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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Manoa Falls, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Manoa Falls descends a dark basalt wall within dense rainforest, where bamboo, broad leaves, and the narrow trail create intimate vertical frames.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover11%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation63.6° (Daylight)

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 (95-hour forecast)

  • Precipitation Chance100% of hours
  • Golden Hour Potential97% of hours
  • Golden Hour92% 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 Manoa Falls.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Hawaii →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
6
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
15
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
41
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Most represented month

January, with 9 of 41 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-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 95 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
Sat, Sep 5
11:0023%82%24135m
12:0023%88%24134m
13:0023%93%24134m
14:0023%99%24135m
15:0026%94%24134m
16:0018%88%24135m
17:0018%82%24134m
18:0080%86%24134m
19:0037%91%24134m
20:0015%95%24135m
21:0017%98%24135m
22:0018%96%24135m
23:0015%94%24135m
Sun, Sep 6
24:0015%93%20230m
01:0017%93%16742m
02:0017%93%24134m
03:0023%84%24135m
04:0021%74%24134m
05:0018%64%24135m
06:0051%70%24135m
07:0018%77%24134m
08:0020%84%24135m
09:0020%86%24135m
10:0023%90%24135m
11:0026%93%24135m
12:0026%94%24135m
13:0026%94%24134m
14:0023%95%21484m
15:0026%91%23835m
16:0023%87%21747m
17:0023%83%19799m
18:0048%86%5065m
19:0031%88%19872m
20:0021%91%4687m
21:0015%88%4820m
22:0014%85%24134m
23:0015%82%23887m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0014%84%24134m
01:0011%87%4978m
02:0014%89%9986m
03:0015%77%24135m
04:0011%66%10139m
05:0011%54%7070m
06:0045%53%14977m
07:0020%52%21896m
08:0023%51%24134m
09:0017%45%8450m
10:0014%38%7143m
11:0014%32%11172m
12:0021%39%11216m
13:0022%45%9888m
14:0020%52%13156m
15:0017%49%10832m
16:0020%46%13180m
17:0020%43%8691m
18:0050%53%12716m
19:0033%62%13858m
20:0024%72%19399m
21:0024%78%20609m
22:0023%84%11637m
23:0024%90%9422m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0022%92%10886m
01:0026%93%7980m
02:0023%95%7668m
03:0023%82%10031m
04:0023%69%10568m
05:0026%56%19123m
06:0092%62%20388m
07:0023%68%9514m
08:0027%74%20759m
09:0023%64%22220m
10:0024%53%24134m
11:0024%43%24134m
12:0024%53%24134m
13:0021%63%15476m
14:0024%73%10583m
15:0026%76%24134m
16:0026%79%23909m
17:0023%82%22667m
18:0089%85%23235m
19:0041%88%23556m
20:0021%92%22387m
21:000%74%22970m
22:000%56%23552m
23:000%39%24135m
Wed, Sep 9
24:000%45%24135m
01:000%50%24135m
02:000%56%24135m
03:000%59%23969m
04:000%61%23803m
05:000%64%23637m
06:0068%71%18560m
07:000%78%13483m
08:000%86%8405m
09:000%87%13649m
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
Sun, Sep 6 Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:42
11:00
- 100% 11% 0% 79% 64° 100% 8.3m/s
12:00
- 100% 16% 2% 77% 73° 100% 7m/s
13:00
