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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour in Hallstatt

Austria

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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No golden hour conditions. The lakeside village is magical in warm sunrise or sunset light.

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Golden Hour · Any Golden Hour Potential · ≥ 85.0% Precipitation Chance · ≤ 5.0% Visibility · ≥ 12000.0m

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Precipitation Chance 100% failing
Golden Hour Potential 86% failing
Golden Hour 83% failing

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Times shown in Europe/Vienna

No opportunities in the next 14 days

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Golden Hour conditions for warm, magical light photography:

  • Solar Elevation: The sun position that creates golden light
  • Cloud Cover: Some clouds can enhance the colors
  • Visibility: Good visibility for landscape photography
  • Precipitation: Dry conditions preferred

The golden hour potential score combines atmospheric conditions for optimal warm light.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 72 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Vienna
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
07:0018%98%4680m
08:0035%95%5880m
09:009.4%93%5080m
10:009.4%80%6460m
11:009.4%73%6520m
12:0010%63%6820m
13:0015%73%18180m
14:0016%75%24740m
15:0016%88%26420m
16:0032%83%7840m
17:0035%90%5220m
18:0023%85%2580m
19:0025%90%4200m
20:0038%78%14560m
21:0041%58%19040m
22:0044%40%26700m
23:0036%33%14500m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0041%38%12140m
01:0049%48%23040m
02:0052%45%30160m
03:0043%65%29060m
04:0030%55%9880m
05:0030%68%9740m
06:0027%65%6620m
07:0022%69%6180m
08:0032%78%6040m
09:009.4%78%5520m
10:007.4%73%2460m
11:006.3%73%320m
12:007.4%85%2380m
13:008%95%4560m
14:007%93%1160m
15:006.6%100%2060m
16:0021%100%6040m
17:0030%100%5020m
18:0034%100%11300m
19:0023%100%4940m
20:0018%100%500m
21:0018%100%360m
22:0016%100%400m
23:0033%100%9840m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0040%100%24140m
01:0034%100%12060m
02:0023%100%3730m
03:0021%100%2740m
04:0021%100%2870m
05:0024%99%2580m
06:0036%98%4240m
07:0033%95%6460m
08:0050%88%7340m
09:0018%79%14000m
10:0022%70%28160m
11:0021%59%47480m
12:0020%48%51460m
13:0018%40%22020m
14:0020%38%35520m
15:0019%38%20940m
16:0045%38%34340m
17:0069%35%45180m
18:0065%31%46940m
19:0093%28%49880m
20:0086%27%59140m
21:0087%26%64600m
22:0087%25%67160m
23:0087%19%68860m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0089%17%69800m
01:0089%15%72400m
02:0088%13%65480m
03:0089%12%56540m
04:0099%10%65260m
05:0071%9%70700m
06:0060%8%69240m
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 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/Vienna
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 07:52 Sunset 16:33
08:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 1m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 1.7m/s
10:00
- 11% 93% 100% 94% 100% 1.6m/s
11:00
- 100% 48% 100% 94% 100% 1.9m/s
12:00
- 100% 56% 100% 94% 100% 0.78m/s
13:00
- 100% 90% 100% 89% 100% 1.2m/s
14:00
- 100% 78% 100% 86% 100% 1.2m/s
15:00
- 100% 100% 100% 86% 100% 0.58m/s
16:00
- 100% 87% 100% 94% 100% 0.22m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 100% 0.2m/s
18:00
- 100% 66% 100% 98% 100% 0.76m/s
19:00
- 100% 69% 100% 95% 100% 0.4m/s
20:00
- 61% 91% 100% 89% 100% 0.51m/s
21:00
- 100% 57% 100% 89% 100% 0.71m/s
22:00
- 78% 51% 100% 86% 100% 1m/s
23:00
- 100% 55% 100% 91% 100% 0.91m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 07:52 Sunset 16:33
24:00
- 0% 52% 100% 92% 100% 0.64m/s
01:00
- 0% 23% 100% 88% 100% 0.61m/s
02:00
- 0% 42% 100% 85% 100% 1.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 93% 100% 84% 100% 1.8m/s
04:00
- 10% 97% 100% 93% 100% 1.5m/s
05:00
- 28% 100% 100% 93% 100% 1.5m/s
06:00
- 58% 89% 100% 94% 100% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 80% 94% 100% 95% 100% 1.5m/s
08:00
- 35% 93% 100% 95% 100% 1.5m/s
09:00
- 77% 92% 89% 94% 98% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 100% 97% 100% 95% 100% 2m/s
11:00
- 96% 89% 100% 98% 100% 2.3m/s
12:00
- 100% 86% 100% 97% 100% 2.3m/s
13:00
- 55% 60% 81% 95% 96% 2.4m/s
14:00
- 79% 90% 77% 96% 98% 2.7m/s
15:00
- 96% 100% 91% 94% 100% 3.1m/s
16:00
- 53% 88% 98% 88% 99% 4.7m/s
17:00
- 93% 100% 97% 92% 100% 3.5m/s
18:00
- 100% 93% 100% 91% 100% 2.7m/s
19:00
- 8% 87% 89% 96% 95% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 96% 85% 98% 98% 2.6m/s
21:00
- 4% 100% 100% 99% 100% 2.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 100% 98% 100% 3.1m/s
23:00
- 0% 84% 88% 93% 96% 4.2m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 07:51 Sunset 16:34
24:00
- 4% 89% 95% 86% 98% 2.9m/s
01:00
- 1% 92% 92% 92% 97% 2m/s
02:00
- 0% 95% 93% 95% 98% 2.1m/s
03:00
- 0% 97% 94% 95% 98% 1.5m/s
04:00
- 0% 100% 100% 92% 100% 2.3m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 97% 88% 100% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 3% 88% 100% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 0% 89% 100% 1.2m/s
08:00
- 0% 95% 0% 89% 95% 0.92m/s
09:00
- 0% 80% 0% 89% 80% 0.81m/s
10:00
- 0% 74% 0% 82% 74% 1m/s
11:00
- 0% 82% 27% 74% 88% 1.4m/s
12:00
- 0% 86% 56% 71% 89% 1.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 85% 43% 73% 90% 1.8m/s
14:00
- 0% 89% 16% 75% 92% 1.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 86% 0% 79% 86% 1.5m/s
16:00
- 0% 85% 0% 78% 85% 1.6m/s
17:00
- 0% 86% 0% 76% 86% 1.6m/s
18:00
- 0% 72% 0% 74% 72% 1.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 25% 0% 72% 25% 1.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 1.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 1.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 1.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 1.5m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:51 Sunset 16:35
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 1.4m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 1.3m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 67% 0% 1.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 1% 65% 1% 1.4m/s
04:00
- 2% 0% 42% 59% 41% 1.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 75% 54% 75% 1.1m/s
06:00
- 94% 0% 63% 55% 98% 1.2m/s
07:00
- 46% 0% 93% 59% 94% 1.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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