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Olympic Rainforest - Dramatic Seascapes - Pacific Northwest

Forks, Washington, United States

Dramatic coastal photography conditions - powerful waves combined with atmospheric drama and good visibility for seascape shots.

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Coastal Drama Score · ≥ 75.0% Significant Wave Height · ≥ 1.5m Visibility · ≥ 5000.0m Wind Gusts · ≤ 22.0m/s

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Coastal Drama Score 100% failing
Significant Wave Height 100% failing
Precipitation Chance 18% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Coastal Drama Score
6%
Wave Height0.4m
Swell Height0.2m
Wind Speed1.5m/s (calm conditions)
Cloud Cover100%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 92 hours
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Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Los_Angeles
Coastal Drama Score
≥ 75.0%
Significant Wave Height
≥ 1.5m
Visibility
≥ 5000.0m
Wind Gusts
≤ 22.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 30.0%
Mon, Apr 20
21:009.5%0.75m24135m1.9m/s0%
22:003.3%0.69m24134m1.7m/s0%
23:006.5%0.32m24135m4.9m/s0%
Tue, Apr 21
24:003.1%0.32m24134m1.3m/s8.2%
01:002.8%0.33m24135m1.2m/s16%
02:003.4%0.33m24135m1.8m/s24%
03:004.1%0.32m24134m1.3m/s44%
04:003.1%0.32m24135m1.3m/s63%
05:003.7%0.65m24135m1.3m/s82%
06:0014%0.66m24134m3.5m/s87%
07:0012%0.67m24134m4.7m/s66%
08:008.8%0.68m24134m4.2m/s76%
09:008.2%0.65m24134m4.7m/s82%
10:007.5%0.61m24135m4.8m/s89%
11:004.5%0.7m3480m5.4m/s96%
12:003.7%0.66m480m5.4m/s90%
13:003.9%0.62m9718m4.7m/s95%
14:003.7%0.58m1685m4.6m/s93%
15:003.7%0.54m358m4.2m/s94%
16:004.2%0.5m664m3m/s94%
17:004.8%0.33m7216m3.2m/s95%
18:006.9%0.33m11966m3.6m/s80%
19:006.5%0.32m621m3.6m/s65%
20:007%0.32m615m3.9m/s49%
21:005.5%0.3m822m2.2m/s64%
22:001.9%0.29m791m0.9m/s79%
23:002.1%0.27m1186m1.8m/s95%
Wed, Apr 22
24:001.9%0.25m578m3m/s70%
01:002.5%0.24m7674m3.9m/s46%
02:002.1%0.22m1315m4.6m/s22%
03:002.1%0.22m1054m4.9m/s33%
04:002.1%0.21m2117m4.9m/s45%
05:005.5%0.21m1410m4.9m/s56%
06:006.2%0.25m550m4.8m/s37%
07:005.7%0.29m993m4.3m/s19%
08:006%0.33m13267m5.2m/s0%
09:006.5%0.35m20912m5.2m/s0%
10:006.3%0.36m24134m5.6m/s0%
11:005.5%0.38m24134m5.6m/s0%
12:005.2%0.38m24134m5.9m/s0%
13:005.2%0.39m24134m5m/s0%
14:004.7%0.39m24134m4.7m/s0%
