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Rule Fire Sky

Rhodes (Lindos) - Fire Sky - Greek Islands

Lindos, South Aegean, Greece

Those rare, intensely red and orange sunset skies

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover5%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Aerosol Optical Depth0.2dimensionless
Sun Elevation38.4° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Europe/Athens
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Next opportunity
Excellent Fiery Red Sky at Sunrise
Rhodes (Lindos)
Mon, Apr 13 · 07:00–07:11 · 1h window
Medium confidence
52%
🔥Fiery Red Sky Potential84.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 4%
High Cloud Cover: 65%
Sun Elevation: 3.9° (Golden hour)

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks the conditions that create the Greek Islands' legendary sunsets and blue hour scenes. We combine cloud cover, visibility, and atmospheric data to predict when the Aegean delivers its most spectacular light shows.

The Cycladic islands offer some of Europe's most dramatic sunset and blue hour photography. Whitewashed villages cascading down volcanic cliffs, windmills silhouetted against fiery skies, and the deep blue of the Aegean create compositions found nowhere else.

What makes the Greek Islands special for photography:

  • Fire sky sunsets - Volcanic aerosols and clear Aegean air create legendary color
  • Blue hour magic - Whitewashed buildings glow against deepening blue skies
  • Iconic architecture - Domed churches, windmills, and labyrinthine villages
  • Caldera views - Santorini's volcanic bay provides unique elevated perspectives

