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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Valensole Plateau, Provence

Valensole, Provence, France

Valensole's cultivated lavender rows form converging lines across the plateau, with stone farm buildings and distant Alps providing scale.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover50%
Sun Elevation34.0° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Paris
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Valensole Plateau
Tomorrow · 07:00–07:23 · 1h window
High confidence
75%
🌇Golden Hour Potential99.1%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: 2.1° (Golden hour)
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Excellent Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Valensole Plateau
Sat, Aug 22 · 07:00–07:26
🌇Golden Hour Potential:81.2%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Valensole Plateau
Sat, Aug 22 · 19:50–20:48
🌇Golden Hour Potential:88.8-100%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

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

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Provence →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
44
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Last 90 days
133
recorded matching windows · 76% average confidence
Last 365 days
251
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 48 of 251 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 49 of 251 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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73-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 73-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
2matching hours in the next 73 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Paris
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Tue, Aug 18
07:0094%0%24135m
08:0029%0%24135m
09:0029%0%24135m
10:0029%0%24135m
11:0030%0%24135m
12:0027%0%24135m
13:0027%0%24134m
14:0027%0%24135m
15:0026%0%24134m
16:0026%0%24135m
17:0026%0%24135m
18:0026%0%24134m
19:0071%0%24135m
20:0075%0%24135m
21:0042%0%24134m
22:0029%0%24134m
23:0029%0%24134m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0027%0%24135m
01:0027%0%24134m
02:0029%0%24135m
03:0027%0%24135m
04:0029%0%24134m
05:0029%0%24135m
06:0077%0%24134m
07:0099%0%24135m
08:0027%0%24134m
09:0029%0%24134m
10:0027%0%24134m
11:0026%0%24135m
12:0024%0%24134m
13:0026%0%24134m
14:0024%0%24135m
15:0024%0%24134m
16:0026%0%24135m
17:0025%0%24134m
18:0026%9.4%24135m
19:0090%19%24135m
20:0092%28%24134m
21:0044%34%24135m
22:0023%40%24135m
23:0023%46%24134m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0027%52%24135m
01:0029%59%24134m
02:0024%65%10894m
03:0026%53%21545m
04:0023%41%24135m
05:0027%28%24134m
06:0072%33%24134m
07:0062%37%24135m
08:0027%42%24135m
09:0026%45%24134m
10:0026%49%24134m
11:0029%52%24135m
12:0028%63%24135m
13:0029%74%24135m
14:0027%85%24135m
15:000%89%24135m
16:000%93%24135m
17:000%97%24135m
18:000%96%24135m
19:0062%95%24135m
20:0061%95%24135m
21:0018%81%24135m
22:000%67%24135m
23:000%52%24135m
Fri, Aug 21
24:000%61%19044m
01:000%70%13953m
02:000%79%8862m
03:000%76%7757m
04:000%74%6653m
05:000%71%5548m
06:0032%78%4529m
07:0032%85%3509m
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/Paris
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 20:35
10:00
- 50% 0% 0% 39% 34° 50% 3.8m/s
11:00
- 10% 0% 0% 35% 44° 10% 3.3m/s
12:00
- 21% 0% 0% 33% 52° 21% 2.2m/s
13:00
- 51% 0% 0% 30% 58° 51% 1.9m/s
14:00
- 100% 0% 0% 27% 59° 100% 2.2m/s
15:00
- 100% 0% 0% 23% 55° 100% 1.3m/s
16:00