15:006.5%0.4m24134m4.7m/s0%
16:007%0.42m24134m4.2m/s0%
17:008%0.43m24135m4m/s0%
18:008.6%0.45m24134m3.7m/s0%
19:009.6%0.46m24134m3.9m/s0%
20:0011%0.48m24134m4.1m/s0%
21:0010%0.49m24135m3.6m/s0%
22:003.2%0.5m24134m4m/s0%
23:002.6%0.51m24134m2.2m/s0%
Thu, Apr 23
24:002.8%0.49m24135m2.2m/s0%
01:004.1%0.47m24135m2.4m/s0%
02:003.7%0.45m24134m2.4m/s0%
03:002.9%0.43m24135m2.1m/s0%
04:002.9%0.42m24134m2.1m/s0%
05:009.5%0.4m24134m2.2m/s0%
06:008.3%0.39m24134m2.1m/s0%
07:0013%0.37m24134m2.1m/s0%
08:007.8%0.36m24134m3.7m/s0%
09:006.3%0.34m24135m2.9m/s0%
10:009.7%0.33m24135m2.2m/s0%
11:006.3%0.31m24135m2.5m/s0%
12:005%0.31m24135m2.5m/s0%
13:004.9%0.32m24134m3.2m/s0%
14:006.6%0.32m24134m2.6m/s0%
15:008%0.32m24135m2.6m/s0%
16:0010%0.33m24135m2.2m/s0%
17:0010%0.33m24135m1.5m/s0%
18:0012%0.32m24135m1.1m/s0%
19:0014%0.32m24135m1.7m/s0%
20:0015%0.31m24134m1.9m/s0%
21:008.2%0.3m24135m0.6m/s0%
22:002%0.3m24134m0.41m/s0%
23:002.3%0.29m24134m0.8m/s0%
Fri, Apr 24
24:002.1%0.36m24134m1.2m/s0%
01:002.1%0.42m24135m1.6m/s0%
02:002.3%0.49m24135m1.9m/s0%
03:002.7%0.5m24135m2.3m/s0%
04:003.7%0.5m24135m2.6m/s0%
05:007.4%0.51m24135m2.9m/s0%
06:008.4%0.5m24135m3.3m/s0%
07:007.7%0.49m24135m3.6m/s0%
08:006.4%0.48m24135m4m/s0%
09:006.4%0.45m24135m4.6m/s0%
10:005%0.42m24135m5.1m/s0%
11:005%0.39m24135m5.7m/s0%
12:004.1%0.37m24135m5.2m/s0%
13:004.1%0.35m24135m4.8m/s0%
14:004.1%0.33m24135m4.3m/s0%
15:006.2%0.32m24135m3.5m/s0%
16:004.5%0.3m24135m2.7m/s0%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score 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/Los_Angeles
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Primary Swell Height
m
Primary Wave Direction
°
Sea Salt AOD (550nm)
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Direction
°
Wind Speed
m/s
Wind Wave Height
m
Wind Wave Period
s
Tue, Apr 21 Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 20:17
19:00 ☾
100% 100% 89% 0.23m 187° 0.02 12° 100% 245° 1.5m/s 0.38m 4.3s
20:00 ☾
100% 100% 21% 0.25m 184° 0.01 2.1° 100% 263° 1.5m/s 0.33m 4.6s
21:00 ☾
100% 100% 58% 0.23m 183° 0.01 -7.4° 100% 232° 0.73m/s 0.35m 4.8s
22:00 ☾
100% 97% 100% 0.22m 182° 0.02 -16° 100% 294° 0.23m/s 0.37m 5.1s
23:00 ☾
98% 100% 90% 0.2m 181° 0.03 -23° 100% 256° 1m/s 0.39m 5.4s
Wed, Apr 22 Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 20:17
24:00 ☾
