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Rule Golden Hour

Midnight Sun in Lofoten

Nordland, Norway

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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Here’s what usually blocks matches

No golden hour conditions. During summer, the midnight sun creates extended golden light on the peaks.

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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 81% failing
Precipitation Chance 67% failing

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Oslo

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/Oslo
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
07:0080%0%63920m
08:0056%0%63920m
09:0062%0%61280m
10:0097%0%39500m
11:00100%0%56740m
12:0092%0%63900m
13:0089%0%63900m
14:0092%0%63820m
15:0092%0%58000m
16:0061%0%60320m
17:0076%0%60320m
18:0076%0%60320m
19:0076%0%60320m
20:0072%0%24100m
21:0076%0%60320m
22:0072%0%22920m
23:0080%0%60320m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0087%0%60300m
01:0091%0%60300m
02:0081%0%60300m
03:0086%0%60300m
04:0082%0%60300m
05:0078%2%60120m
06:0086%4%60020m
07:0069%6%55520m
08:0059%6%60280m
09:0065%6%60280m
10:0070%6%60280m
11:0069%7%60280m
12:0066%9%60280m
13:0066%10%60280m
14:0040%10%3500m
15:0052%9%15740m
16:0041%10%55500m
17:0056%13%1720m
18:0055%18%55500m
19:0052%22%51920m
20:0033%25%3380m
21:0058%29%46000m
22:0070%31%45740m
23:0061%33%56560m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0042%34%1860m
01:0086%33%55480m
02:0079%29%30640m
03:0076%23%24000m
04:0085%20%49920m
05:0088%21%55460m
06:0082%24%55460m
07:0084%27%56020m
08:0079%29%53600m
09:0070%31%53440m
10:0080%33%32320m
11:0083%35%12120m
12:0049%37%12840m
13:0042%39%12680m
14:0059%40%5740m
15:0077%40%20920m
16:0056%39%18660m
17:0076%37%22940m
18:0065%33%18220m
19:0069%29%29480m
20:0074%24%60200m
21:0085%18%60200m
22:0089%14%60200m
23:0073%12%60200m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0071%12%60200m
01:0066%12%60200m
02:0057%10%5320m
03:0085%9%50840m
04:0063%8%3160m
05:0081%10%49920m
06:0036%13%5840m
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/Oslo
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 11:15 Sunset 13:09
08:00
- 0% 1% 15% 61% 89% 11m/s
09:00
- 0% 2% 1% 61% 82% 10m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 58% 60% 38% 10m/s
11:00
- 0% 2% 7% 60% 8% 10m/s
12:00
- 0% 1% 20% 60% 1% 11m/s
13:00
- 0% 1% 29% 60% 1% 11m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 41% 60% 2% 10m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 2% 60% 0% 10m/s
16:00
- 0% 35% 1% 61% 1% 10m/s
17:00
- 0% 25% 0% 63% 1% 11m/s
18:00
- 0% 25% 0% 63% 3% 11m/s
19:00
- 0% 13% 0% 63% 3% 9.8m/s
20:00
- 0% 3% 0% 63% 4% 9.2m/s
21:00
- 8% 23% 0% 63% 2% 8.8m/s
22:00
- 9% 21% 0% 62% 3% 8.7m/s
23:00
- 4% 32% 0% 61% 6% 8.5m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 11:15 Sunset 13:09
24:00
- 3% 38% 0% 60% 21% 7.5m/s
01:00
- 0% 34% 0% 59% 26% 6.9m/s
02:00
- 0% 59% 0% 60% 4% 6.8m/s
03:00
- 0% 52% 0% 61% 17% 7.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 73% 0% 61% 29% 8m/s
05:00
- 0% 52% 0% 60% 4% 8m/s
06:00
- 0% 39% 2% 59% 15% 7.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 6% 23% 57% 72% 6.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 30% 58% 100% 7.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 100% 7.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 100% 7.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 100% 7.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 100% 8.3m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 71% 99% 9.1m/s
14:00
- 2% 0% 1% 75% 100% 9.8m/s
15:00
- 2% 3% 0% 83% 99% 14m/s
16:00
- 1% 7% 4% 78% 84% 14m/s
17:00
- 0% 9% 6% 83% 33% 8.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 25% 55% 79% 71% 8.4m/s
19:00
- 0% 11% 100% 79% 91% 6.7m/s
20:00
- 9% 32% 71% 82% 82% 4.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 41% 38% 90% 73% 4m/s
22:00
- 0% 11% 28% 86% 62% 2.6m/s
23:00
- 4% 14% 48% 84% 79% 1.7m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 11:09 Sunset 13:16
24:00
- 0% 92% 78% 84% 61% 1.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 100% 7% 81% 19% 1.9m/s
02:00
- 0% 100% 23% 76% 13% 2m/s
03:00
- 41% 100% 27% 79% 8% 2.3m/s
04:00
- 5% 100% 2% 77% 24% 3.1m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 0% 69% 30% 3.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 51% 67% 34% 3.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 70% 63% 22% 3.5m/s
08:00
- 13% 100% 99% 64% 29% 3.9m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 55% 79% 55% 6.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 57% 63% 84% 56% 4.7m/s
11:00
- 3% 42% 68% 68% 39% 7.3m/s
12:00
- 0% 96% 72% 75% 79% 7m/s
13:00
- 7% 57% 89% 80% 88% 7.7m/s
14:00
- 1% 31% 53% 91% 50% 8.1m/s
15:00
- 2% 51% 65% 87% 53% 6.3m/s
16:00
- 0% 41% 39% 87% 41% 7.2m/s
17:00
- 11% 23% 26% 83% 31% 8.6m/s
18:00
- 0% 1% 12% 85% 1% 8.5m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 8.2m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 7.5m/s
21:00
- 34% 0% 0% 80% 34% 6.1m/s
22:00
- 16% 7% 0% 77% 23% 5.1m/s
23:00
- 41% 23% 0% 75% 54% 4.7m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 11:04 Sunset 13:23
24:00
- 41% 26% 0% 75% 56% 4.6m/s
01:00
- 43% 34% 0% 76% 63% 4.7m/s
02:00
- 33% 27% 13% 82% 52% 4.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 20% 1% 87% 42% 4.8m/s
04:00
- 0% 11% 0% 88% 11% 5.2m/s
05:00
- 35% 14% 0% 88% 44% 5.2m/s
06:00
- 88% 10% 0% 87% 88% 5.2m/s
07:00
- 98% 9% 0% 86% 98% 5.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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