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Painted Sky Forecast for North Conway, New England, USA

North Conway, New Hampshire, United States

North Conway lies below the White Mountains, with the Saco River, covered bridges, wooded slopes, and nearby road overlooks framing fall color.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation40.0° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/New_York
golden-clouds weather icon
Next opportunity
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunrise
North Conway
Tue, Aug 18 · 06:00–06:30 · 1h window
Medium confidence
50%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential80.4%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 31%
High Cloud Cover: 67%
Sun Elevation: 1.0° (Golden hour)

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 below show how those signals apply at North Conway.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
1
recorded matching window · 80% average confidence
Last 365 days
3
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence

Only 3 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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87-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 87-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 87 hours
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%
Thu, Aug 13
24:0030%2m/s42%
01:0032%1.7m/s53%
02:0023%2m/s64%
03:0026%1.5m/s61%
04:0026%1.7m/s75%
05:0055%1.4m/s89%
06:0054%1.4m/s92%
07:0026%1.1m/s96%
08:0026%0.71m/s99%
09:0028%0.5m/s84%
10:0032%0.33m/s74%
11:0024%0.4m/s64%
12:0024%0.2m/s64%
13:0027%0.76m/s64%
14:0022%1.4m/s64%
15:0023%3m/s20%
16:0026%3.7m/s9.9%
17:0021%3.4m/s0%
18:0024%2.5m/s0%
19:0045%1.6m/s0%
20:0031%2.1m/s0%
21:0019%2.3m/s0%
22:0019%2.3m/s0%
23:0020%2.4m/s0%
Fri, Aug 14
24:0014%2.4m/s0%
01:0016%2.3m/s0%
02:0016%2.3m/s0%
03:0017%2.3m/s0%
04:0014%2.3m/s0%
05:0025%2.3m/s0%
06:0026%2.3m/s0%
07:0020%1.8m/s0%
08:0014%1.7m/s0%
09:0016%2.8m/s0%
10:0016%3.4m/s0%
11:0016%3.4m/s0%
12:0016%4m/s0%
13:0018%4.6m/s0%
14:0019%5m/s0%
15:0021%5.2m/s0%
16:0021%5.2m/s0%
17:0014%5.3m/s0%
18:0019%4m/s0%
19:0025%3.1m/s0%
20:0022%2.2m/s0%
21:0011%1.7m/s0%
22:0011%2.3m/s0%
23:0011%2.3m/s0%
Sat, Aug 15
24:0011%2.3m/s0%
01:0011%2.2m/s0%
02:0021%2.3m/s0%
03:0022%2.5m/s0%
04:0019%2.5m/s0%
05:0028%2.6m/s0%
06:0023%2.5m/s0%
07:0016%2m/s0%
08:0011%1.6m/s0%
09:0011%1.6m/s0%
10:0011%1.5m/s0%
11:0011%1.3m/s0%
12:0011%0.78m/s0%
13:0011%0.37m/s0%
14:0012%0.52m/s0%
15:0012%0.83m/s0%
16:0012%0.5m/s0%
17:0016%0.66m/s0%
18:0016%0.93m/s0%
19:0033%1.8m/s0%
20:0050%2.2m/s0%
21:0025%2.1m/s0%
22:0021%1.9m/s0%
23:0022%1.9m/s0%
Sun, Aug 16
24:0022%1.5m/s0%
01:0023%1.5m/s0%
02:0027%1.5m/s0%
03:0018%1.7m/s0%
04:0012%2m/s0%
05:0050%2.2m/s0%
06:0055%2.8m/s33%
07:0028%3.5m/s67%
08:0010%4.1m/s100%
09:0010%3.8m/s71%
10:0010%3.6m/s42%
11:0010%3.3m/s13%
12:009.6%2.9m/s24%
13:009.2%2.5m/s34%
14:006%2m/s45%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Painted 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
America/New_York
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Visibility
m
Thu, Aug 13 Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 19:51
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
17:00
- 4% 9% 0% 9% 24135m
18:00
- 0% 94% 0% 94% 24135m
19:00
- 0% 80% 0% 80% 24134m
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
Fri, Aug 14 Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 19:50
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
06:00
- 0% 1% 0% 1% 24134m
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24132m
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24131m
09:00
- 0% 3% 0% 3% 24135m
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
13:00
- 0% 2% 0% 2% 24134m
14:00
- 0% 4% 0% 4% 24134m
15:00
- 0% 3% 0% 3% 24135m
16:00
- 0% 4% 1% 4% 24134m
17:00
- 0% 4% 0% 4% 24134m
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
Sat, Aug 15 Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 19:48
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
02:00
- 38% 0% 91% 100% 24134m
03:00
- 41% 0% 96% 100% 24134m
04:00
- 6% 0% 7% 11% 24135m
05:00
- 0% 0% 5% 5% 24135m
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24134m
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 0% 24135m
15:00
- 8% 0% 0% 8% 24134m
16:00
- 99% 0% 0% 99% 24134m
17:00
- 100% 0% 0% 100% 24134m
18:00
- 100% 0% 0% 100% 24135m
19:00
- 100% 0% 14% 100% 24134m
20:00
- 100% 0% 94% 100% 24135m
21:00
- 100% 0% 74% 100% 24135m
22:00
- 100% 0% 100% 100% 24134m
23:00
- 52% 0% 78% 78% 24134m
Sun, Aug 16 Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 19:47
24:00
- 49% 0% 100% 100% 24135m
01:00
- 100% 0% 100% 100% 24135m
02:00
- 5% 0% 31% 31% 24134m
03:00
- 28% 0% 54% 54% 24134m
04:00
- 51% 0% 77% 77% 24135m
05:00
- 74% 0% 100% 100% 24135m
06:00
- 83% 33% 95% 100% 24135m
07:00
- 91% 65% 90% 100% 24135m
08:00
- 100% 98% 85% 100% 24135m
09:00
- 90% 99% 90% 100% 24135m
10:00
- 79% 99% 95% 100% 24135m
11:00
- 69% 100% 100% 100% 24135m
12:00
- 46% 100% 98% 100% 18372m
13:00
- 23% 100% 97% 100% 12608m
14:00
- 0% 100% 95% 100% 6845m
15:00
- 0% 100% 69% 100% 5358m
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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