- 12% 0% 0% 20% 47° 12% 2.1m/s
17:00
- 58% 0% 0% 20% 37° 58% 4.5m/s
18:00
- 27% 0% 0% 20% 27° 27% 5.8m/s
19:00
- 91% 0% 0% 24% 16° 91% 4.7m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 0% 32% 5.5° 100% 2.2m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 0% 42% -4.9° 100% 1.3m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 0% 50% -14° 100% 2m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 0% 56% -23° 100% 0.65m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 20:35
24:00
- 100% 0% 0% 56% -29° 100% 1.7m/s
01:00
- 93% 0% 0% 60% -33° 93% 1.7m/s
02:00
- 81% 0% 0% 63% -33° 81% 1.5m/s
03:00
- 36% 0% 0% 64% -30° 36% 1.8m/s
04:00
- 9% 0% 0% 63% -25° 9% 2m/s
05:00
- 99% 0% 0% 63% -17° 99% 2.2m/s
06:00
- 5% 0% 0% 63% -8.2° 5% 2.2m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 2.1° 0% 2.1m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 0% 56% 12° 5% 1.5m/s
09:00
- 83% 0% 0% 44% 23° 83% 1.8m/s
10:00
- 88% 0% 0% 37% 34° 88% 1.2m/s
11:00
- 93% 0% 0% 32% 44° 93% 2.3m/s
12:00
- 5% 0% 0% 27% 52° 5% 2.7m/s
13:00
- 5% 0% 0% 22% 58° 5% 2.6m/s
14:00
- 4% 0% 0% 19% 59° 4% 3.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 54° 0% 5m/s
16:00
- 5% 0% 0% 18% 47° 5% 6.1m/s
17:00
- 5% 0% 0% 18% 37° 5% 6.6m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 0% 22% 27° 5% 6.5m/s
19:00
- 5% 0% 0% 28% 16° 5% 4.9m/s
20:00
- 4% 0% 0% 39% 5.2° 4% 3m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 56% -5.2° 0% 2.1m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% -15° 0% 1.6m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 3% 74% -23° 3% 0.91m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 20:33
24:00
- 4% 4% 98% 75% -29° 98% 1.5m/s
01:00
- 100% 4% 100% 68% -33° 100% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 100% 30% 100% 84% -33° 100% 2.3m/s
03:00
- 100% 6% 97% 86% -31° 100% 4.2m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 0% 86% -25° 100% 2.3m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 0% 84% -18° 100% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 0% 82% -8.4° 100% 1.3m/s
07:00
- 100% 0% 97% 81% 1.9° 100% 1.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 97% 72% 12° 97% 1m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 100% 63% 23° 100% 0.93m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 100% 57% 34° 100% 3m/s
11:00
- 38% 51% 99% 46% 44° 100% 3.9m/s
12:00
- 92% 2% 42% 50% 52° 93% 5.4m/s
13:00
- 97% 0% 12% 50% 57° 97% 4.5m/s
14:00
- 81% 3% 4% 46% 58° 81% 4.3m/s
15:00
- 71% 2% 3% 60% 54° 71% 3.3m/s
16:00
- 62% 1% 2% 73% 46° 62% 2.2m/s
17:00
- 52% 0% 0% 86% 37° 52% 1.1m/s
18:00
- 68% 0% 0% 87% 26° 68% 1.4m/s
19:00
- 84% 0% 0% 88% 16° 84% 1.8m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 0% 90% 100% 2.1m/s
21:00
- 100% 0% 2% 88% -5.4° 100% 2.2m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 3% 86% -15° 100% 2.4m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 4% 84% -23° 100% 2.5m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 20:32
24:00
- 100% 30% 36% 86% -30° 100% 2.9m/s
01:00
- 100% 59% 67% 87% -33° 100% 3.2m/s
02:00
- 100% 89% 98% 88% -34° 100% 3.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 77% 99% 88% -31° 100% 3.1m/s
04:00
- 100% 65% 99% 88% -25° 100% 2.5m/s
05:00
- 100% 53% 100% 88% -18° 100% 2m/s
06:00
- 100% 69% 100% 91% -8.6° 100% 2.1m/s
07:00
- 100% 84% 100% 94% 1.8° 100% 2.3m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% 12° 100% 2.4m/s
09:00
- 100% 68% 67% 91% 23° 100% 2m/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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