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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Castle Combe, Cotswolds

Castle Combe, England, United Kingdom

Honey-stone cottages, a medieval market cross and a small stream line the compact valley street beneath wooded slopes.

0 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 Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-42.8°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London

No matching opportunities in this 14-day forecast

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

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/London.

Most common blockers

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

  • Painted Sky Potential99% of hours
  • Golden Hour82% of hours
  • Wind Speed33% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 66%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 44%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 51%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 22%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 51%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 66%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 73%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 62%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 43%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 41%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 44%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 39%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 36%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 39%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 56%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 96%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 97%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 86%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 71%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 64%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 68%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 34%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 56%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 67%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 81%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. 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/London)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%44880m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-44°0%46080m
NightUnavailable0%32%0%-42°32%44980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-38°0%47120m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-31°0%49060m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%47000m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-13°0%44380m
NightUnavailable0%28%0%-4°28%38740m
Unavailable0%0%0%5.2°0%36200m
Unavailable0%0%0%14°0%36740m
Unavailable0%5%14%21°19%48680m
Unavailable0%97%53%27°100%53700m
Unavailable0%98%74%31°98%54760m
Unavailable0%99%68%33°100%55320m
Unavailable33%73%72%31°95%53380m
Unavailable9%94%80%27°97%52020m
Unavailable72%59%0%20°89%49940m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%46820m
Unavailable9%0%4%4.1°13%37960m
NightUnavailable100%0%94%-5.3°100%29720m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%-15°100%29960m
NightUnavailable100%79%100%-24°100%14420m
NightUnavailable100%91%100%-32°100%14840m
NightUnavailable100%85%100%-39°100%18880m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%98%100%-43°100%34240m
NightUnavailable100%100%31%-45°100%26360m
NightUnavailable92%100%0%-43°100%17180m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-38°100%12620m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-31°100%7940m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-23°100%6700m
NightUnavailable100%93%0%-14°100%28460m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-4.3°100%20660m
Unavailable0%56%0%5°77%27140m
Unavailable2%98%62%13°99%17800m
Unavailable0%95%61%21°100%29480m
Unavailable0%100%0%27°100%16640m
Unavailable0%99%83%31°100%34680m
Unavailable0%100%98%32°100%12000m
Unavailable0%100%1%31°100%12220m
Unavailable0%100%87%26°100%5360m
Unavailable0%88%28%20°96%32000m
Unavailable0%3%24%12°27%31700m
Unavailable0%24%0%3.8°27%36240m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-5.6°0%33040m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-15°0%42120m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-24°0%33900m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%41000m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-39°0%40565m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-44°1%36040m
NightUnavailable0%23%3%-45°24%30650m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-43°2%23660m
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-38°1%23400m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-31°0%23160m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-23°0%22640m
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-14°1%22140m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-4.5°2%21620m
Unavailable0%1%0%4.7°0%22120m
Unavailable0%0%0%13°0%22640m
Unavailable0%0%0%21°0%23140m
Unavailable0%3%21%27°21%22400m
Unavailable0%7%51%31°51%21660m
Unavailable0%17%70%32°73%20920m
Unavailable0%39%69%30°82%22000m
Unavailable0%66%58%26°85%23080m
Unavailable0%80%50%20°83%24160m
Unavailable0%68%52%12°78%24500m
Unavailable0%42%58%3.4°69%24860m
NightUnavailable0%20%58%-5.9°58%25200m
NightUnavailable0%10%47%-15°44%24900m
NightUnavailable0%4%30%-24°29%24580m
NightUnavailable0%0%17%-33°17%24280m
NightUnavailable0%0%11%-39°11%23500m

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
2
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 90 days
8
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 365 days
12
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 3 of 12 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 4 of 12 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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