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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour in Kuusamo

Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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Here’s what usually blocks matches

No golden hour conditions. The Arctic landscape glows beautifully during the extended golden hours.

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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)
Golden Hour 100% failing
Golden Hour Potential 75% failing
Visibility 28% failing

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Europe/Helsinki

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/Helsinki
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
08:0065%0%70200m
09:0095%0%70220m
10:0099%0%70320m
11:0096%0%78260m
12:0091%0%81440m
13:0099%0%81440m
14:0099%0%83380m
15:0099%0%85900m
16:0091%0%85880m
17:0081%0%85900m
18:0083%0%85900m
19:0083%0%87480m
20:0083%0%87460m
21:0083%0%87460m
22:0083%0%87460m
23:0089%0%87460m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0083%0%87420m
01:0091%0%87380m
02:0091%0%87360m
03:0089%0%87340m
04:0087%0%87300m
05:0083%0%87280m
06:0082%0%87280m
07:0082%0%87240m
08:0066%0%87260m
09:0098%0%87240m
10:0098%0%87220m
11:00100%0%87180m
12:0090%0%87160m
13:0067%0%87120m
14:0084%0%87120m
15:00100%0%87100m
16:0056%0%87080m
17:0046%0%87080m
18:0046%0%87040m
19:0046%0%87040m
20:0046%0%85340m
21:0046%0%85320m
22:0046%0%85320m
23:0046%0%87000m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0046%0%85320m
01:0046%0%85300m
02:0047%0%85280m
03:0043%0%20480m
04:0038%0%13360m
05:0038%0%10640m
06:0034%0%8040m
07:0031%0%5600m
08:0022%0%3860m
09:0031%0%2860m
10:0031%0%2340m
11:0031%0%2000m
12:0028%0%1840m
13:0029%0%1820m
14:0033%0%1900m
15:0035%0%2160m
16:0032%0%2640m
17:0031%0%3620m
18:0035%0%5940m
19:0042%0%12640m
20:0051%0%85480m
21:0049%0%48540m
22:0045%0%18460m
23:0042%0%13800m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0045%0%13300m
01:0048%0%15060m
02:0041%0%9900m
03:0031%0%4800m
04:0028%0%3520m
05:0024%0%2480m
06:0022%0%1940m
07:0020%0%1760m
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/Helsinki
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 10:13 Sunset 14:07
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 0% 2.9m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 5% 2.9m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 1% 2.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 2.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 2.5m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 2.5m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 2.6m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 2.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 2.9m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 0% 2.8m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 2.7m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 2.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 3% 2.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 7% 2.6m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 10:13 Sunset 14:07
24:00
- 0% 0% 2% 79% 4% 2.6m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 9% 80% 16% 2.5m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 43% 2.5m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 17% 80% 44% 2.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 73% 80% 29% 2.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 39% 81% 3% 2.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 3% 2.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 83% 0% 2.6m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 10% 83% 0% 2.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 6% 84% 0% 2.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 1% 85% 4% 2.5m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 9% 2.5m/s
12:00
- 100% 0% 11% 86% 45% 2.5m/s
13:00
- 100% 0% 13% 86% 98% 2.5m/s
14:00
- 100% 0% 18% 86% 58% 2.5m/s
15:00
- 100% 0% 5% 87% 42% 2.5m/s
16:00
- 100% 0% 78% 86% 94% 2.3m/s
17:00
- 100% 0% 100% 86% 99% 2.3m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 100% 86% 100% 2.4m/s
19:00
- 100% 0% 99% 86% 100% 2.5m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 84% 87% 100% 2.5m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 97% 86% 100% 2.4m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 100% 86% 99% 2.3m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 99% 86% 100% 2.3m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 10:10 Sunset 14:10
24:00
- 99% 0% 100% 86% 100% 2.5m/s
01:00
- 100% 0% 100% 86% 100% 2.4m/s
02:00
- 100% 0% 100% 85% 100% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 100% 85% 100% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 100% 85% 100% 2.3m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 2.3m/s
07:00
- 100% 0% 100% 82% 100% 2m/s
08:00
- 100% 0% 100% 82% 100% 1.7m/s
09:00
- 100% 0% 100% 81% 100% 2m/s
10:00
- 100% 0% 100% 81% 100% 2m/s
11:00
- 100% 0% 100% 81% 100% 2m/s
12:00
- 100% 0% 100% 80% 100% 1.9m/s
13:00
- 100% 0% 100% 77% 100% 2m/s
14:00
- 100% 0% 100% 73% 100% 2m/s
15:00
- 100% 0% 100% 70% 100% 2.1m/s
16:00
- 100% 0% 100% 67% 100% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 100% 0% 100% 70% 100% 2.1m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 100% 71% 100% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 100% 0% 98% 70% 100% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 99% 70% 100% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 99% 68% 100% 1.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 100% 68% 100% 1.5m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 100% 67% 100% 1.4m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 10:08 Sunset 14:14
24:00
- 100% 1% 98% 66% 100% 1.4m/s
01:00
- 100% 24% 88% 65% 100% 1m/s
02:00
- 100% 98% 100% 64% 100% 1m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 61% 67% 100% 1.7m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 4% 79% 100% 1.8m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 0% 88% 100% 1.9m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 0% 90% 100% 1.8m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 0% 91% 100% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 0% 90% 100% 1.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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