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Mendocino - Golden Hour - California Coast

Mendocino City, 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
Mendocino
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:15–08:14 · 1h window
Low confidence
38%
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mendocino
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:14–08:13
Low
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:14–08:13
Low
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Fri, Jan 16 · 07:14–08:12
Low
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Mendocino
Sat, Jan 17 · 07:13–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mendocino
Sun, Jan 18 · 07:13–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mendocino
Mon, Jan 19 · 07:13–08:00
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching 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
04:00✕48%0%27200m
05:00✕53%0%28600m
06:00✕48%0%30200m
07:00✓59%0%34300m
08:00✓55%0%43600m
09:00✕17%0%44500m
10:00✕19%0%28700m
11:00✕18%0%24400m
12:00✕18%0%22100m
13:00✕16%0%20300m
14:00✕14%0%18200m
15:00✕16%0%17900m
16:00✕14%0%17000m
17:00✕48%0%15300m
18:00✕29%0%14000m
19:00✕36%0%13400m
20:00✕41%0%14300m
21:00✕52%0%14100m
22:00✕55%0%13700m
23:00✕80%0%13700m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00✕73%0%13700m
01:00✕57%0%13800m
02:00✕68%0%13900m
03:00✕56%0%13800m
04:00✕46%0%13400m
05:00✕46%0%13600m
06:00✕53%0%13700m
07:00✓51%0%13700m
08:00✓50%0%14000m
09:00✕15%0%14600m
10:00✕16%0%15600m
11:00✕16%0%16700m
12:00✕16%0%18000m
13:00✕16%0%17900m
14:00✕22%0%17800m
15:00✕30%0%18100m
16:00✕29%0%17600m
17:00✕98%0%15600m
18:00✕63%0%13800m
19:00✕76%0%13100m
20:00✕84%0%15785m
21:00✕88%0%18770m
22:00✕84%0%21480m
23:00✕80%0%24140m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00✕78%0%24140m
01:00✕78%0%24140m
02:00✕80%0%24140m
03:00✕82%0%24140m
04:00✕80%0%24140m
05:00✕79%0%24140m
06:00✕82%0%24140m
07:00✓89%0%24140m
08:00✓90%0%24140m
09:00✕29%0%24140m
10:00✕30%0%24140m
11:00✕30%0%24140m
12:00✕30%0%24140m
13:00✕30%0%24140m
14:00✕29%0%24140m
15:00✕29%0%24140m
16:00✕29%0%24140m
17:00✕94%0%24140m
18:00✕62%0%24140m
19:00✕78%0%24140m
20:00✕76%0%24140m
21:00✕78%0%24140m
22:00✕76%0%24140m
23:00✕78%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00✕76%0%24140m
01:00✕79%0%24140m
02:00✕79%0%24140m
03:00✕79%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 07:34 Sunset 17:11
05:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 80% 64% 100% 2.8m/s
06:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 83% 62% 100% 2.9m/s
07:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 58% 56% 100% 3m/s
08:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 100% 46% 100% 2m/s
09:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 84% 45% 100% 1.5m/s
10:00 ☾
- 97% 0% 65% 64% 97% 1.3m/s
11:00 ☾
- 99% 0% 52% 70% 99% 1.7m/s
12:00 ☾
- 100% 2% 34% 74% 100% 1.8m/s
13:00 ☾
- 100% 5% 100% 77% 100% 2.4m/s
14:00 ☾
- 100% 19% 100% 81% 100% 3.3m/s
15:00 ☾
- 100% 26% 44% 82% 100% 3.1m/s
16:00 ☾
- 100% 10% 100% 83% 100% 2.7m/s
17:00 ☾
- 99% 12% 100% 87% 100% 1.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 100% 12% 100% 90% 100% 1.9m/s
19:00 ☾
- 96% 19% 94% 89% 96% 2.5m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 36% 100% 89% 100% 2.3m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 41% 77% 89% 77% 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 67% 22% 90% 67% 2.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 30% 0% 89% 30% 2.6m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 17:12
24:00 ☾
- 0% 49% 0% 89% 49% 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 62% 0% 90% 62% 2.3m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 55% 0% 88% 55% 2.2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 66% 0% 88% 66% 2.2m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 92% 0% 90% 92% 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 89% 0% 90% 89% 2.1m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 74% 0% 88% 74% 2.4m/s
07:00 ☾
- 5% 93% 0% 90% 93% 2.6m/s
08:00 ☾
- 44% 79% 0% 90% 79% 2.6m/s
09:00 ☾
- 100% 65% 0% 89% 100% 2.7m/s
10:00 ☾
- 100% 50% 0% 86% 100% 2.7m/s
11:00 ☾
- 100% 45% 0% 84% 100% 1.8m/s
12:00 ☾
- 100% 30% 0% 82% 100% 1.9m/s
13:00 ☾
- 89% 35% 0% 82% 89% 2.4m/s
14:00 ☾
- 62% 32% 0% 82% 62% 2.5m/s
15:00 ☾
- 12% 19% 0% 81% 19% 2.6m/s
16:00 ☾
- 12% 13% 0% 82% 13% 2.8m/s
17:00 ☾
- 4% 13% 0% 86% 13% 2.5m/s
18:00 ☾
- 4% 17% 0% 90% 17% 2.7m/s
19:00 ☾
- 7% 46% 0% 90% 46% 2.1m/s
20:00 ☾
- 10% 41% 0% 87% 41% 1.8m/s
21:00 ☾
- 2% 24% 0% 82% 26% 1.2m/s
22:00 ☾
- 2% 6% 0% 82% 6% 1.2m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.4m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 17:13
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.7m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 84% 0% 1.2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 84% 5% 1.3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 83% 5% 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 0% 1.8m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 77% 0% 1.4m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 1.6m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 70% 0% 1.9m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 1.4m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0.81m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 0% 0.71m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 0.5m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 1m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 46% 0% 1.7m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 1.8m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 70% 0% 1.7m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 0% 1.5m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.1m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.4m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.2m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.4m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 17:14
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 0% 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 0% 1.3m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 0% 1.4m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% 1.3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 86% 0% 1.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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