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Rule Fire Sky

Aoshima - Fire Sky - Kyushu

Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Those rare, intensely red and orange sunset skies

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Golden Hour · Any Fiery Red Sky Potential · ≥ 65.0% Precipitation Chance · ≤ 15.0% Visibility · ≥ 8000.0m

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

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover37%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Aerosol Optical Depth0.2
Sun Elevation-32.4° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Asia/Tokyo

No opportunities in the next 10 days

See the blocker timeline below to understand which conditions are preventing matches.

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks dramatic sunset and twilight conditions across Kyushu's volcanic landscapes and subtropical coasts. We analyze cloud formations, volcanic haze, atmospheric instability, and weather systems to predict when active volcanoes and ocean horizons create spectacular fire-sky photography.

Kyushu's active volcanism, subtropical weather, and coastal exposure create exceptional fire-sky conditions. Volcanic ash from Sakurajima and Mount Aso adds atmospheric particles enhancing sunset colors. Weather systems from the East China Sea and Pacific interact with volcanic peaks creating dynamic cloud formations. Coastal locations provide unobstructed ocean horizons for dramatic twilight.

What makes Kyushu fire-sky photography special:

  • Active volcano twilight - Sakurajima erupting against sunset creates silhouettes with ash plumes illuminated by fading light
  • Volcanic atmospheric enhancement - Fine volcanic ash particles scatter light creating intensified orange and red sunset conditions
  • Subtropical cloud drama - Warm humid air masses create towering cumulus formations at sunset over volcanic peaks
  • Ocean horizon fire - Unobstructed Pacific and East China Sea horizons provide dramatic sunset compositions

