Rule
Golden Hour
Santa Cruz - Golden Hour - California Coast
Capitola, California, United States
That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset
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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 96% failing
Golden Hour 92% failing
Precipitation Chance 88% failing
Currently
Real-time conditionsLow Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover2%
Sun Elevation37.6° (Daylight)
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Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hour0matching 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 | ||||
| 11:00 | ✕ | 7.2% | 99% | 11034m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 97% | 24014m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 8.3% | 99% | 21921m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 5.8% | 99% | 5031m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 4.2% | 100% | 4232m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 5.8% | 100% | 6205m |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 6.9% | 91% | 10700m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 47% | 82% | 17983m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 8% | 73% | 23008m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 76% | 24134m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 7.6% | 79% | 24134m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 7.6% | 82% | 24134m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 10% | 88% | 24134m |
| Tue, Feb 17 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 9% | 93% | 24134m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 11% | 99% | 24134m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 9.7% | 99% | 24135m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 8.7% | 100% | 24134m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 8.7% | 100% | 24135m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 8.3% | 100% | 23723m |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 46% | 100% | 16977m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 29% | 100% | 7492m |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 100% | 3702m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 5.4% | 100% | 10823m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 4% | 100% | 7074m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 5% | 100% | 10741m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 3.2% | 100% | 3368m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 6.6% | 100% | 24135m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 7.6% | 100% | 9662m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 4.4% | 100% | 5077m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 7.5% | 100% | 21425m |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 5.1% | 99% | 7725m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 42% | 99% | 22523m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 6.8% | 98% | 17488m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 8.7% | 99% | 20046m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 8.5% | 99% | 16597m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 6.5% | 99% | 12500m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 9.8% | 98% | 23931m |
| Wed, Feb 18 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 97% | 23652m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 7.9% | 95% | 23792m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 9.7% | 97% | 24135m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 16% | 98% | 24134m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 16% | 100% | 24134m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 17% | 97% | 24135m |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 100% | 94% | 24134m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 97% | 91% | 24135m |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 18% | 90% | 24134m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 17% | 90% | 24135m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 9.4% | 90% | 23961m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 67% | 18600m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 10% | 45% | 16286m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 12% | 22% | 12855m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 11% | 31% | 17506m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 13% | 41% | 19191m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 18% | 50% | 24134m |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 18% | 42% | 24134m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 69% | 34% | 24134m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 11% | 26% | 24134m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 19% | 45% | 24135m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 17% | 64% | 24134m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 11% | 83% | 24134m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 9.1% | 88% | 24134m |
| Thu, Feb 19 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 8.6% | 93% | 24135m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 8.5% | 98% | 24043m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 7.8% | 98% | 18340m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 7.6% | 99% | 24135m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 7.5% | 100% | 15491m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 5.8% | 100% | 7263m |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 38% | 99% | 5730m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 36% | 99% | 1150m |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 4.8% | 99% | 132m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 4.8% | 99% | 111m |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 5.2% | 100% | 151m |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 6.4% | 83% | 1244m |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 6.8% | 66% | 1201m |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 10% | 49% | 24084m |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 10% | 57% | 14061m |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 10% | 64% | 15265m |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 16% | 72% | 24134m |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 17% | 53% | 24134m |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 100% | 35% | 24135m |
| 19:00 | ✕ | 16% | 17% | 24135m |
| 20:00 | ✕ | 16% | 24% | 24135m |
