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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Hastings, London & Southeast England

Hastings, England, United Kingdom

Hastings combines fishing boats and tall net shops below East Hill with a pier, shingle beach, and layered old-town roofs along the Channel.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover23%
Mid Cloud Cover3%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-43.9°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
Hastings
Mon, Oct 19 · 08:00–08:12 · 1h window
Low confidence
36%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential82.1%
Low Cloud Cover: 17%
Mid Cloud Cover: 1%
High Cloud Cover: 44%
Sun Elevation: 4.3° (Golden hour)

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Wind Speed47% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 54%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 32%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 41%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 61%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 36%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 60%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 77%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 14%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 7.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 11%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 6.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 43%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 44%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/London)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%23%3%-44°23%21120m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-45°0%27620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-42°0%30240m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-37°0%30600m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-30°0%29440m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%26340m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-12°0%24740m
NightUnavailable0%2%0%-2.1°2%24480m
Unavailable0%1%0%7.1°1%24340m
Unavailable0%0%0%16°0%24820m
Unavailable0%0%0%23°0%24520m
Unavailable0%0%0%29°0%25440m
Unavailable0%13%0%32°13%28860m
Unavailable0%10%0%33°10%33260m
Unavailable0%5%0%31°5%35000m
Unavailable0%22%0%26°22%34360m
Unavailable0%23%0%19°23%33820m
Unavailable0%9%0%11°9%33300m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.6°0%30020m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-7°0%26140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-16°0%27120m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-26°0%24280m
NightUnavailable100%0%15%-34°100%25760m
NightUnavailable32%0%100%-40°100%29080m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable63%0%100%-44°100%28580m
NightUnavailable100%60%100%-45°100%25780m
NightUnavailable100%70%100%-43°100%22520m
NightUnavailable100%100%100%-37°100%21600m
NightUnavailable100%99%100%-30°100%9420m
NightUnavailable100%100%0%-21°100%18740m
NightUnavailable100%100%36%-12°100%19280m
NightUnavailable20%91%0%-2.4°99%25860m
Unavailable100%85%97%6.8°100%27380m
Unavailable100%82%0%15°100%28020m
Unavailable34%70%0%23°92%31560m
Unavailable5%41%98%29°100%34140m
Unavailable89%53%100%32°100%29420m
Unavailable0%64%100%33°100%37760m
Unavailable0%86%13%31°88%37880m
Unavailable0%83%68%26°95%35960m
Unavailable0%99%80%19°100%34280m
Unavailable0%100%100%11°100%17800m
Unavailable0%86%0%2.3°97%24240m
NightUnavailable0%89%100%-7.4°100%5520m
NightUnavailable0%40%0%-17°40%26160m
NightUnavailable0%9%0%-26°9%28900m
NightUnavailable0%25%0%-34°25%30720m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-41°0%28950m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-45°0%26470m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-46°0%24705m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-43°0%22460m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-38°0%22620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-30°0%22760m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%22860m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-12°0%22960m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-2.6°0%23060m
Unavailable0%0%0%6.6°0%23580m
Unavailable0%0%0%15°0%24100m
Unavailable0%0%0%22°0%24620m
Unavailable0%2%1%28°3%24240m
Unavailable0%6%2%32°9%23860m
Unavailable0%8%11%32°19%23480m
Unavailable0%5%35%30°40%24180m
Unavailable0%2%66%25°66%24880m
Unavailable0%6%83%19°84%25580m
Unavailable0%30%74%11°90%25500m
Unavailable0%62%51%2°88%25440m
NightUnavailable0%78%30%-7.7°78%25360m
NightUnavailable0%60%15%-17°53%25380m
NightUnavailable0%26%3%-26°19%25400m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-34°0%25420m
NightUnavailable0%0%13%-41°10%25460m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across London & Southeast England. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Hastings.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
1
recorded matching window · 68% average confidence
Last 365 days
6
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence

Only 6 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

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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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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