- 100% 19% 63% 77% 73° 100% 7.1m/s
14:00
- 100% 23% 46% 78% 63° 100% 7.4m/s
15:00
- 100% 16% 100% 78% 51° 100% 7.6m/s
16:00
- 100% 26% 100% 80% 37° 100% 7.8m/s
17:00
- 100% 18% 100% 81% 23° 100% 7.9m/s
18:00
- 100% 32% 100% 82% 9.2° 100% 7.7m/s
19:00
- 100% 40% 100% 83% -4.8° 100% 7m/s
20:00
- 100% 36% 100% 83% -19° 100% 6.3m/s
21:00
- 100% 19% 100% 85% -32° 100% 4.7m/s
22:00
- 99% 15% 100% 87% -44° 100% 3.5m/s
23:00
- 91% 17% 100% 87% -55° 100% 4.3m/s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:41
24:00
- 100% 51% 100% 85% -62° 100% 4.9m/s
01:00
- 100% 80% 100% 87% -62° 100% 5m/s
02:00
- 100% 50% 100% 88% -55° 100% 4.9m/s
03:00
- 100% 39% 100% 86% -44° 100% 4.3m/s
04:00
- 100% 34% 100% 87% -32° 100% 5.1m/s
05:00
- 100% 68% 99% 87% -18° 100% 6.4m/s
06:00
- 100% 39% 92% 86% -4.6° 100% 8m/s
07:00
- 100% 50% 74% 84% 9.3° 100% 7.6m/s
08:00
- 100% 17% 42% 83% 23° 100% 7.1m/s
09:00
- 100% 53% 48% 83% 37° 100% 6.9m/s
10:00
- 5% 65% 5% 82% 51° 65% 6.4m/s
11:00
- 74% 75% 14% 82% 63° 78% 6.8m/s
12:00
- 24% 12% 5% 80% 73° 24% 6.3m/s
13:00
- 55% 32% 0% 79% 73° 55% 5.8m/s
14:00
- 5% 53% 2% 78% 63° 53% 5.6m/s
15:00
- 93% 79% 5% 78% 50° 94% 4.7m/s
16:00
- 41% 67% 3% 78% 37° 67% 4.8m/s
17:00
- 28% 56% 2% 78% 23° 66% 8.1m/s
18:00
- 100% 25% 0% 82% 100% 8m/s
19:00
- 100% 11% 0% 84% -5° 100% 7.8m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 0% 85% -19° 100% 8.4m/s
21:00
- 90% 0% 2% 85% -32° 90% 8.5m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 0% 86% -45° 100% 8.3m/s
23:00
- 100% 2% 0% 85% -55° 100% 8.2m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:40
24:00
- 81% 0% 0% 86% -62° 81% 8m/s
01:00
- 5% 1% 0% 86% -62° 5% 8.2m/s
02:00
- 0% 13% 0% 85% -55° 13% 8.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 13% 0% 84% -44° 13% 8.4m/s
04:00
- 7% 6% 0% 84% -32° 10% 8.5m/s
05:00
- 4% 5% 0% 85% -18° 7% 8.3m/s
06:00
- 25% 0% 0% 85% -4.7° 25% 8.2m/s
07:00
- 4% 0% 0% 86% 9.3° 4% 8m/s
08:00
- 3% 0% 0% 84% 23° 3% 7.2m/s
09:00
- 5% 0% 0% 84% 37° 5% 7.2m/s
10:00
- 5% 7% 0% 83% 51° 8% 7.1m/s
11:00
- 5% 6% 0% 83% 63° 7% 7.3m/s
12:00
- 2% 11% 0% 82% 73° 11% 7.2m/s
13:00
- 2% 14% 0% 82% 72° 15% 7m/s
14:00
- 0% 10% 0% 81% 63° 10% 6.5m/s
15:00
- 2% 6% 0% 81% 50° 6% 5.6m/s
16:00
- 3% 8% 0% 80% 37° 9% 4.6m/s
17:00
- 0% 10% 0% 81% 23° 10% 4.1m/s
18:00
- 0% 7% 0% 82% 8.7° 7% 3.6m/s
19:00
- 0% 6% 0% 85% -5.2° 6% 3.4m/s
20:00
- 0% 4% 0% 86% -19° 4% 3.3m/s
21:00
- 2% 3% 0% 88% -32° 4% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 3% 1% 0% 89% -45° 5% 1.9m/s
23:00
- 5% 0% 0% 91% -56° 5% 1.3m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:39
24:00
- 5% 0% 0% 86% -63° 5% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 5% 1% 0% 82% -62° 5% 1.8m/s
02:00
- 5% 1% 0% 78% -55° 5% 2.1m/s
03:00
- 4% 27% 0% 73% -44° 29% 2m/s
04:00
- 3% 52% 0% 68% -32° 54% 2m/s
05:00
- 2% 78% 0% 63% -19° 78% 1.9m/s
06:00
- 30% 72% 0% 65% -4.7° 81% 1.8m/s
07:00
- 58% 67% 0% 67% 9.2° 84% 1.7m/s
08:00
- 86% 61% 0% 68% 23° 86% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 75% 51% 0% 69% 37° 76% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 64% 41% 0% 70% 51° 65% 2.2m/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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