Sakurajima from Kagoshima waterfront provides Kyushu's most dramatic fire-sky photography—the volcano erupts multiple times daily, and evening eruptions with ash plumes backlit against sunset create extraordinary conditions. Mount Aso's caldera rim at sunset offers westward views over volcanic bowl with setting sun illuminating crater walls. Nagasaki harbor at twilight combines hillside city lights with dramatic western skies. Aoshima shrine island provides Pacific sunset with distinctive washboard rock formations. Autumn after typhoon season and winter provide reliable fire-sky conditions. Volcanic haze generally enhances rather than obscures sunset colors.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Tokyo
Golden Hour
Any
Fiery Red Sky Potential
≥ 65.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 15.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Tue, Jul 7
22:0013%79%24135m
23:0015%59%23022m
Wed, Jul 8
24:0011%39%22286m
01:0011%59%17658m
02:000.7%79%22659m
03:000.3%98%24135m
04:000.4%79%24135m
05:005.2%59%24134m
06:001.3%39%24135m
07:001.7%53%23676m
08:003.4%68%22743m
09:004.9%82%23971m
10:003.2%55%24134m
11:005.3%27%24135m
12:007.3%0%24135m
13:001.2%13%24135m
14:000.7%26%24134m
15:000.9%39%24135m
16:001.4%79%24134m
17:001.3%59%24135m
18:0012%39%24134m
19:0027%59%24134m
20:0016%79%24134m
21:0018%98%24134m
22:0012%93%24134m
23:0018%87%24135m
Thu, Jul 9
24:0018%82%24135m
01:0012%87%24135m
02:002.3%93%24135m
03:000.2%98%24134m
04:000%79%24134m
05:005.2%59%24134m
06:000%39%24135m
07:000%45%24134m
08:000%50%24134m
09:000%56%24135m
10:000.1%65%24135m
11:000.1%73%24135m
12:000.3%82%24134m
13:007.5%82%24134m
14:004.3%83%24134m
15:008.7%83%24135m
16:0017%83%24135m
17:0016%82%24134m
18:0014%82%24135m
19:0037%88%24134m
20:0023%93%24135m
21:004.3%99%21283m
22:008.6%99%20738m
23:0015%99%24020m
Fri, Jul 10
24:0012%99%23527m
01:0015%100%24134m
02:0014%100%23535m
03:0020%100%24135m
04:0021%99%18372m
05:0025%98%18122m
06:0017%98%21870m
07:0017%96%14786m
08:009%95%15202m
09:0012%94%24135m
10:0014%87%23951m
11:0011%81%21791m
12:0021%74%18501m
13:0022%79%24135m
14:0028%85%24134m
15:0025%90%20647m
16:0024%88%14278m
17:0026%86%22444m
18:0025%85%14349m
19:0044%89%21028m
20:0034%93%16354m
21:0025%97%15893m
22:0022%96%18817m
23:0022%94%11920m
Sat, Jul 11
24:0023%93%18975m
01:006.5%93%20884m
02:005.9%93%12154m
03:006.7%93%15633m
04:000%88%16014m
05:009.3%83%16396m
06:000%78%16777m
07:000%79%19081m
08:000%80%21386m
09:000%82%23690m
10:000%72%23023m
11:000%62%22356m
12:000%53%21690m
13:000%58%20616m
14:000%63%19543m
15:000%67%18469m
16:000%73%16947m
17:000%79%15424m
18:000%84%13901m
19:007.4%86%14375m
20:002%88%14849m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fiery Red Sky 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
Asia/Tokyo
Aerosol Optical Depth (550nm)
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Cloud Cover Uncertainty (Ensemble)
%
Dust AOD (550nm)
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
RH @ 700 hPa
%
Smoke AOD (550nm)
Solar Elevation
°
Sunshine Duration
seconds
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 19:23
23:00
0.16 17% 14% 0.003 - 0% 37% 0% 32% 0.03 -32° 0seconds
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 19:23
24:00
0.16 25% 15% 0.003 - 0% 69% 0% 31% 0.03 -35° 0seconds
01:00
0.16 24% 15% 0.003 - 0% 75% 0% 34% 0.03 -35° 0seconds
02:00
0.16 24% 14% 0.003 - 0% 100% 0% 38% 0.03 -31° 0seconds
03:00
0.16 23% 14% 0.003 - 0% 100% 0% 42% 0.03 -23° 0seconds
04:00
0.16 17% 16% 0.003 - 0% 100% 0% 45% 0.02 -14° 0seconds
05:00
0.16 10% 17% 0.003 - 0% 99% 0% 47% 0.02 -3.7° 0seconds
06:00
0.15 4% 19% 0.003 - 0% 94% 0% 50% 0.02 7.9° 0seconds
07:00
0.15 3% 17% 0.002 - 0% 91% 0% 45% 0.02 20° 0seconds
08:00