Best sunset conditions occur when scattered high clouds catch the light. Summer months (May-September) offer the most reliable clear skies. Oia on Santorini draws crowds—arrive early or explore less-visited islands like Milos for uncrowded scenes with equal drama.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 74 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Athens
Golden Hour
Any
Fiery Red Sky Potential
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Thu, Apr 9
07:005.4%71%24134m
08:000%82%24135m
09:000%93%24134m
10:000%83%24135m
11:000%73%24135m
12:000%64%24134m
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14:000%64%24134m
15:000%64%24134m
16:000%43%24135m
17:000%21%24135m
18:000%0%24135m
19:000%0%24134m
20:0012%0%24135m
21:000%0%24135m
22:000%0%24135m
23:000%0%24135m
Fri, Apr 10
24:000%0%24134m
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02:000%0%24135m
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05:000%0%24135m
06:000.7%0%24135m
07:009.5%0%24134m
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09:000%0%24135m
10:000%0%24134m
11:000%0%24134m
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20:0015%0%24135m
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Sat, Apr 11
24:000%0%24134m
01:000%0%24135m
02:000%0%24135m
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06:004.1%0%24135m
07:0036%0%24134m
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20:004.4%0%24135m
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Sun, Apr 12
24:000%0%24135m
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08:000%0%24135m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fiery Red Sky 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
Europe/Athens
Aerosol Optical Depth (550nm)
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Cloud Cover Uncertainty (Ensemble)
%
Dust AOD (550nm)
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
RH @ 700 hPa
%
Smoke AOD (550nm)
Solar Elevation
°
Sunshine Duration
seconds
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:35
10:00
0.18 97% 9% 0.003 - 0% 5% 0% 77% 0.02 38° 3600seconds
11:00
0.17 97% 9% 0.004 - 0% 9% 0% 74% 0.02 49° 3600seconds
12:00
0.17 97% 9% 0.005 - 0% 5% 0% 72% 0.02 57° 3600seconds
13:00
0.17 98% 8% 0.006 - 0% 5% 0% 61% 0.02 61° 3600seconds
14:00
0.18 98% 8% 0.005 - 0% 6% 0% 51% 0.02 59° 3600seconds
15:00
0.16 99% 7% 0.005 - 0% 9% 0% 40% 0.02 52° 3600seconds
16:00
0.15 96% 9% 0.005 - 0% 17% 0% 41% 0.01 42° 3600seconds
17:00
0.15 94% 10% 0.005 - 0% 6% 0% 41% 0.01 30° 3600seconds
18:00
0.16 91% 12% 0.004 - 0% 5% 0% 42% 0.01 19° 3600seconds
19:00
0.15 94% 10% 0.003 - 0% 2% 0% 32% 0.02 6.5° 3600seconds
20:00
0.15 96% 8% 0.003 - 0% 0% 0% 22% 0.02 -5.5° 3600seconds
21:00
0.13 99% 6% 0.004 - 0% 0% 0% 12% 0.02 -17° 3600seconds
22:00
0.11 99% 4% 0.005 - 0% 0% 0% 8.8% 0.01 -28° 0seconds
23:00
0.09 100% 2% 0.007 - 0% 0% 0% 5.8% 0.01 -37° 0seconds
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:35
24:00
0.08 100% 0% 0.007 - 0% 0% 0% 2.8% 0.01 -43° 0seconds
01:00
0.08 100% 1% 0.009 - 4% 0% 2% 4.3% 0.01 -46° 0seconds
02:00
0.08 100% 1% 0.01 - 14% 0% 14% 5.7% 0.01 -44° 0seconds
03:00
0.09 100% 2% 0.02 - 5% 4% 91% 7.2% 0.01 -39° 0seconds
04:00
0.09 98% 6% 0.02 - 0% 6% 5% 10% 0.01 -30° 0seconds
05:00
0.08 96% 9% 0.01 - 0% 5% 5% 13% 0.01 -20° 0seconds
06:00
0.07 94% 13% 0.009 - 0% 4% 4% 16% 0.01 -9° 0seconds
07:00
0.07 94% 12% 0.007 - 2% 1% 5% 19% 0.01 3.1° 0seconds
08:00
0.08 95% 11% 0.008 - 0% 5% 0% 22% 0.01 15° 0seconds
09:00
0.08 95% 10% 0.008 - 0% 4% 0% 25% 0.01 27° 0seconds
10:00
0.08 95% 11% 0.007 - 0% 4% 0% 20% 0.01 39° 3600seconds
11:00
0.08 94% 11% 0.006 - 0% 4% 0% 16% 0.01 49° 3600seconds
12:00
0.09 94% 12% 0.006 - 12% 3% 0% 12% 0.01 58° 3600seconds
13:00
0.1 96% 10% 0.006 - 6% 1% 0% 9.8% 0.01 62° 3600seconds
14:00
0.1 97% 8% 0.005 - 0% 0% 0% 7.8% 0.01 60° 3600seconds
15:00
0.1 99% 6% 0.004 - 0% 0% 0% 5.8% 0.01 52° 3600seconds
16:00
- 99% 5% - - 0% 0% 0% 6.5% - 42° 3600seconds
17:00
- 100% 5% - - 0% 0% 0% 7.3% - 31° 3600seconds
18:00
- 100% 4% - - 0% 0% 0% 8% - 19° 3600seconds
19:00
- 100% 4% - - 5% 0% 0% 9.6% - 6.7° 3600seconds
20:00
- 100% 4% - - 5% 0% 0% 11% - -5.3° 3600seconds
21:00
- 100% 4% - - 5% 0% 0% 13% - -17° 3600seconds
22:00
- 93% 9% - - 4% 0% 0% 16% - -27° 0seconds
23:00
- 87% 14% - - 30% 0% 0% 19% - -36° 0seconds
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:36
24:00
- 80% 19% - - 67% 0% 0% 23% - -43° 0seconds
01:00
- 75% 19% - - 17% 0% 0% 35% - -46° 0seconds
02:00
- 69% 18% - - 100% 0% 0% 47% - -44° 0seconds
03:00
- 64% 18% - - 98% 0% 94% 59% - -39° 0seconds
04:00
- 45% 20% - - 98% 0% 5% 62% - -30° 0seconds
05:00
- 26% 23% - - 100% 0% 96% 65% - -20° 0seconds
06:00
- 7% 25% - - 100% 0% 8% 69% - -8.7° 0seconds
07:00
- 5% 22% - - 100% 0% 5% 68% - 3.3° 0seconds
08:00
- 3% 20% - - 100% 0% 85% 68% - 15° 0seconds
09:00
- 1% 17% - - 100% 3% 100% 67% - 27° 0seconds
10:00
- 2% 18% - - 100% 8% 100% 70% - 39° 3600seconds
11:00
- 2% 18% - - 100% 5% 100% 73% - 50° 3600seconds
12:00
- 3% 19% - - 100% 10% 100% 76% - 58° 3600seconds
13:00
- 2% 18% - - 100% 5% 100% 78% - 62° 3600seconds
14:00
- 2% 17% - - 100% 5% 100% 80% - 60° 3600seconds
15:00
- 1% 16% - - 100% 5% 100% 82% - 53° 3600seconds
16:00
- 8% 23% - - 67% 4% 68% 80% - 42° 2400seconds
17:00
- 14% 30% - - 33% 3% 37% 79% - 31° 1200seconds
18:00
- 21% 37% - - 0% 2% 5% 77% - 19° 0seconds
19:00
- 20% 36% - - 0% 1% 3% 79% - 6.8° 0seconds
20:00
- 20% 34% - - 0% 1% 2% 81% - -5.1° 0seconds
21:00
- 19% 33% - - 0% 0% 0% 83% - -17° 0seconds
22:00
- 37% 30% - - 0% 0% 1% 80% - -27° 0seconds
23:00
- 54% 28% - - 0% 0% 3% 77% - -36° 0seconds
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:37
24:00
- 72% 25% - - 0% 0% 4% 75% - -43° 0seconds
01:00
- 77% 22% - - 0% 0% 4% 66% - -45° 0seconds
02:00
- 81% 19% - - 0% 1% 4% 58% - -44° 0seconds
03:00
- 86% 16% - - 0% 1% 4% 49% - -38° 0seconds
04:00
- 90% 13% - - 0% 2% 3% 49% - -30° 1200seconds
05:00
- 94% 10% - - 0% 4% 1% 49% - -20° 2400seconds
06:00
- 98% 7% - - 0% 5% 0% 48% - -8.4° 3600seconds
07:00
- 96% 10% - - 0% 5% 0% 56% - 3.6° 3600seconds
08:00
- 95% 12% - - 0% 5% 0% 63% - 16° 3600seconds
09:00
- 93% 15% - - 0% 5% 0% 71% - 28° 3600seconds
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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