100% 100% 76% 0.2m 181° 0.03 -27° 100% 259° 1.3m/s 0.38m 5.3s
01:00 ☾
98% 100% 94% 0.21m 181° 0.03 -30° 100% 247° 1.7m/s 0.38m 5.2s
02:00 ☾
100% 100% 89% 0.21m 182° 0.04 -29° 100% 257° 1.9m/s 0.37m 5s
03:00 ☾
100% 100% 100% 0.24m 173° 0.04 -25° 100% 237° 2.2m/s 0.28m 4.4s
04:00 ☾
78% 100% 100% 0.27m 164° 0.04 -20° 100% 235° 2.1m/s 0.2m 3.8s
05:00 ☾
100% 100% 100% 0.3m 155° 0.05 -12° 100% 228° 2m/s 0.11m 3.2s
06:00 ☾
100% 100% 75% 0.33m 159° 0.06 -3° 100% 220° 2m/s 0.14m 3.5s
07:00
98% 100% 91% 0.37m 164° 0.07 6.6° 100% 205° 2m/s 0.18m 3.8s
08:00
100% 100% 28% 0.4m 168° 0.07 17° 100% 189° 2.4m/s 0.21m 4.2s
09:00
100% 100% 4% 0.39m 156° 0.05 26° 100% 188° 2.4m/s 0.29m 4.1s
10:00
99% 100% 14% 0.38m 145° 0.05 36° 100% 185° 2.2m/s 0.37m 4s
11:00
62% 100% 2% 0.37m 133° 0.05 45° 100% 178° 2.4m/s 0.45m 4s
12:00
5% 100% 0% 0.35m 113° 0.05 51° 100% 180° 3m/s 0.48m 3.9s
13:00
3% 100% 0% 0.34m 92° 0.05 54° 100% 190° 2.9m/s 0.5m 3.8s
14:00
79% 100% 0% 0.32m 71° 0.05 53° 100% 195° 3m/s 0.53m 3.7s
15:00
5% 98% 0% 0.37m 82° 0.04 48° 98% 195° 2.5m/s 0.56m 4s
16:00
18% 100% 0% 0.42m 94° 0.04 41° 100% 210° 2.6m/s 0.59m 4.3s
17:00 ☾
5% 98% 0% 0.47m 105° 0.03 32° 98% 219° 2.8m/s 0.62m 4.6s
18:00 ☾
0% 96% 0% 0.55m 122° 0.03 22° 96% 223° 2.5m/s 0.61m 5.2s
19:00 ☾
0% 94% 0% 0.64m 139° 0.03 12° 94% 217° 2.2m/s 0.59m 5.8s
20:00 ☾
0% 96% 0% 0.72m 155° 0.03 2.3° 96% 213° 1.8m/s 0.58m 6.4s
21:00 ☾
0% 91% 0% 0.74m 155° 0.03 -7.2° 91% 192° 1.6m/s 0.54m 6.4s
22:00 ☾
1% 12% 0% 0.76m 155° 0.03 -16° 13% 169° 1.7m/s 0.51m 6.4s
23:00 ☾
5% 1% 0% 0.78m 155° 0.03 -22° 5% 151° 1.8m/s 0.47m 6.4s
Thu, Apr 23 Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 20:19
24:00 ☾
6% 2% 0% 0.73m 154° 0.03 -27° 6% 144° 1.8m/s 0.46m 6.3s
01:00 ☾
26% 1% 0% 0.68m 153° 0.03 -29° 26% 137° 1.8m/s 0.46m 6.2s
02:00 ☾
76% 1% 0% 0.63m 153° 0.03 -29° 76% 129° 1.9m/s 0.45m 6s
03:00 ☾
100% 2% 0% 0.59m 149° 0.03 -25° 100% 119° 1.9m/s 0.45m 5.7s
04:00 ☾
100% 2% 0% 0.56m 145° 0.03 -19° 100% 114° 1.8m/s 0.46m 5.5s
05:00 ☾
93% 0% 3% 0.52m 141° 0.03 -12° 93% 111° 1.8m/s 0.46m 5.2s
06:00 ☾
5% 2% 0% 0.47m 140° - -2.7° 5% 108° 1.8m/s 0.45m 5.3s
07:00
41% 0% 0% 0.43m 139° - 6.9° 41% 107° 1.7m/s 0.43m 5.4s
08:00
8% 0% 11% 0.38m 139° - 17° 11% 122° 1.5m/s 0.42m 5.5s
09:00
16% 0% 5% 0.38m 139° - 27° 16% 159° 2m/s 0.43m 5.6s
10:00
45% 58% 4% 0.37m 138° - 36° 60% 183° 1.8m/s 0.43m 5.7s
