m
13:00✕7.8%0%24135m
14:00✕9.2%0%24135m
15:00✕7.9%0%24135m
16:00✕7.9%0%24135m
17:00✕7.9%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, Apr 28 Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 20:06
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 0% 2.9m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 2.5m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 91% 0% 0.97m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.6m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 0% 1.9m/s
Wed, Apr 29 Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 20:06
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 84% 0% 1.4m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.4m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 84% 0% 1.5m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 86% 0% 1.3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% 1.8m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 0% 1.4m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 89% 0% 1.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 0% 1.2m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 0.76m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 1.7m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 0% 2.6m/s
11:00
- 0% 13% 0% 73% 13% 3.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 20% 0% 74% 20% 3.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 18% 0% 70% 18% 4.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 2% 0% 67% 2% 5m/s
15:00
- 0% 2% 0% 70% 2% 4.8m/s
16:00
- 0% 2% 0% 72% 2% 4.6m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 2% 0% 74% 2% 5m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 78% 0% 5.7m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 0% 4.8m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 91% 0% 3.2m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 0% 92% 1% 1.8m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 0% 92% 1% 1.1m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 91% 0% 1.3m/s
Thu, Apr 30 Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 20:07
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.2m/s
01:00 ☾
- 2% 0% 0% 89% 2% 0.94m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.8m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.9m/s
04:00 ☾
- 2% 0% 0% 91% 2% 1.8m/s
05:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 91% 5% 1.8m/s
06:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 2% 91% 5% 2.1m/s
07:00
- 14% 0% 4% 91% 14% 2m/s
08:00
- 7% 0% 0% 85% 7% 1.3m/s
09:00
- 72% 0% 12% 75% 72% 0.35m/s
10:00
- 1% 0% 5% 71% 5% 2.6m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 4% 70% 4% 3.7m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 70% 0% 4.4m/s
13:00
- 0% 2% 0% 71% 2% 4.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 2% 0% 74% 2% 5.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 12% 0% 77% 12% 5.8m/s
16:00
- 0% 18% 0% 79% 18% 5.8m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 15% 0% 81% 15% 5m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 5% 0% 82% 5% 4m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 0% 2.7m/s
20:00 ☾
- 1% 0% 0% 93% 1% 1.7m/s
21:00 ☾
- 1% 0% 0% 93% 1% 1.1m/s
22:00 ☾
- 1% 0% 0% 93% 1% 1.5m/s
23:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 93% 5% 1.7m/s
Fri, May 1 Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:08
24:00 ☾
- 37% 2% 0% 92% 37% 3.9m/s
01:00 ☾
- 68% 4% 0% 91% 68% 6.1m/s
02:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 0% 90% 100% 8.4m/s
03:00 ☾
- 100% 3% 33% 90% 100% 8m/s
04:00 ☾
- 100% 2% 67% 90% 100% 7.7m/s
05:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 100% 90% 100% 7.4m/s
06:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 100% 90% 100% 8.7m/s
07:00
- 100% 1% 100% 89% 100% 9.9m/s
08:00
- 100% 1% 100% 88% 100% 11m/s
09:00
- 100% 1% 68% 88% 100% 12m/s
10:00
- 100% 0% 36% 88% 100% 12m/s
11:00
- 100% 0% 4% 87% 100% 13m/s
12:00
- 91% 0% 3% 87% 91% 13m/s
13:00
- 82% 0% 1% 86% 82% 14m/s
14:00
- 73% 0% 0% 86% 73% 14m/s
15:00
- 82% 0% 0% 85% 82% 13m/s
16:00
- 91% 0% 0% 85% 91% 13m/s
17:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 85% 100% 12m/s
18:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 85% 100% 12m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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