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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Whitstable, London & Southeast England

Whitstable, England, United Kingdom

Whitstable's working harbor, oyster sheds, groynes, and boats on tidal flats provide textured foregrounds beneath wide Thames Estuary skies.

0 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 6, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover65%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-1.3°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London

No matching opportunities in this 14-day forecast

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

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 Speed38% 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%
Tue, Oct 6
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 40%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 46%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 18%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 49%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 92%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 97%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 99%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 52%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 99%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 94%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 82%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 64%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 47%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 30%. Misses requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 49%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.6m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 41%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 37%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.2%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 32%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 46%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.6%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 57%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 8.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 63%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 48%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses 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 CloudsTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Tue, Oct 6, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%65%0%66%15460m
Unavailable0%76%0%84%14220m
Unavailable0%63%0%63%13460m
Unavailable100%56%0%100%13000m
Unavailable0%11%0%13%16300m
Unavailable3%7%0%10%18280m
Unavailable0%69%0%69%23840m
Unavailable71%70%0%95%29400m
Unavailable0%67%0%67%31480m
Unavailable100%0%0%100%26560m
Unavailable100%56%16%100%28000m
Unavailable85%1%0%86%25600m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%100%22800m
NightUnavailable100%0%98%100%20960m
NightUnavailable97%0%0%97%17520m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%100%15420m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%12200m
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable30%0%0%30%9160m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%8260m
NightUnavailable100%50%0%100%7480m
NightUnavailable0%22%53%53%9140m
NightUnavailable0%41%2%43%6920m
NightUnavailable17%0%0%18%6560m
NightUnavailable100%1%4%100%6380m
NightUnavailable100%64%97%100%6920m
Unavailable100%3%52%100%7660m
Unavailable100%73%100%100%10380m
Unavailable100%57%100%100%16080m
Unavailable100%50%100%100%14800m
Unavailable100%57%100%100%16120m
Unavailable100%68%100%100%12660m
Unavailable100%83%98%100%14720m
Unavailable100%95%100%100%20440m
Unavailable100%88%100%100%13000m
Unavailable100%86%100%100%11280m
Unavailable100%91%100%100%14260m
NightUnavailable100%98%100%100%16460m
NightUnavailable100%98%100%100%16540m
NightUnavailable100%98%100%100%37060m
NightUnavailable100%100%100%100%46800m
NightUnavailable0%100%92%100%49760m
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%41%0%41%36480m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%24780m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%32820m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%35160m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%36980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%32825m
NightUnavailable0%18%0%18%29380m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%24960m
Unavailable0%1%2%3%22240m
Unavailable0%0%1%0%22700m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%23160m
Unavailable0%8%0%6%22900m
Unavailable0%19%0%14%22660m
Unavailable0%25%0%25%22400m
Unavailable19%19%0%38%23500m
Unavailable46%8%0%54%24600m
Unavailable66%0%0%66%25700m
Unavailable72%0%6%73%25560m
Unavailable71%0%15%77%25420m
NightUnavailable73%0%28%81%25280m
NightUnavailable82%0%47%88%25220m
NightUnavailable92%0%70%95%25160m
NightUnavailable100%0%88%100%25100m
NightUnavailable100%9%96%100%18740m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%22%99%100%12400m
NightUnavailable100%31%100%100%6040m
NightUnavailable100%28%99%100%5340m
NightUnavailable100%21%97%100%4660m
NightUnavailable100%23%95%100%3960m
NightUnavailable100%48%98%100%4920m
NightUnavailable100%82%100%100%5880m

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 Whitstable.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
2
recorded matching windows · 67% average confidence
Last 90 days
4
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
10
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

05:00 local time, shared by 3 of 10 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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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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