11:00
47% 95% 0% 0.37m 138° - 45° 95% 207° 2m/s 0.44m 5.7s
12:00
26% 100% 0% 0.37m 126° - 51° 100% 221° 3m/s 0.46m 5.3s
13:00
18% 98% 0% 0.38m 114° - 55° 98% 218° 3.3m/s 0.47m 4.8s
14:00
5% 93% 0% 0.38m 102° - 54° 93% 210° 2.8m/s 0.49m 4.3s
15:00
5% 94% 0% 0.38m 108° - 49° 94% 206° 2.4m/s 0.48m 4.5s
16:00
5% 54% 0% 0.39m 115° - 41° 54% 208° 2m/s 0.48m 4.7s
17:00 ☾
3% 63% 0% 0.39m 122° - 32° 63% 221° 1.6m/s 0.47m 4.9s
18:00 ☾
3% 62% 0% 0.39m 127° - 22° 62% 240° 1.7m/s 0.47m 5.2s
19:00 ☾
0% 65% 0% 0.4m 132° - 12° 65% 257° 1.8m/s 0.47m 5.4s
20:00 ☾
0% 46% 0% 0.4m 137° - 2.5° 46% 266° 1.4m/s 0.47m 5.7s
21:00 ☾
0% 1% 0% 0.38m 114° - -6.9° 1% 279° 0.58m/s 0.48m 5s
22:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.36m 91° - -15° 0% 88° 0.51m/s 0.49m 4.4s
23:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.34m 68° - -22° 0% 87° 0.91m/s 0.5m 3.7s
Fri, Apr 24 Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 20:20
24:00 ☾
2% 0% 0% 0.32m 65° - -27° 2% 77° 0.99m/s 0.55m 3.8s
01:00 ☾
3% 0% 0% 0.31m 62° - -29° 3% 66° 1.1m/s 0.61m 3.8s
02:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.29m 59° - -28° 5% 56° 1.1m/s 0.66m 3.9s
03:00 ☾
3% 0% 0% 0.3m 60° - -25° 3% 140° 1.2m/s 0.67m 4s
04:00 ☾
2% 0% 0% 0.3m 61° - -19° 2% 224° 1.3m/s 0.69m 4.1s
05:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.31m 62° - -11° 0% 308° 1.4m/s 0.7m 4.3s
06:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.3m 63° - -2.4° 0% 305° 2m/s 0.69m 4.3s
07:00
0% 0% 0% 0.3m 64° - 7.1° 0% 302° 2.6m/s 0.67m 4.3s
08:00
0% 0% 1% 0.29m 65° - 17° 1% 299° 3.2m/s 0.66m 4.3s
09:00
0% 0% 0% 0.29m 66° - 27° 0% 308° 3.7m/s 0.62m 4.3s
10:00
0% 0% 0% 0.3m 66° - 37° 0% 316° 4.1m/s 0.59m 4.2s
11:00
0% 0% 0% 0.3m 67° - 45° 0% 325° 4.5m/s 0.55m 4.2s
12:00
2% 0% 0% 0.31m 90° - 52° 2% 327° 3.8m/s 0.51m 5.1s
13:00
3% 0% 0% 0.31m 113° - 55° 3% 330° 3.1m/s 0.48m 6.1s
14:00
5% 0% 0% 0.32m 137° - 54° 5% 332° 2.4m/s 0.44m 7s
15:00
3% 0% 0% 0.32m 141° - 49° 3% 227° 2.2m/s 0.41m 7.6s
16:00
2% 0% 0% 0.32m 145° - 41° 2% 122° 1.9m/s 0.39m 8.2s
17:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.32m 149° - 32° 0% 17° 1.7m/s 0.36m 8.7s
18:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.31m 150° - 22° 0% 25° 1.6m/s 0.35m 8.8s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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