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Painted Sky Forecast for Mont Sainte-Victoire, Provence

Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France

Mont Sainte-Victoire's long limestone crest dominates the Aix countryside, anchoring compositions across pine woods, fields, and rocky foothills.

2 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 Cover80%
Mid Cloud Cover47%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-51.8°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Paris
golden-clouds weather icon
First upcoming window
Spectacular Painted Sky at Sunset
Mont Sainte-Victoire
Wed, Oct 14 · 19:00–19:14 · 1h window
Medium confidence
62%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential94.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 29%
High Cloud Cover: 30%
Sun Elevation: -1.2° (Civil twilight)
golden-clouds weather icon
Excellent Painted Sky at Sunset
Mont Sainte-Victoire
Sat, Oct 17 · 18:13–19:00
🌤️Painted Sky Potential:80.3%
Low

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/Paris.

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 Speed29% of hours
0matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecast
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
Any
Painted Sky Potential
≥ 80.0%
Wind Speed
≤ 6.0m/s
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 90%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.95m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 83%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.85m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 83%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.98m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.91m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 58%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 56%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 11m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 11m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 11m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 10m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.5m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.9m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 63%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 16%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 17%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 34%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.66m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 22%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.41m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.63m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.98m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 20%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 19%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 50%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 48%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 13%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.92m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.22m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.94m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.1m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3m/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 (Europe/Paris)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsSolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%80%47%-52°100%20560m
NightUnavailable100%82%8%-52°100%17360m
NightUnavailable100%87%24%-47°100%13940m
NightUnavailable100%77%16%-39°100%13440m
NightUnavailable0%73%19%-30°83%10860m
NightUnavailable100%70%4%-20°100%13440m
NightUnavailable100%63%49%-8.7°100%9140m
Unavailable44%77%59%2.4°93%12580m
Unavailable1%26%17%13°39%21080m
Unavailable75%46%15%22°91%24600m
Unavailable100%42%29%31°100%31260m
Unavailable100%22%29%37°100%37240m
Unavailable100%9%14%40°100%38800m
Unavailable100%0%100%40°100%40260m
Unavailable100%0%100%36°100%40460m
Unavailable0%0%0%29°0%40700m
Unavailable0%0%0%21°0%40100m
Unavailable0%0%0%11°0%39480m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.87°0%38880m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-10°0%38260m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-21°0%38020m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%37980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-41°0%39660m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-48°0%40420m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-52°0%40660m
NightUnavailable0%0%10%-52°10%40600m
NightUnavailable0%0%46%-47°46%40320m
NightUnavailable0%0%53%-40°53%40160m
NightUnavailable0%0%28%-30°28%39800m
NightUnavailable0%0%16%-20°16%39680m
NightUnavailable0%0%22%-8.9°22%39480m
Unavailable0%0%0%2.2°0%38120m
Unavailable0%0%0%12°0%36880m
Unavailable0%0%0%22°0%39240m
Unavailable0%0%0%30°0%40040m
Unavailable0%0%23%37°23%40620m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%41060m
Unavailable0%0%0%40°0%41100m
Unavailable0%0%0%36°0%41440m
Unavailable0%0%0%29°0%41480m
Unavailable0%0%0%21°0%41740m
Unavailable0%0%1%11°1%41255m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.59°0%40420m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-11°0%38275m
NightUnavailable0%0%14%-22°14%33200m
NightUnavailable0%0%25%-32°25%31000m
NightUnavailable66%0%31%-41°84%27120m
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable11%0%36%-49°43%22200m
NightUnavailable28%20%6%-53°51%17420m
NightUnavailable88%32%12%-52°95%15200m
NightUnavailable100%42%11%-48°100%10440m
NightUnavailable37%33%3%-40°65%15300m
NightUnavailable80%44%61%-30°96%12780m
NightUnavailable100%43%0%-20°100%12380m
NightUnavailable100%43%49%-9.1°100%11520m
Unavailable94%49%85%2°99%3580m
Unavailable38%30%41%12°76%12580m
Unavailable100%0%7%22°100%33020m
Unavailable0%0%0%30°0%38380m
Unavailable0%0%0%36°0%39980m
Unavailable0%0%0%39°0%40240m
Unavailable0%23%0%39°23%40460m
Unavailable0%0%0%35°0%41140m
Unavailable0%0%0%29°0%42240m
Unavailable0%0%0%20°0%42420m
Unavailable0%0%0%10°0%42180m
Unavailable0%0%0%0.33°0%41400m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-11°0%40840m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-22°0%40380m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-32°0%39800m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-42°0%38660m
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%-49°0%37840m

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Painted Sky conditions across Provence. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Mont Sainte-Victoire.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Mont Sainte-Victoire during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
2
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 90 days
2
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 365 days
10
recorded matching windows · 78% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 3 of 10 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 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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