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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Waipio Valley, Hawaii

Honokaa, Hawaii, United States

Waipiʻo Lookout surveys a broad valley enclosed by sheer green walls, with taro fields, waterfalls, and a black-sand shoreline far below.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover86%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover95%
Sun Elevation53.8° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Pacific/Honolulu
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Waipio Valley
Sat, Aug 8 · 05:45–06:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
67%
🌇Golden Hour Potential91.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 4%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 42%
Sun Elevation: -14.0° (Astronomical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Waipio Valley
Tue, Aug 11 · 05:46–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.7%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Waipio Valley
Wed, Aug 12 · 05:46–06:00
🌇Golden Hour Potential:89.9%
Medium

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 Waipio Valley.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
9
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
23
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 365 days
49
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

05:00 local time, shared by 25 of 49 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

June, with 11 of 49 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
1matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
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 5
15:0022%67%24134m
16:0021%33%5581m
17:0018%0%24134m
18:0055%13%22946m
19:0050%26%5470m
20:0019%39%20576m
21:0026%7.9%11129m
22:0025%16%24135m
23:0027%24%24135m
Thu, Aug 6
24:0029%36%24134m
01:0027%47%15086m
02:0024%59%19893m
03:0024%64%24135m
04:0024%41%24134m
05:0059%18%7378m
06:0075%39%24134m
07:0020%61%24134m
08:0017%82%24135m
09:0017%86%24135m
10:0017%91%24135m
11:0020%96%24134m
12:0017%95%24135m
13:0018%95%24135m
14:0017%95%5665m
15:0019%63%5457m
16:0024%32%5436m
17:0021%0.001%5470m
18:0055%0%24134m
19:0048%0%5478m
20:0023%0%2817m
21:0026%0%24135m
22:0026%0%24135m
23:0026%0.001%24134m
Fri, Aug 7
24:0019%13%24135m
01:0026%26%24135m
02:0025%39%24135m
03:0029%39%24135m
04:0029%39%24135m
05:0078%39%24135m
06:0084%45%24135m
07:0026%50%24135m
08:0025%56%24134m
09:0017%50%24135m
10:0012%45%24134m
11:0017%39%4386m
12:0015%53%3274m
13:0021%68%2779m
14:0021%82%523m
15:0023%55%5454m
16:0018%27%5011m
17:0020%0%22956m
18:0087%13%24135m
19:0088%26%24135m
20:0024%39%24134m
21:0027%26%24135m
22:0023%13%24135m
23:0018%0%24134m
Sat, Aug 8
24:0023%0%24135m
01:0022%0%24135m
02:0016%0%24134m
03:0017%0%24135m
04:0018%0%24134m
05:0092%0%24135m
06:0090%13%9429m
07:0023%26%24134m
08:0022%39%24134m
09:0025%46%24134m
10:0026%53%24134m
11:0027%61%24135m
12:0026%68%24135m
13:0021%75%8271m
14:0020%83%3931m
15:0018%82%22811m
16:0017%82%3149m
17:0017%82%2030m
18:0044%87%4295m
19:0038%91%2312m
20:0018%95%2392m
21:000%95%3997m
22:000%95%5601m
23:000%95%7206m
Sun, Aug 9
24:000%94%12849m
01:000%93%18492m
02:000%92%24135m
03:000%88%24135m
04:000%85%24135m
05:0088%82%24135m
06:0093%85%19300m
07:000%89%14466m
08:000%93%9631m
09:000%91%14466m
10:000%89%19300m
11:000%86%24135m
12:000%85%24135m
13:000%84%24135m
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 6 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:55
15:00
- 95% 86% 0% 89% 54° 98% 4.3m/s
