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Rule Golden Hour

Mendocino - Golden Hour - California Coast

Mendocino City, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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Here’s what usually blocks matches

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 83% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-24.7° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Los_Angeles

No opportunities in the next 10 days

See the blocker timeline below to understand which conditions are preventing matches.

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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
05:008.1%74%24134m
06:0049%66%24135m
07:0049%58%24135m
08:008.6%63%24135m
09:008.7%69%24134m
10:009.5%74%24135m
11:009%54%24135m
12:008.5%36%24134m
13:0011%18%24135m
14:008.9%30%24134m
15:006.5%43%24134m
16:006.6%56%24134m
17:006.7%67%24134m
18:0048%78%24134m
19:007.9%89%24135m
20:0016%93%24134m
21:0016%96%24134m
22:0011%100%24134m
23:0012%100%24134m
Tue, Feb 17
24:009.1%100%17171m
01:007.5%100%13917m
02:006.6%100%16269m
03:004.5%100%5853m
04:006%100%8759m
05:006.6%100%24120m
06:0048%100%22530m
07:0036%100%11051m
08:005.2%100%9001m
09:007.8%100%16599m
10:009.6%100%21483m
11:007.9%100%11023m
12:008.3%100%21360m
13:005.7%100%9344m
14:006.8%100%11223m
15:007.4%100%19360m
16:007%100%10355m
17:006.4%99%9592m
18:0045%99%10051m
19:007.9%98%12249m
20:008.6%99%11874m
21:007.4%99%9721m
22:008.2%100%17871m
23:008.9%90%13880m
Wed, Feb 18
24:008.2%81%10334m
01:008.1%72%10330m
02:007.9%71%9241m
03:009.4%70%11721m
04:0017%68%13735m
05:0017%53%13319m
06:0062%38%24135m
07:0056%22%24134m
08:0012%21%24135m
09:0015%20%24134m
10:0019%18%24134m
11:0018%31%24134m
12:0018%44%24134m
13:0012%57%24135m
14:0010%66%24134m
15:0010%75%24135m
16:0011%84%24134m
17:0011%82%24134m
18:0058%80%24134m
19:009.6%78%24134m
20:009.4%82%24132m
21:009.1%86%24135m
22:009%91%24134m
23:0010%92%24134m
Thu, Feb 19
24:0011%93%24135m
01:009.7%95%24135m
02:0011%96%24135m
03:009.5%96%24135m
04:0011%97%24135m
05:008.5%75%24134m
06:0057%52%24134m
07:0056%30%21808m
08:004.8%26%1995m
09:003.2%22%236m
10:003.6%18%181m
11:008.8%12%8166m
12:0014%6.1%16150m
13:0014%0%24135m
14:0014%0%24135m
15:0014%0%24135m
16:0015%0%24135m
17:0015%0%24135m
18:0088%0%24135m
19:0015%0%24135m
20:0017%0%24135m
21:0013%0%24135m
22:0011%0%24135m
23:0010%2.3%24135m
Fri, Feb 20
24:0010%4.7%24135m
01:009%7%24135m
02:009%18%24135m
03:009.5%28%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 07:04 Sunset 17:53
05:00
- 0% 100% 100% 80% 100% 8.5m/s
06:00
- 0% 61% 100% 80% 100% 7.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 100% 80% 100% 9.8m/s
08:00
- 0% 99% 100% 83% 100% 8.3m/s
09:00
- 0% 53% 100% 73% 100% 8.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 7% 92% 70% 92% 7.7m/s
11:00
- 0% 66% 91% 72% 91% 8.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 92% 100% 67% 100% 6.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 100% 100% 76% 100% 8.5m/s
14:00
- 0% 100% 100% 73% 100% 7.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 91% 100% 68% 100% 7m/s
16:00
- 0% 90% 100% 69% 100% 7.1m/s
17:00
- 0% 97% 100% 70% 100% 6.9m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 100% 71% 100% 6.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 95% 100% 71% 100% 5.3m/s
20:00
- 0% 66% 100% 70% 100% 5.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 100% 70% 100% 5m/s
22:00
- 0% 87% 99% 74% 99% 4.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 32% 100% 72% 100% 4.2m/s
Wed, Feb 18 Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:54
24:00
- 0% 100% 100% 74% 100% 3.4m/s
01:00
- 0% 98% 100% 74% 100% 2.9m/s
02:00
- 0% 92% 100% 76% 100% 2.8m/s
03:00
- 0% 49% 97% 77% 97% 2.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 11% 22% 80% 22% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 13% 41% 86% 41% 2.8m/s
06:00
- 0% 52% 70% 87% 74% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 2% 50% 90% 87% 90% 2.7m/s
08:00
- 5% 29% 76% 85% 76% 2.4m/s
09:00
- 5% 13% 49% 81% 49% 2m/s
10:00
- 25% 5% 5% 74% 25% 1.3m/s
11:00
- 4% 5% 6% 66% 6% 1m/s
12:00
- 0% 2% 29% 62% 29% 1.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 18% 88% 60% 88% 2.4m/s
14:00
- 0% 54% 90% 57% 90% 2.9m/s
15:00
- 0% 73% 85% 55% 85% 2.9m/s
16:00
- 0% 93% 87% 55% 93% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 0% 85% 85% 57% 86% 1.3m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 100% 61% 100% 1.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 100% 64% 100% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 100% 69% 100% 2.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 96% 98% 68% 98% 2.9m/s
22:00
- 0% 89% 100% 68% 100% 3.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 47% 86% 69% 86% 3.4m/s
Thu, Feb 19 Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:55
24:00
- 0% 61% 71% 71% 72% 3.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 53% 91% 75% 91% 3.3m/s
02:00
- 3% 5% 100% 78% 100% 3.3m/s
03:00
- 23% 5% 100% 78% 100% 3.2m/s
04:00
- 1% 13% 92% 77% 92% 3m/s
05:00
- 91% 60% 98% 78% 99% 3.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 64% 77% 78% 88% 3.2m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 84% 77% 100% 0.82m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 100% 94% 100% 2.3m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 98% 98% 100% 4.2m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 100% 97% 100% 2.6m/s
11:00
- 0% 68% 67% 86% 68% 6.1m/s
12:00
- 0% 37% 33% 74% 37% 9.6m/s
13:00
- 0% 5% 0% 63% 5% 13m/s
14:00
- 0% 5% 0% 63% 5% 12m/s
15:00
- 0% 5% 0% 62% 5% 12m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 0% 61% 5% 11m/s
17:00
- 2% 4% 0% 63% 5% 9.8m/s
18:00
- 3% 2% 0% 65% 5% 8.7m/s
19:00
- 5% 1% 0% 67% 5% 7.6m/s
20:00
- 34% 2% 1% 68% 34% 6.3m/s
21:00
- 64% 2% 2% 69% 64% 5m/s
22:00
- 93% 3% 3% 69% 93% 3.7m/s
23:00
- 95% 3% 36% 69% 95% 3.5m/s
Fri, Feb 20 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:56
24:00
- 98% 4% 68% 69% 98% 3.4m/s
01:00
- 100% 4% 100% 70% 100% 3.2m/s
02:00
- 93% 4% 100% 69% 100% 2.9m/s
03:00
- 86% 4% 100% 68% 100% 2.5m/s
04:00
- 78% 4% 100% 67% 100% 2.2m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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