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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii

Kaaawa, Hawaii, United States

Kualoa's sharp Koʻolau ridges rise behind pasture and tropical vegetation, creating deep layers between the mountain walls and Kāneʻohe Bay.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover93%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover2%
Sun Elevation-28.4° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Honolulu

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (81-hour forecast)

  • Golden Hour Potential99% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance97% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Hawaii. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Kualoa Ranch.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
5
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 90 days
13
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
35
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 13 of 35 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

June, with 8 of 35 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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81-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 81-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 81 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Pacific/Honolulu
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Wed, Aug 12
18:0093%39%24134m
19:0092%61%24134m
20:0021%82%24135m
21:0013%92%24135m
22:0016%85%24134m
23:0014%78%24134m
Thu, Aug 13
24:0014%86%24135m
01:0014%93%24134m
02:0014%100%24135m
03:0015%55%24135m
04:0014%28%24135m
05:0056%0.44%24134m
06:0058%13%24134m
07:0017%26%24134m
08:0016%39%24134m
09:0020%29%24134m
10:0018%19%24134m
11:0024%8.3%24135m
12:0026%19%24134m
13:0026%29%24135m
14:0021%39%24135m
15:0024%36%24134m
16:0024%34%24135m
17:0023%31%24134m
18:0080%48%24135m
19:0078%65%24134m
20:0021%82%24134m
21:0022%73%24135m
22:0019%64%24134m
23:0022%55%24135m
Fri, Aug 14
24:0014%70%24135m
01:0022%84%24135m
02:0011%98%24134m
03:0015%79%24134m
04:0015%59%24134m
05:0049%40%24135m
06:0050%39%24135m
07:0014%39%24135m
08:0014%39%24135m
09:0011%26%24135m
10:0012%13%24135m
11:0017%0%24135m
12:0024%27%24134m
13:0024%55%24134m
14:0023%82%24135m
15:0023%73%24135m
16:0024%64%24134m
17:0023%56%24134m
18:0050%64%24135m
19:0049%73%24134m
20:0014%82%24135m
21:0012%84%24135m
22:0011%86%24134m
23:0011%87%23670m
Sat, Aug 15
24:0011%89%13471m
01:0011%90%12474m
02:0011%92%10706m
03:0014%88%13011m
04:0014%85%8716m
05:0072%82%17990m
06:0082%87%18436m
07:0020%92%22643m
08:0020%98%22836m
09:0018%94%22254m
10:0020%91%23166m
11:0020%88%22203m
12:0020%91%22297m
13:0015%94%22790m
14:0014%98%22925m
15:000%90%23309m
16:000%83%23693m
17:000%76%24077m
18:0039%81%24086m
19:0038%86%24095m
20:000%91%24104m
21:000%88%24114m
22:000%86%24125m
23:000%84%24135m
Sun, Aug 16
24:000%81%23687m
01:000%77%23238m
02:000%74%22790m
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
Pacific/Honolulu
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Thu, Aug 13 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:02
04:00
- 2% 93% 0% 77% -28° 93% 7m/s
05:00
- 0% 96% 0% 77% -16° 96% 6.7m/s
06:00
- 5% 92% 0% 77% -2.7° 92% 6.9m/s
07:00
- 5% 92% 0% 77% 11° 92% 7.7m/s
08:00
- 5% 33% 0% 77% 24° 33% 8.4m/s
09:00
- 5% 13% 0% 76% 38° 13% 8.1m/s
