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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Vernazza, Cinque Terre

Vernazza, Liguria, Italy

A compact natural harbour is framed by painted houses, Santa Margherita church and the stone Doria tower on its headland.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-51.6°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Rome
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunrise
Vernazza
Sun, Oct 11 · 07:12–08:09 · 1h window
Medium confidence
53%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential97.2-98.1%
Low Cloud Cover: 28%
Mid Cloud Cover: 32%
High Cloud Cover: 18%
Sun Elevation: 4.5° (Golden hour)

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/Rome.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance56% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Rome
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 95%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 85%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 90%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 93%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 55%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 93%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 93%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 85%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 43%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 54%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 88%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 90%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 78%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 78%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 53%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 58%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 43%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 70%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.71m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.54m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.28m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 39%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 55%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.86m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.89m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.95m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.94m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 71%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 64%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.42m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.81m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.85m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.99m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/Rome)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%100%100%-52°100%24460m
NightUnavailable100%94%84%-50°100%25320m
NightUnavailable100%92%73%-45°100%16320m
NightUnavailable100%90%57%-37°100%17180m
NightUnavailable100%93%31%-27°100%1980m
NightUnavailable100%100%36%-16°100%17040m
NightUnavailable100%96%59%-5.6°100%16680m
Unavailable100%94%43%5.1°100%18480m
Unavailable0%95%45%15°98%220m
Unavailable0%91%43%24°95%200m
Unavailable0%91%36%32°95%360m
Unavailable0%92%35%38°96%320m
Unavailable13%100%48%40°100%1540m
Unavailable19%92%65%39°95%16820m
Unavailable0%81%25%34°89%22340m
Unavailable0%89%50%27°94%26900m
Unavailable0%85%30%18°92%25520m
Unavailable0%84%8%8°90%24440m
NightUnavailable0%93%39%-2.5°97%26640m
NightUnavailable38%84%68%-13°91%28260m
NightUnavailable0%88%20%-24°93%31060m
NightUnavailable0%81%43%-34°89%17400m
NightUnavailable0%84%36%-43°92%19640m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%68%39%-49°83%35500m
NightUnavailable0%67%4%-52°70%28360m
NightUnavailable0%69%4%-50°71%34860m
NightUnavailable0%85%8%-45°90%32300m
NightUnavailable0%73%2%-37°74%29580m
NightUnavailable0%55%0%-27°55%29560m
NightUnavailable0%79%7%-17°83%30560m
NightUnavailable0%85%3%-5.8°88%29140m
Unavailable0%58%0%4.9°58%29140m
Unavailable0%75%0%15°75%32020m
Unavailable0%50%55%24°80%34900m
Unavailable0%83%57%32°95%36500m
Unavailable0%41%90%37°96%37880m
Unavailable0%6%68%39°71%38000m
Unavailable0%4%28%38°32%38100m
Unavailable0%28%29%34°46%36120m
Unavailable2%73%100%26°100%34880m
Unavailable0%33%100%18°100%33520m
Unavailable0%52%78%7.7°87%36085m
NightUnavailable0%26%72%-2.9°81%32990m
NightUnavailable0%40%61%-14°74%29325m
NightUnavailable0%22%71%-24°82%21340m
NightUnavailable0%7%78%-34°83%21520m
NightUnavailable0%6%76%-43°80%21420m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%24%70%-50°81%23480m
NightUnavailable0%39%69%-52°83%22760m
NightUnavailable0%61%58%-51°73%21780m
NightUnavailable12%61%46%-45°74%22100m
NightUnavailable2%39%42%-37°60%20240m
NightUnavailable96%24%67%-27°99%16100m
NightUnavailable2%38%54%-17°72%15000m
NightUnavailable0%22%52%-6.1°65%15380m
Unavailable0%17%54%4.7°66%20460m
Unavailable17%9%51%15°59%26920m
Unavailable100%58%43%24°100%33820m
Unavailable100%42%13%32°100%35760m
Unavailable100%82%0%37°100%36500m
Unavailable100%54%60%39°100%33160m
Unavailable100%81%79%38°100%30700m
Unavailable100%47%36%33°100%33620m
Unavailable100%31%34%26°100%35080m
Unavailable2%20%0%17°22%34480m
Unavailable0%0%0%7.4°0%33800m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-3.2°0%31060m
NightUnavailable0%0%12%-14°12%27840m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-25°0%27300m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-35°0%25380m
NightUnavailable0%38%0%-43°38%20880m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%38%0%-50°38%21700m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across Cinque Terre. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Vernazza.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Vernazza during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
1
recorded matching window · 80% average confidence
Last 90 days
3
recorded matching windows · 80% average confidence
Last 365 days
13
recorded matching windows · 80% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 5 of 13 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 5 of 13 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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