| 21:00 | ✕ | 16% | 32% | 24135m |
| 22:00 | ✕ | 16% | 39% | 24135m |
| 23:00 | ✕ | 17% | 26% | 24135m |
| Fri, Feb 20 | ||||
| 24:00 | ✕ | 13% | 13% | 24135m |
| 01:00 | ✕ | 11% | 0% | 24135m |
| 02:00 | ✕ | 10% | 0% | 24135m |
| 03:00 | ✕ | 11% | 0% | 24135m |
| 04:00 | ✕ | 9.7% | 0% | 24135m |
| 05:00 | ✕ | 11% | 1.2% | 24135m |
| 06:00 | ✓ | 65% | 2.3% | 24135m |
| 07:00 | ✓ | 65% | 3.5% | 24135m |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 11% | 2.3% | 24135m |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 9.8% | 1.2% | 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 scoreThis 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 06:54
Sunset 17:48 | |||||||
| 11:00 ☾ | - | 2% | 100% | 100% | 91% | 100% | 11m/s |
| 12:00 ☾ | - | 68% | 100% | 100% | 93% | 100% | 10m/s |
| 13:00 ☾ | - | 4% | 84% | 96% | 86% | 96% | 6.9m/s |
| 14:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 39% | 83% | 100% | 4.7m/s |
| 15:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 7.2m/s |
| 16:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 88% | 100% | 5.6m/s |
| 17:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 86% | 100% | 8.3m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 6.9m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 7.1m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 30% | 100% | 79% | 100% | 6.7m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 68% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 6.4m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 6.9m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 5.9m/s |
| Wed, Feb 18
Sunrise 06:52
Sunset 17:50 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 26% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 5m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 98% | 100% | 81% | 100% | 4.9m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 8% | 100% | 78% | 100% | 5.7m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 7% | 3% | 78% | 7% | 5.1m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 4% | 5% | 3% | 76% | 6% | 4.5m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 8% | 6% | 76% | 8% | 4.6m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 17% | 10% | 5% | 76% | 19% | 4m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 1% | 5% | 3% | 75% | 5% | 3.6m/s |
| 08:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 17% | 10% | 72% | 20% | 2.9m/s |
| 09:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 7% | 49% | 62% | 49% | 2.6m/s |
| 10:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 88% | 100% | 56% | 100% | 3.7m/s |
| 11:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 95% | 97% | 58% | 99% | 3.7m/s |
| 12:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 83% | 57% | 61% | 86% | 3.4m/s |
| 13:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 70% | 0% | 60% | 70% | 3.1m/s |
| 14:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 87% | 0% | 65% | 87% | 3.3m/s |
| 15:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 63% | 1% | 65% | 63% | 3.5m/s |
| 16:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 31% | 5% | 63% | 31% | 3.4m/s |
| 17:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 8% | 16% | 66% | 16% | 3.3m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 90% | 70% | 90% | 2.5m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 85% | 69% | 85% | 1.7m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 24% | 69% | 24% | 1.2m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 5% | 70% | 5% | 1.4m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 5% | 99% | 72% | 99% | 1.6m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 75% | 100% | 2.5m/s |
| Thu, Feb 19
Sunrise 06:51
Sunset 17:51 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 83% | 100% | 2.6m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 85% | 100% | 2.3m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 87% | 100% | 3.2m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 86% | 100% | 4.8m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 86% | 100% | 5.4m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 100% | 89% | 100% | 5.3m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 44% | 94% | 100% | 5.2m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 16% | 95% | 100% | 5m/s |
| 08:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 9% | 96% | 100% | 4.9m/s |
| 09:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 0% | 97% | 100% | 4.4m/s |
| 10:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 0% | 96% | 100% | 3.8m/s |
| 11:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 0% | 94% | 100% | 3.1m/s |
| 12:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 100% | 0% | 93% | 100% | 2.4m/s |
| 13:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 82% | 0% | 90% | 82% | 1.9m/s |
| 14:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 99% | 0% | 82% | 99% | 2.2m/s |
| 15:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 91% | 0% | 82% | 91% | 4m/s |
| 16:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 44% | 0% | 86% | 44% | 5.6m/s |
| 17:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 29% | 0% | 82% | 29% | 4.3m/s |
| 18:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 15% | 0% | 79% | 15% | 3.1m/s |
| 19:00 ☾ | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 76% | 0% | 1.8m/s |
| 20:00 ☾ | - | 2% | 0% | 0% | 77% | 2% | 1.7m/s |
| 21:00 ☾ | - | 3% | 0% | 0% | 77% | 3% | 1.7m/s |
| 22:00 ☾ | - | 5% | 0% | 0% | 78% | 5% | 1.6m/s |
| 23:00 ☾ | - | 36% | 0% | 2% | 78% | 36% | 1.6m/s |
| Fri, Feb 20
Sunrise 06:50
Sunset 17:52 | |||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | - | 68% | 0% | 3% | 78% | 68% | 1.6m/s |
| 01:00 ☾ | - | 99% | 0% | 5% | 79% | 99% | 1.5m/s |
| 02:00 ☾ | - | 99% | 0% | 35% | 72% | 99% | 1.6m/s |
| 03:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 0% | 64% | 66% | 100% | 1.6m/s |
| 04:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 0% | 94% | 60% | 100% | 1.6m/s |
| 05:00 ☾ | - | 82% | 1% | 96% | 58% | 100% | 1.9m/s |
| 06:00 ☾ | - | 65% | 2% | 98% | 56% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 07:00 ☾ | - | 47% | 4% | 100% | 54% | 100% | 2.3m/s |
| 08:00 ☾ | - | 65% | 9% | 100% | 54% | 100% | 2.1m/s |
| 09:00 ☾ | - | 82% | 14% | 100% | 55% | 100% | 1.9m/s |
| 10:00 ☾ | - | 100% | 20% | 100% | 55% | 100% | 1.8m/s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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