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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Kirkenes, Norwegian Fjords

Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway

Kirkenes combines low Arctic birch, rocky Barents-region shoreline, and the broad ice-prone waters of Bøkfjorden near Norway’s eastern frontier.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover44%
Mid Cloud Cover92%
High Cloud Cover59%
Sun Elevation30.1° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Oslo
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Kirkenes
Thu, Aug 20 · 02:26–03:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
68%
🌇Golden Hour Potential94%
Low Cloud Cover: 2%
Mid Cloud Cover: 5%
High Cloud Cover: 18%
Sun Elevation: -5.2° (Civil twilight)

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Norwegian Fjords. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Kirkenes.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
7
recorded matching windows · 68% average confidence
Last 90 days
20
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
57
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

02:00 local time, shared by 8 of 57 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 19 of 57 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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74-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 74-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
1matching hours in the next 74 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Oslo
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Tue, Aug 18
07:0018%0.3%24135m
08:0015%0%24135m
09:0014%1.1%24135m
10:0017%2.3%24135m
11:0017%3.4%24135m
12:0015%2.3%24134m
13:0015%1.1%24134m
14:0015%0%24135m
15:0018%7.4%24134m
16:0020%15%24135m
17:0015%22%24135m
18:0017%28%24134m
19:0052%33%24135m
20:0049%39%24135m
21:0044%42%24134m
22:0022%46%24132m
23:0014%50%24134m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0014%50%23139m
01:0014%50%24134m
02:0041%50%23490m
03:0039%33%23095m
04:0041%17%24133m
05:0021%0%6317m
06:0018%8.7%22541m
07:0018%17%24135m
08:0018%26%24134m
09:0018%30%24134m
10:0017%33%24134m
11:0015%37%24135m
12:0015%40%24134m
13:0015%44%24133m
14:0015%47%24133m
15:0017%44%24131m
16:0016%42%24131m
17:0018%39%3233m
18:0021%39%233m
19:0032%39%1830m
20:0045%39%22702m
21:0049%26%24135m
22:0028%13%24135m
23:0017%0%24134m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0024%0%24135m
01:0024%0%24134m
02:0094%0%24135m
03:0093%7.4%24135m
04:0091%15%24135m
05:0047%22%24134m
06:0026%22%24134m
07:0024%21%24135m
08:0027%21%24135m
09:0029%20%24134m
10:0029%18%24134m
11:0032%17%24135m
12:0030%20%24135m
13:0029%23%24135m
14:0029%26%24135m
15:0026%29%24135m
16:0025%33%24135m
17:0022%37%24135m
18:0020%37%24135m
19:0084%37%24135m
20:0079%37%24135m
21:0074%33%22322m
22:0018%30%20508m
23:000%26%18695m
Fri, Aug 21
24:000%32%16424m
01:000%38%14153m
02:0036%44%11882m
03:0036%36%13230m
04:0036%29%14578m
05:0011%21%15926m
06:000%32%18662m
07:000%43%21399m
08:000%54%24135m
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
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 03:14 Sunset 20:49
10:00
- 59% 44% 92% 85% 30° 92% 2.6m/s
11:00
- 40% 42% 68% 83% 32° 70% 3.1m/s
12:00
- 72% 45% 65% 81% 33° 72% 3.5m/s
