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Monterey - Golden Hour - California Coast

Pacific Grove, 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 at Sunrise
Monterey
Tomorrow · 07:01–07:58 · 1h window
High confidence
73%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:01–07:57
High
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:01–07:57
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:01–07:57
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Fri, Jan 16 · 07:00–07:56
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Sat, Jan 17 · 07:00–07:56
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Monterey
Sun, Jan 18 · 07:00–07:55
Medium
+3 more windows in the next 14 days

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching 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
10:00✕29%0%33500m
11:00✕29%0%39200m
12:00✕29%0%40600m
13:00✕29%0%47900m
14:00✕29%0%46400m
15:00✕29%0%34800m
16:00✕31%0%29800m
17:00✕100%0%22100m
18:00✕66%0%23800m
19:00✕56%0%29000m
20:00✕59%0%34300m
21:00✕59%0%32300m
22:00✕56%0%29000m
23:00✕59%0%30500m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00✕59%0%32500m
01:00✕67%0%30000m
02:00✕60%0%22600m
03:00✕63%0%24300m
04:00✕90%0%27000m
05:00✕83%0%27500m
06:00✕83%0%26500m
07:00✓97%0%26100m
08:00✕66%0%27000m
09:00✕29%0%26800m
10:00✕29%0%29500m
11:00✕30%0%34800m
12:00✕30%0%36800m
13:00✕30%0%41100m
14:00✕30%0%38200m
15:00✕29%0%28200m
16:00✕29%0%22100m
17:00✕93%0%16000m
18:00✕63%0%15600m
19:00✕81%0%18900m
20:00✕81%0%17000m
21:00✕80%0%19200m
22:00✕83%0%23900m
23:00✕83%0%24500m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00✕84%0%27700m
01:00✕84%0%28200m
02:00✕82%0%26585m
03:00✕82%0%26570m
04:00✕82%0%26355m
05:00✕82%0%24140m
06:00✕82%0%24140m
07:00✓100%0%24140m
08:00✕67%0%24140m
09:00✕29%0%24140m
10:00✕29%0%24140m
11:00✕29%0%24140m
12:00✕29%0%24140m
13:00✕29%0%24140m
14:00✕29%0%24140m
15:00✕29%0%24140m
16:00✕30%0%24140m
17:00✕100%0%24140m
18:00✕68%0%24140m
19:00✕83%0%24140m
20:00✕84%0%24140m
21:00✕82%0%24140m
22:00✕84%0%24140m
23:00✕81%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00✕81%0%24140m
01:00✕83%0%24140m
02:00✕81%0%24140m
03:00✕81%0%24140m
04:00✕81%0%24140m
05:00✕81%0%24140m
06:00✕81%0%24140m
07:00✓97%0%24140m
08:00✕65%0%24140m
09:00✕29%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 07:20 Sunset 17:10
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 3.2m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 3.4m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 3.5m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 3.8m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 54% 0% 3.4m/s
16:00 ☾
- 18% 0% 0% 61% 18% 3m/s
17:00 ☾
- 22% 0% 0% 72% 22% 1.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 1.4m/s
19:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 61% 100% 2.8m/s
20:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 56% 100% 3.2m/s
21:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 58% 100% 3.3m/s
22:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 62% 100% 3.2m/s
23:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 59% 100% 2.9m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:11
24:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 57% 100% 3.2m/s
01:00 ☾
- 68% 0% 0% 61% 68% 3.1m/s
02:00 ☾
- 78% 0% 5% 71% 78% 3.1m/s
03:00 ☾
- 72% 0% 3% 68% 72% 3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 30% 0% 0% 64% 30% 2.8m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 2% 63% 2% 2.6m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 2.6m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 2.8m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 2.6m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 67% 0% 1.9m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 2.1m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 2.6m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 2.6m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 1.9m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 2m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 2.1m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 2m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 0% 1.1m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 0% 79% 1% 0.81m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 0.42m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 73% 0% 0.89m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 2.1m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 1.8m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 2.1m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:12
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 59% 0% 2.3m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 2.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 3.1m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 57% 0% 3.2m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 3.3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 3.5m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 3.4m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 2.8m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 2.2m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 1.5m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 2.2m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 2.1m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 36% 0% 2.1m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 2m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 2m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 1.6m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 1.1m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 0.61m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 0.5m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 1.7m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 56% 0% 2.6m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 54% 0% 2.9m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 2.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 2.8m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:13
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 3m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 2.8m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3.1m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3.4m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3.5m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 3.3m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 3.4m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 2.9m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 2.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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