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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Painswick, Cotswolds

Painswick, England, United Kingdom

Narrow stone streets converge on St Mary's churchyard, where clipped yews, table tombs and the pinnacled tower create strong forms.

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 Cover72%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-42.5°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunset
Painswick
Sat, Oct 10 · 17:41–18:00 · 1h window
Low confidence
49%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential85.9%
Low Cloud Cover: 32%
Mid Cloud Cover: 55%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 11.8° (Daylight)

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 Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance31% of hours
1matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
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: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 61%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 47%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 64%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 53%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/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: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 62%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 51%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 42%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 55%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 26%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 69%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 88%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 88%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 64%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 46%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 48%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 9%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 10%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 86%. Meets requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 73%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.3%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.5%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/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%72%0%-43°74%39320m
NightUnavailable0%77%0%-44°77%42080m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-42°5%42760m
NightUnavailable0%18%0%-37°18%46120m
NightUnavailable0%80%2%-31°80%45900m
NightUnavailable0%34%0%-22°34%43880m
NightUnavailable0%56%0%-13°56%39040m
NightUnavailable0%97%0%-4°97%36940m
Unavailable0%66%0%5.2°70%32420m
Unavailable0%52%0%14°52%33540m
Unavailable0%39%0%21°39%40800m
Unavailable0%53%0%27°71%51680m
Unavailable0%95%0%31°98%51500m
Unavailable0%92%0%32°93%51100m
Unavailable45%91%0%31°96%50820m
Unavailable13%91%80%26°92%50960m
Unavailable14%92%0%20°94%50980m
Unavailable0%77%0%13°77%50660m
Unavailable0%0%0%4°0%45300m
NightUnavailable100%7%98%-5.3°100%42640m
NightUnavailable100%3%100%-15°100%38120m
NightUnavailable100%50%100%-24°100%17380m
NightUnavailable100%63%100%-32°100%9360m
NightUnavailable100%100%100%-38°100%11320m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%100%92%-43°100%20960m
NightUnavailable100%100%91%-44°100%14600m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-43°100%14100m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-38°100%7000m
NightUnavailable100%95%0%-31°100%15680m
NightUnavailable100%98%2%-23°100%16600m
NightUnavailable100%88%0%-14°100%25940m
NightUnavailable21%82%0%-4.3°92%29080m
Unavailable39%80%61%4.9°96%25760m
Unavailable100%87%100%13°100%22480m
Unavailable0%95%60%21°100%24520m
Unavailable0%100%79%27°100%17200m
Unavailable7%86%100%31°100%4720m
Unavailable0%100%99%32°100%16600m
Unavailable0%93%33%30°98%19020m
Unavailable0%95%100%26°100%35400m
Unavailable0%83%0%20°83%40160m
Unavailable0%11%0%12°11%42800m
Unavailable0%96%82%3.7°98%44580m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-5.6°0%47280m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-15°0%49880m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-24°0%46300m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%49260m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-39°0%36645m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%34%0%-43°34%36950m
NightUnavailable0%21%12%-45°22%28490m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-43°2%22860m
NightUnavailable0%1%0%-38°2%22580m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-31°2%22300m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-23°1%21980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-14°0%21680m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-4.5°0%21360m
Unavailable0%4%0%4.7°2%22160m
Unavailable0%10%0%13°7%22940m
Unavailable0%16%0%21°19%23740m
Unavailable0%23%31%26°45%22680m
Unavailable0%32%72%30°79%21600m
Unavailable0%38%100%31°100%20540m
Unavailable0%43%100%30°100%21200m
Unavailable0%47%89%26°90%21860m
Unavailable0%45%73%20°75%22520m
Unavailable0%32%55%12°56%23060m
Unavailable0%13%33%3.3°34%23580m
NightUnavailable0%0%17%-6°17%24120m
NightUnavailable0%0%10%-15°10%23960m
NightUnavailable0%2%8%-24°7%23820m
NightUnavailable0%5%6%-32°6%23660m
NightUnavailable0%5%3%-39°4%22900m

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 Painswick.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
5
recorded matching windows · 78% average confidence
Last 365 days
10
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most represented month

August, with 3 of 10 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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