13:00
- 100% 58% 41% 81% 33° 100% 3.8m/s
14:00
- 97% 42% 47% 81% 30° 97% 4m/s
15:00
- 25% 18% 80% 82% 27° 80% 4.1m/s
16:00
- 7% 19% 97% 85% 23° 97% 4.9m/s
17:00
- 7% 18% 5% 88% 18° 19% 5.3m/s
18:00
- 30% 34% 0% 89% 13° 34% 5.1m/s
19:00
- 5% 100% 0% 92% 7.5° 100% 4.9m/s
20:00
- 22% 100% 48% 93% 2.9° 100% 4.7m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 73% 95% -1.2° 100% 4.7m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 38% 96% -4.6° 100% 5m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 41% 95% -6.6° 100% 5.6m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 03:14 Sunset 20:49
24:00
- 100% 77% 69% 94% -7.4° 100% 6.2m/s
01:00
- 100% 40% 98% 94% -6.8° 100% 6.7m/s
02:00
- 100% 99% 100% 94% -4.9° 100% 6.8m/s
03:00
- 100% 99% 100% 94% -1.8° 100% 7m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% 2.3° 100% 6.7m/s
05:00
- 96% 100% 100% 96% 6.7° 100% 6.5m/s
06:00
- 46% 98% 100% 96% 12° 100% 6.2m/s
07:00
- 5% 64% 100% 94% 17° 100% 6.4m/s
08:00
- 11% 73% 85% 90% 22° 88% 6.1m/s
09:00
- 5% 96% 82% 87% 26° 96% 6.3m/s
10:00
- 5% 97% 77% 86% 30° 97% 6.6m/s
11:00
- 25% 99% 5% 86% 32° 99% 6.7m/s
12:00
- 56% 100% 0% 85% 33° 100% 6.4m/s
13:00
- 100% 100% 0% 87% 32° 100% 6.7m/s
14:00
- 100% 100% 0% 89% 30° 100% 6.5m/s
15:00
- 100% 90% 20% 90% 27° 100% 6.4m/s
16:00
- 49% 47% 77% 89% 22° 78% 7m/s
17:00
- 100% 34% 56% 91% 17° 100% 6.2m/s
18:00
- 100% 86% 100% 96% 12° 100% 5.6m/s
19:00
- 96% 86% 92% 96% 7.1° 96% 4.7m/s
20:00
- 73% 59% 100% 96% 2.5° 100% 4m/s
21:00
- 35% 31% 84% 95% -1.6° 84% 3.4m/s
22:00
- 43% 13% 61% 94% -4.9° 61% 2.5m/s
23:00
- 54% 5% 5% 91% -6.9° 54% 1.6m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 03:19 Sunset 20:43
24:00
- 49% 5% 5% 89% -7.7° 49% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 28% 4% 5% 87% -7.1° 28% 1.8m/s
02:00
- 18% 2% 5% 86% -5.2° 18% 2.3m/s
03:00
- 32% 0% 5% 87% -2.1° 32% 2m/s
04:00
- 48% 0% 3% 87% 48% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 34% 0% 3% 87% 6.5° 34% 2.2m/s
06:00
- 7% 23% 3% 84% 11° 23% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 6% 100% 0% 80% 17° 100% 3.6m/s
08:00
- 5% 100% 0% 84% 22° 100% 3.7m/s
09:00
- 5% 100% 0% 87% 26° 100% 4m/s
10:00
- 5% 100% 0% 87% 30° 100% 4.2m/s
11:00
- 5% 100% 0% 88% 32° 100% 4.6m/s
12:00
- 5% 96% 0% 86% 33° 96% 5.1m/s
13:00
- 5% 11% 0% 80% 32° 11% 5.8m/s
14:00
- 5% 16% 0% 80% 30° 16% 7.1m/s
15:00
- 3% 13% 0% 85% 26° 13% 6.1m/s
16:00
- 2% 10% 0% 90% 22° 10% 5.1m/s
17:00
- 0% 7% 0% 96% 17° 7% 4.1m/s
18:00
- 1% 15% 0% 96% 12° 15% 4.2m/s
19:00
- 2% 24% 0% 97% 6.8° 24% 4.3m/s
20:00
- 3% 32% 0% 98% 2.2° 32% 4.5m/s
21:00
- 15% 54% 0% 97% -2° 54% 4.6m/s
22:00
- 28% 77% 0% 96% -5.2° 77% 4.7m/s
23:00
- 40% 100% 0% 96% -7.3° 100% 4.8m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 03:24 Sunset 20:38
24:00
- 31% 100% 25% 95% -8° 100% 5.3m/s
01:00
- 22% 100% 50% 94% -7.4° 100% 5.9m/s
02:00
- 13% 100% 75% 93% -5.6° 100% 6.4m/s
03:00
- 15% 100% 80% 93% -2.5° 100% 6.2m/s
04:00
- 18% 100% 84% 94% 1.7° 100% 6m/s
05:00
- 20% 100% 89% 95% 6.2° 100% 5.9m/s
06:00
- 14% 100% 85% 93% 11° 100% 6.1m/s
07:00
- 8% 100% 81% 90% 16° 100% 6.3m/s
08:00
- 3% 100% 77% 88% 21° 100% 6.6m/s
09:00
- 2% 95% 77% 88% 26° 95% 6.3m/s
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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