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Rule Golden Hour

Estes Park - Golden Hour - Rocky Mountains

Estes Park, Colorado, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover1%
Mid Cloud Cover6%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-11.1° (Nautical twilight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Denver
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Estes Park
Tomorrow · 06:59–07:51 · 1h window
Medium confidence
48%
🌇Golden Hour Potential84.5-86.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -15.4° (Astronomical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Estes Park
Sat, Mar 14 · 06:57–07:50
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96-98.9%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Estes Park
Wed, Mar 18 · 06:51–07:43
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Estes Park
Thu, Mar 19 · 06:49–07:42
🌇Golden Hour Potential:88.6-88.7%
Low
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Estes Park
Fri, Mar 20 · 07:00–07:40
🌇Golden Hour Potential:86.5%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Estes Park
Sat, Mar 21 · 06:46–07:38
🌇Golden Hour Potential:97.6-100%
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
5matching hours in the next 92 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Wed, Mar 11
22:0016%0%24134m
23:0015%0%24135m
Thu, Mar 12
24:0015%0%24135m
01:0015%0%24134m
02:0015%0%24134m
03:0015%0%24134m
04:0011%0%24134m
05:0012%0%24134m
06:0011%0%24135m
07:0094%0%24135m
08:0051%0%24134m
09:0014%0%24135m
10:0014%0%24134m
11:0014%0%24135m
12:0014%0%24134m
13:0014%0%24134m
14:0014%0%24135m
15:0014%0%24135m
16:0014%0%24134m
17:0014%0%24135m
18:0014%0%24135m
19:0084%0%24135m
20:0015%0%24135m
21:0014%0%24134m
22:0014%0%24135m
23:0014%0%24135m
Fri, Mar 13
24:0014%0%24134m
01:0014%0%24135m
02:0014%0%24134m
03:0014%0%24134m
04:0014%0%24135m
05:0014%0%24135m
06:0085%0%24135m
07:0087%0%24134m
08:0047%0%24135m
09:0014%0%24134m
10:0014%0%24134m
11:0014%0%24135m
12:0015%0%24135m
13:0015%0%24135m
14:0016%0%24135m
15:0016%0%24134m
16:0016%0%24134m
17:0015%0%24134m
18:0015%0%24135m
19:00100%0%24135m
20:0017%0%24135m
21:0017%0%24135m
22:0016%0%24134m
23:0016%0%24134m
Sat, Mar 14
24:0015%0%24135m
01:0016%0%24134m
02:0015%0%24135m
03:0014%0%24135m
04:0014%0%24134m
05:0014%0%24135m
06:0096%0%24134m
07:0099%0%21645m
08:0054%0%23447m
09:0016%0%21939m
10:0016%23%24134m
11:0016%46%24135m
12:0015%69%24134m
13:0015%78%24134m
14:0014%88%24135m
15:0015%98%23452m
16:0015%99%20815m
17:0016%99%21163m
18:0015%100%14332m
19:0084%98%3961m
20:006.7%96%7445m
21:004%94%567m
22:004.8%96%977m
23:003.7%98%405m
Sun, Mar 15
24:005%100%1148m
01:007.3%94%5936m
02:0011%89%10725m
03:0015%83%15513m
04:0012%83%12376m
05:007.6%84%9239m
06:0044%84%6102m
07:0048%83%7072m
08:008.7%83%8042m
09:009.6%82%9012m
10:0010%76%13591m
11:0012%70%18170m
12:0013%64%22749m
13:0016%48%23211m
14:0018%32%23673m
15:0017%17%24135m
16:0018%24%24135m
17:0013%32%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
America/Denver