10:00
- 5% 39% 0% 77% 52° 39% 8.4m/s
11:00
- 5% 10% 0% 78% 66° 10% 8.1m/s
12:00
- 5% 3% 0% 79% 79° 6% 8.1m/s
13:00
- 0% 2% 0% 80% 81° 2% 8m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 69° 0% 8.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 55° 0% 8.1m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 41° 0% 8.3m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 27° 0% 8.3m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 14° 0% 8.5m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0.36° 0% 9m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% -13° 0% 9m/s
21:00
- 0% 19% 0% 78% -26° 19% 8.4m/s
22:00
- 0% 18% 0% 79% -38° 18% 8.9m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 78% -47° 0% 9.5m/s
Fri, Aug 14 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:02
24:00
- 0% 33% 0% 79% -53° 33% 9.2m/s
01:00
- 0% 15% 0% 78% -54° 15% 8.9m/s
02:00
- 0% 42% 0% 77% -49° 42% 9.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 82% 0% 77% -40° 82% 9.1m/s
04:00
- 0% 93% 0% 76% -28° 93% 8.9m/s
05:00
- 0% 92% 0% 77% -16° 92% 9.5m/s
06:00
- 0% 94% 0% 77% -2.8° 94% 9.5m/s
07:00
- 0% 80% 0% 76% 11° 80% 9.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 43% 0% 75% 24° 43% 9.4m/s
09:00
- 0% 40% 0% 74% 38° 40% 9.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 47% 0% 74% 52° 47% 8.9m/s
11:00
- 2% 56% 0% 76% 66° 56% 8.8m/s
12:00
- 0% 38% 0% 78% 79° 38% 9.2m/s
13:00
- 0% 1% 0% 78% 81° 1% 8.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 69° 0% 8.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 55° 0% 8.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 77% 41° 0% 8.3m/s
17:00
- 0% 38% 0% 78% 27° 38% 8.5m/s
18:00
- 0% 95% 0% 79% 13° 95% 9.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 97% 0% 81% 0.22° 97% 9.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 97% 0% 81% -14° 97% 9.5m/s
21:00
- 0% 96% 0% 83% -26° 96% 9.9m/s
22:00
- 0% 94% 0% 84% -38° 94% 9.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 95% 0% 86% -47° 95% 9.7m/s
Sat, Aug 15 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:01
24:00
- 0% 98% 0% 87% -53° 98% 9.6m/s
01:00
- 0% 98% 0% 88% -54° 98% 10m/s
02:00
- 0% 94% 0% 89% -49° 94% 10m/s
03:00
- 0% 53% 0% 89% -40° 53% 11m/s
04:00
- 0% 70% 0% 90% -29° 70% 11m/s
05:00
- 0% 47% 0% 90% -16° 47% 11m/s
06:00
- 0% 41% 0% 90% -2.9° 41% 11m/s
07:00
- 0% 36% 0% 90% 11° 36% 11m/s
08:00
- 0% 40% 0% 89% 24° 40% 11m/s
09:00
- 0% 35% 0% 89% 38° 35% 11m/s
10:00
- 0% 35% 0% 89% 52° 35% 11m/s
11:00
- 0% 37% 0% 89% 66° 37% 11m/s
12:00
- 0% 32% 0% 88% 78° 32% 11m/s
13:00
- 0% 30% 0% 88% 80° 30% 11m/s
14:00
- 0% 38% 0% 88% 69° 38% 11m/s
15:00
- 33% 55% 33% 88% 55° 59% 10m/s
16:00
- 67% 72% 66% 89% 41° 80% 9.2m/s
17:00
- 100% 88% 100% 89% 27° 100% 8.2m/s
18:00
- 100% 86% 98% 90% 13° 100% 7.7m/s
19:00
- 100% 84% 96% 90% 0.09° 100% 7.3m/s
20:00
- 100% 82% 94% 90% -14° 100% 6.8m/s
21:00
- 96% 77% 70% 91% -26° 96% 7.2m/s
22:00
- 92% 71% 46% 91% -38° 92% 7.6m/s
23:00
- 88% 66% 22% 91% -48° 88% 7.9m/s
Sun, Aug 16 Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 19:00
24:00
- 83% 70% 26% 90% -54° 86% 8.3m/s
01:00
- 77% 74% 29% 89% -54° 83% 8.8m/s
02:00
- 72% 78% 32% 87% -49° 81% 9.2m/s
03:00
- 75% 81% 34% 86% -40° 85% 9.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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