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Rule Painted Sky

Painted Sky Forecast for Verdon Gorge, Provence

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Provence, France

Verdon Gorge cuts between immense limestone walls above turquoise water; overlooks use winding river bends and boats to convey canyon scale.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 6, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC (one hour; not an observation)
Low Cloud Cover12%
Mid Cloud Cover65%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation3.2°

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
Verdon Gorge
Sat, Oct 10 · 19:00–19:18 · 1h window
Medium confidence
65%
🌤️Painted Sky Potential95.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 52%
High Cloud Cover: 18%
Sun Elevation: -0.4° (Civil twilight)

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
  • Precipitation Chance64% 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%
Tue, Oct 6
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 61%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.73m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 13%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 60%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 35%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 58%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 55%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 42%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 50%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 38%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 36%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.71m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.61m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.58m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.3m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 73%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.64m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 90%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 59%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 88%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 57%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 70%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 55%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 28%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 53%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 56%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 24%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 40%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.8m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 53%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 53%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 27%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.9m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 30%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.77m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 28%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 56%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 26%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.99m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 71%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 23%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.36m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 80%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.54m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 79%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 41%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.58m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 72%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 54%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 0.72m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 65%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 29%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 59%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 1.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 54%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 33%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 48%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 31%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 32%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 39%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 25%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.3m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 14%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 25%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.4%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.8m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 17%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 4.9%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 9.2m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 8.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7.4m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 7m/s. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 3%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 6m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 5.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 5%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 4.5m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 3.2m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.4m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.1m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 3.8%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementPainted Sky Potential: 12%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/s. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementPainted Sky Potential: 21%. Misses requirementWind Speed: 2.7m/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 CloudsTotal Cloud CoverageVisibility
Tue, Oct 6, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
Unavailable0%12%65%71%34040m
Unavailable0%37%67%80%34360m
Unavailable0%53%67%76%36760m
Unavailable0%52%70%80%38220m
Unavailable0%50%61%75%38880m
Unavailable0%47%81%90%39920m
Unavailable0%48%66%83%40380m
Unavailable0%39%33%54%41140m
Unavailable6%9%20%27%41480m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%41140m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%40460m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%39180m
NightUnavailable0%6%20%26%37680m
NightUnavailable100%37%46%100%37360m
NightUnavailable2%13%23%23%36780m
NightUnavailable79%0%0%79%35320m
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%0%0%100%38160m
NightUnavailable100%0%43%100%39700m
NightUnavailable100%0%69%100%39040m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%100%38260m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%100%36280m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%100%29740m
NightUnavailable100%8%100%100%34320m
NightUnavailable100%57%100%100%35400m
Unavailable100%38%100%100%39320m
Unavailable100%40%100%100%31920m
Unavailable100%39%77%100%39660m
Unavailable92%9%57%98%40200m
Unavailable100%16%80%100%40160m
Unavailable100%50%88%100%39900m
Unavailable100%48%97%100%39320m
Unavailable100%46%96%100%38800m
Unavailable100%30%100%100%38360m
Unavailable100%6%100%100%38260m
Unavailable100%3%100%100%37940m
Unavailable100%3%100%100%38440m
NightUnavailable100%0%100%100%38440m
NightUnavailable100%0%45%100%38000m
NightUnavailable100%0%0%100%37780m
NightUnavailable100%21%17%100%36840m
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%44%39%100%33800m
NightUnavailable100%68%43%100%25980m
NightUnavailable100%68%59%100%29350m
NightUnavailable100%80%78%100%28480m
NightUnavailable100%71%89%100%22880m
NightUnavailable100%78%85%100%16760m
NightUnavailable100%93%52%100%12680m
NightUnavailable10%96%48%98%1060m
Unavailable86%92%38%99%840m
Unavailable100%80%55%100%1380m
Unavailable5%70%71%91%2260m
Unavailable0%77%54%86%21020m
Unavailable0%47%32%59%30440m
Unavailable0%39%2%40%40500m
Unavailable0%5%0%5%41500m
Unavailable0%29%0%29%41520m
Unavailable0%6%0%6%41560m
Unavailable0%8%0%8%41380m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%41540m
Unavailable0%0%0%0%41000m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40900m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40620m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40960m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40860m
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40920m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40840m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%41000m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40980m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40580m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%40840m
NightUnavailable57%0%0%57%42060m
NightUnavailable0%0%0%0%42140m

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 Verdon Gorge.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
4
recorded matching windows · 79% average confidence
Last 90 days
6
recorded matching windows · 79% average confidence
Last 365 days
13
recorded matching windows · 80% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

19:00 local time, shared by 4 of 13 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

October, with 4 of 13 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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