0.15 2% 16% 0.002 - 0% 89% 0% 39% 0.02 32° 0seconds
09:00
0.15 1% 14% 0.002 - 0% 100% 0% 34% 0.01 45° 0seconds
10:00
0.15 5% 17% 0.002 - 0% 88% 0% 35% 0.01 58° 3600seconds
11:00
0.15 10% 20% 0.002 - 0% 96% 0% 36% 0.01 70° 3600seconds
12:00
0.15 14% 23% 0.002 - 0% 93% 0% 38% 0.01 80° 3600seconds
13:00
0.15 14% 24% 0.002 - 0% 93% 0% 39% 0.009 77° 3600seconds
14:00
0.15 13% 24% 0.002 - 0% 100% 0% 40% 0.009 66° 3600seconds
15:00
0.15 13% 25% 0.002 - 0% 91% 0% 42% 0.008 53° 3600seconds
16:00
0.15 9% 23% 0.002 - 0% 82% 0% 43% 0.008 41° 3600seconds
17:00
0.15 6% 21% 0.002 - 0% 72% 0% 45% 0.008 28° 3600seconds
18:00
0.15 2% 19% 0.002 - 0% 73% 0% 47% 0.008 16° 3600seconds
19:00
0.15 3% 19% 0.002 - 0% 44% 0% 46% 0.008 3.8° 3600seconds
20:00
0.14 4% 20% 0.002 - 2% 31% 0% 45% 0.008 -7.6° 3600seconds
21:00
0.14 5% 20% 0.002 - 17% 72% 0% 43% 0.008 -18° 0seconds
22:00
0.16 8% 21% 0.002 - 29% 78% 0% 44% 0.008 -26° 0seconds
23:00
0.17 12% 23% 0.002 - 25% 80% 0% 44% 0.009 -33° 0seconds
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 19:23
24:00
0.18 15% 24% 0.002 - 99% 52% 0% 44% 0.01 -36° 0seconds
01:00
0.17 12% 22% 0.003 - 100% 21% 0% 48% 0.01 -35° 0seconds
02:00
0.16 10% 21% 0.003 - 100% 23% 0% 53% 0.01 -31° 0seconds
03:00
0.17 7% 19% 0.004 - 12% 24% 0% 58% 0.02 -24° 0seconds
04:00
0.18 7% 19% 0.005 - 20% 45% 0% 58% 0.02 -14° 0seconds
05:00
0.19 6% 20% 0.005 - 5% 28% 0% 58% 0.02 -3.8° 0seconds
06:00
0.2 6% 20% 0.005 - 4% 46% 0% 59% 0.03 7.8° 0seconds
07:00
0.2 5% 19% 0.005 - 0% 19% 0% 58% 0.03 20° 0seconds
08:00
0.19 5% 19% 0.005 - 0% 13% 0% 57% 0.03 32° 0seconds
09:00
0.19 4% 18% 0.006 - 0% 22% 3% 56% 0.04 45° 3600seconds
10:00
- 7% 20% - - 0% 31% 5% 56% - 58° 3600seconds
11:00
- 9% 22% - - 0% 28% 4% 56% - 70° 3600seconds
12:00
- 12% 24% - - 1% 18% 2% 56% - 79° 3600seconds
13:00
- 11% 23% - - 56% 15% 5% 56% - 77° 3600seconds
14:00
- 11% 23% - - 100% 15% 3% 57% - 66° 3600seconds
15:00
- 10% 22% - - 100% 15% 3% 57% - 53° 3600seconds
16:00
- 12% 25% - - 100% 13% 5% 58% - 41° 3600seconds
17:00
- 14% 29% - - 100% 3% 5% 58% - 28° 3600seconds
18:00
- 16% 32% - - 100% 0% 5% 59% - 16° 3600seconds
19:00
- 13% 30% - - 100% 2% 4% 55% - 3.8° 3600seconds
20:00
- 10% 27% - - 69% 0% 4% 52% - -7.6° 3600seconds
21:00
- 7% 25% - - 94% 1% 16% 48% - -18° 3600seconds
22:00
- 6% 23% - - 100% 1% 91% 51% - -26° 0seconds
23:00
- 5% 22% - - 54% 2% 68% 55% - -33° 0seconds
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 19:22
24:00
- 4% 20% - - 86% 2% 17% 58% - -36° 0seconds
01:00
- 3% 17% - - 100% 2% 100% 59% - -35° 0seconds
02:00
- 1% 14% - - 100% 2% 86% 60% - -31° 0seconds
03:00
- 0% 11% - - 100% 3% 86% 61% - -24° 0seconds
04:00
- 0% 8% - - 100% 8% 90% 68% - -15° 1200seconds
05:00
- 0% 4% - - 100% 14% 95% 76% - -3.9° 2400seconds
06:00
- 0% 1% - - 100% 20% 100% 83% - 7.7° 3600seconds
07:00
- 0% 3% - - 67% 17% 69% 78% - 20° 3600seconds
08:00
- 0% 6% - - 33% 14% 38% 72% - 32° 3600seconds
09:00
- 0% 8% - - 0% 11% 8% 66% - 45° 3600seconds
10:00
- 1% 12% - - 0% 9% 12% 61% - 58° 3600seconds
11:00
- 3% 15% - - 1% 6% 16% 55% - 70° 3600seconds
12:00
- 4% 19% - - 1% 4% 20% 50% - 79° 3600seconds
13:00
- 4% 19% - - 1% 3% 24% 48% - 77° 3600seconds
14:00
- 3% 18% - - 0% 3% 29% 47% - 66° 3600seconds
15:00
- 3% 18% - - 0% 2% 34% 46% - 53° 3600seconds
16:00
- 4% 20% - - 32% 15% 56% 45% - 41° 2400seconds
17:00
- 6% 23% - - 64% 28% 78% 44% - 28° 1200seconds
18:00
- 7% 25% - - 96% 42% 100% 44% - 16° 0seconds
19:00
- 6% 24% - - 66% 31% 98% 43% - 3.7° 0seconds
20:00
- 6% 23% - - 35% 20% 95% 41% - -7.7° 0seconds
21:00
- 5% 22% - - 5% 9% 92% 40% - -18° 0seconds
22:00
- 5% 22% - - 30% 13% 63% 39% - -26° 0seconds
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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