16:00
- 77% 82% 0% 90% 40° 92% 4.3m/s
17:00
- 99% 78% 0% 89% 26° 99% 4.3m/s
18:00
- 100% 78% 0% 88% 12° 100% 4.3m/s
19:00
- 100% 74% 0% 94% -1.5° 100% 4.1m/s
20:00
- 100% 65% 0% 92% -15° 100% 4.4m/s
21:00
- 100% 6% 0% 89% -27° 100% 4.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 8% 0% 83% -39° 100% 4.5m/s
23:00
- 98% 8% 0% 72% -48° 98% 4.3m/s
Fri, Aug 7 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:55
24:00
- 87% 4% 0% 67% -53° 87% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 65% 1% 0% 67% -53° 65% 2.5m/s
02:00
- 98% 1% 0% 68% -47° 98% 1.9m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 0% 64% -38° 100% 1.8m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 0% 64% -26° 100% 1.5m/s
05:00
- 77% 0% 0% 65% -14° 77% 1.6m/s
06:00
- 71% 3% 0% 67% -0.23° 71% 0.99m/s
07:00
- 5% 4% 0% 62% 13° 7% 1.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 6% 0% 59% 27° 6% 2.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 10% 0% 66% 41° 10% 5.3m/s
10:00
- 3% 30% 0% 74% 55° 30% 5.8m/s
11:00
- 39% 36% 0% 77% 69° 55% 5.8m/s
12:00
- 32% 38% 0% 81% 82° 49% 5.5m/s
13:00
- 35% 89% 0% 84% 81° 89% 5.4m/s
14:00
- 6% 89% 0% 90% 68° 89% 5.7m/s
15:00
- 44% 84% 0% 90% 54° 84% 7.2m/s
16:00
- 74% 85% 0% 89% 40° 87% 7.5m/s
17:00
- 6% 82% 0% 90% 26° 82% 7.3m/s
18:00
- 3% 14% 0% 87% 12° 14% 6.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 6% 0% 84% -1.6° 6% 5.6m/s
20:00
- 2% 6% 0% 82% -15° 6% 5m/s
21:00
- 8% 2% 0% 77% -27° 9% 4.7m/s
22:00
- 5% 0% 0% 72% -39° 5% 4.6m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% -48° 0% 4.4m/s
Sat, Aug 8 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:54
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% -53° 0% 3.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% -53° 0% 3.2m/s
02:00
- 2% 0% 0% 74% -47° 2% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 5% 0% 0% 75% -38° 5% 2.4m/s
04:00
- 5% 0% 0% 74% -27° 5% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 42% 4% 0% 76% -14° 42% 2.5m/s
06:00
- 40% 7% 0% 80% -0.35° 40% 2.6m/s
07:00
- 95% 12% 0% 80% 13° 95% 3.1m/s
08:00
- 100% 13% 0% 73% 27° 100% 4.8m/s
09:00
- 100% 6% 0% 65% 41° 100% 5.1m/s
10:00
- 100% 3% 0% 62% 55° 100% 5.7m/s
11:00
- 100% 5% 0% 62% 69° 100% 5.8m/s
12:00
- 100% 19% 0% 66% 82° 100% 6m/s
13:00
- 100% 23% 0% 69% 81° 100% 6m/s
14:00
- 100% 23% 0% 73% 68° 100% 6.1m/s
15:00
- 100% 40% 0% 76% 54° 100% 6.4m/s
16:00
- 100% 43% 0% 84% 40° 100% 6.6m/s
17:00
- 100% 44% 0% 86% 26° 100% 6.8m/s
18:00
- 100% 32% 0% 85% 12° 100% 6.5m/s
19:00
- 100% 24% 0% 87% -1.8° 100% 6.1m/s
20:00
- 100% 22% 0% 88% -15° 100% 6.1m/s
21:00
- 73% 24% 0% 89% -28° 77% 5.1m/s
22:00
- 47% 26% 0% 89% -39° 54% 4m/s
23:00
- 20% 28% 0% 90% -48° 31% 2.9m/s
Sun, Aug 9 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:54
24:00
- 15% 22% 0% 85% -54° 24% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 10% 16% 0% 81% -53° 17% 3.6m/s
02:00
- 5% 10% 0% 76% -48° 11% 4m/s
03:00
- 20% 15% 0% 73% -38° 23% 4.8m/s
04:00
- 34% 20% 0% 70% -27° 36% 5.6m/s
05:00
- 49% 24% 0% 67% -14° 49% 6.4m/s
06:00
- 43% 23% 1% 66% -0.45° 43% 6.2m/s
07:00
- 37% 23% 1% 66% 13° 38% 6m/s
08:00
- 31% 22% 2% 66% 27° 32% 5.9m/s
09:00
- 21% 23% 2% 68% 41° 30% 5.6m/s
10:00
- 10% 25% 1% 71% 55° 28% 5.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 26% 1% 73% 69° 26% 5.2m/s
12:00
- 0% 24% 1% 76% 82° 24% 4.5m/s
13:00
- 0% 22% 0% 79% 81° 22% 3.8m/s
14:00
- 0% 20% 0% 83% 68° 20% 3.1m/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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