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Thu, Mar 12 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:05
20:00
- 0% 1% 6% 49% 6% 15m/s
21:00
- 0% 1% 1% 50% 1% 13m/s
22:00
- 0% 1% 1% 53% 1% 13m/s
23:00
- 0% 1% 1% 52% 1% 14m/s
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:05
24:00
- 0% 1% 1% 52% 1% 14m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 1% 51% 1% 13m/s
02:00
- 0% 1% 1% 50% 1% 14m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 1% 50% 1% 14m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 1% 50% 1% 14m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 14m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 11m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 9.8m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 10m/s
09:00
- 1% 0% 0% 44% 1% 13m/s
10:00
- 1% 0% 0% 40% 1% 13m/s
11:00
- 5% 0% 0% 38% 5% 12m/s
12:00
- 6% 0% 0% 37% 6% 9.9m/s
13:00
- 6% 0% 0% 36% 6% 10m/s
14:00
- 27% 0% 0% 35% 27% 11m/s
15:00
- 26% 0% 0% 36% 26% 11m/s
16:00
- 24% 0% 0% 35% 24% 9.9m/s
17:00
- 48% 0% 0% 35% 48% 9.2m/s
18:00
- 48% 0% 0% 37% 48% 7.8m/s
19:00
- 28% 0% 0% 41% 28% 6m/s
20:00
- 19% 0% 0% 43% 19% 6m/s
21:00
- 16% 0% 0% 41% 16% 6.9m/s
22:00
- 23% 0% 0% 39% 23% 8.5m/s
23:00
- 10% 0% 0% 40% 10% 7.9m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 19:06
24:00
- 5% 0% 0% 42% 5% 7.3m/s
01:00
- 8% 0% 0% 42% 8% 7.1m/s
02:00
- 2% 0% 0% 42% 2% 7.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 8.3m/s
04:00
- 2% 0% 1% 40% 2% 9.2m/s
05:00
- 1% 0% 1% 39% 2% 9.8m/s
06:00
- 9% 0% 1% 40% 9% 9.6m/s
07:00
- 24% 1% 1% 52% 24% 8.3m/s
08:00
- 21% 1% 1% 52% 22% 7.7m/s
09:00
- 17% 1% 1% 44% 17% 8.1m/s
10:00
- 28% 0% 0% 37% 28% 10m/s
11:00
- 25% 0% 1% 34% 25% 12m/s
12:00
- 18% 0% 1% 31% 18% 13m/s
13:00
- 10% 0% 1% 30% 11% 14m/s
14:00
- 2% 0% 1% 28% 3% 13m/s
15:00
- 1% 0% 8% 27% 9% 13m/s
16:00
- 2% 0% 8% 29% 9% 11m/s
17:00
- 10% 0% 10% 31% 18% 11m/s
18:00
- 5% 0% 18% 34% 20% 11m/s
19:00
- 4% 19% 19% 65% 19% 7.5m/s
20:00
- 100% 43% 49% 75% 100% 5.2m/s
21:00
- 39% 81% 81% 84% 82% 3.3m/s
22:00
- 4% 78% 77% 86% 82% 2.8m/s
23:00
- 51% 71% 98% 88% 98% 3m/s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 19:07
24:00
- 73% 75% 93% 80% 93% 5.3m/s
01:00
- 48% 63% 77% 76% 77% 5.8m/s
02:00
- 24% 51% 61% 72% 61% 6.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 39% 45% 68% 46% 6.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 43% 63% 65% 64% 6.8m/s
05:00
- 0% 48% 82% 62% 82% 6.9m/s
06:00
- 0% 52% 100% 59% 100% 7m/s
07:00
- 0% 41% 100% 55% 100% 6.2m/s
08:00
- 0% 30% 100% 51% 100% 5.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 19% 100% 48% 100% 4.7m/s
10:00
- 20% 13% 79% 47% 88% 4.6m/s
11:00
- 40% 6% 57% 46% 76% 4.5m/s
12:00
- 60% 0% 36% 46% 64% 4.4m/s
13:00
- 41% 1% 28% 55% 48% 4m/s
14:00
- 23% 2% 20% 64% 31% 3.6m/s
15:00
- 5% 4% 12% 74% 14% 3.2m/s
16:00
- 35% 5% 20% 71% 41% 3.5m/s
17:00
- 66% 6% 28% 69% 69% 3.8m/s
18:00
- 96% 7% 36% 66% 96% 4.1m/s
19:00
- 97% 7% 53% 65% 97% 4.4m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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