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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Franconia, New England, USA

Franconia, New Hampshire, United States

Franconia Notch compresses lakes, waterfalls, cliffs, and forest below the White Mountains, with roads and trails supplying strong leading lines.

0 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 Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-8.5°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/New_York

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 America/New_York.

Most common blockers

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

  • Painted Sky Potential100% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance38% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/New_York
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 17%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 44%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.54m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 40%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 14%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 20%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 16%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 72%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 71%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 76%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 18%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 24%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 19%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 15%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.67m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.14m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.22m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.32m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.22m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 9.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.51m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.7%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 5.1%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.76m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets 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 (America/New_York)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%100%-8.5°100%47000m
NightUnavailable0%100%100%-19°100%44900m
NightUnavailable0%100%35%-30°100%44000m
NightUnavailable0%18%0%-39°18%37900m
NightUnavailable0%7%0%-46°7%35700m
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%81%2%-51°81%33700m
NightUnavailable0%100%0%-51°100%33300m
NightUnavailable0%0%100%-47°100%31900m
NightUnavailable0%100%87%-40°100%5100m
NightUnavailable0%100%100%-31°100%17300m
NightUnavailable0%100%100%-21°100%17100m
NightUnavailable0%7%100%-10°100%16200m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.8°0%20400m
Unavailable0%16%0%11°16%18900m
Unavailable0%4%0%21°4%19100m
Unavailable0%19%0%29°19%20500m
Unavailable0%21%0%35°21%18100m
Unavailable0%15%0%39°15%27400m
Unavailable0%5%0%39°5%37300m
Unavailable0%7%0%36°7%39800m
Unavailable0%87%0%30°87%38700m
Unavailable0%95%0%22°95%38200m
Unavailable0%48%0%12°48%36200m
Unavailable0%27%0%2.1°27%32500m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-8.8°0%26100m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-20°0%24200m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-30°0%23400m
NightUnavailable0%0%1%-39°1%24100m
NightUnavailable9%100%100%-47°100%22500m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable79%73%100%-51°100%17600m
NightUnavailable0%0%67%-52°67%17300m
NightUnavailable0%0%96%-48°96%17400m
NightUnavailable83%0%82%-41°83%16600m
NightUnavailable87%0%88%-31°88%16300m
NightUnavailable0%0%67%-21°67%16600m
NightUnavailable0%45%3%-11°45%16500m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.61°0%16800m
Unavailable0%1%100%11°100%17800m
Unavailable0%4%2%20°4%21900m
Unavailable0%45%0%29°45%26400m
Unavailable0%100%0%35°100%28000m
Unavailable0%99%0%39°99%17815m
Unavailable0%96%0%39°96%21010m
Unavailable0%100%0%36°100%21105m
Unavailable0%100%0%30°100%24140m
Unavailable0%83%0%21°86%24140m
Unavailable0%100%0%12°100%24140m
Unavailable0%95%0%1.8°95%24140m
NightUnavailable0%63%0%-9.2°65%24140m
NightUnavailable0%86%0%-20°87%24140m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-30°8%24140m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-40°8%24140m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-47°8%24140m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-52°7%24140m
NightUnavailable0%5%0%-52°6%24140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-48°0%24140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-41°0%24140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%24140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%24140m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-11°0%24140m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.42°0%24140m
Unavailable0%0%0%10°0%24140m
Unavailable0%0%0%20°0%24140m
Unavailable0%0%0%28°0%24140m
Unavailable0%0%0%35°0%24140m
Unavailable0%5%0%38°5%24140m
Unavailable0%5%0%39°6%24140m
Unavailable0%5%0%35°5%24140m
Unavailable0%5%5%29°10%24140m
Unavailable0%5%5%21°10%24140m
Unavailable100%5%5%12°100%24140m
Unavailable100%5%0%1.5°100%24140m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across New England, USA. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Franconia.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
1
recorded matching window · 68% average confidence
Last 90 days
3
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Last 365 days
4
recorded matching windows · 79% average confidence

Only 4 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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