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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 Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover7%
High Cloud Cover3%
Sun Elevation38.1° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Denver
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Estes Park
Sat, Feb 21 · 06:29–07:23 · 1h window
Medium confidence
51%
🌇Golden Hour Potential97.5-97.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -9.7° (Nautical twilight)

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching hours in the next 95 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
Tue, Feb 17
12:0015%92%10831m
13:0014%87%2765m
14:0015%82%6451m
15:0015%83%8763m
16:007%84%1393m
17:0023%85%1591m
18:0088%82%6182m
19:0017%69%16041m
20:006.7%56%2894m
21:0017%65%17816m
22:0017%73%17819m
23:0017%82%17879m
Wed, Feb 18
24:0017%63%17821m
01:0017%44%17845m
02:0017%24%18234m
03:0017%44%20121m
04:008.7%63%20421m
05:008.7%82%19694m
06:0063%75%18421m
07:0044%68%8541m
08:008.7%61%10165m
09:008.4%72%8022m
10:0014%84%17040m
11:0019%95%20076m
12:0017%93%24134m
13:0016%91%24135m
14:0016%89%22133m
15:0017%92%18386m
16:0014%94%23340m
17:0031%96%24135m
18:0047%77%6981m
19:007.6%58%8256m
20:005.9%39%977m
21:004%53%202m
22:008.6%68%7396m
23:0010%82%18201m
Thu, Feb 19
24:0011%55%18684m
01:0010%27%18023m
02:0016%0%18071m
03:0017%13%17823m
04:0016%26%17803m
05:0016%39%17843m
06:0097%53%18134m
07:0098%68%18037m
08:0017%82%17950m
09:0017%86%18092m
10:0012%90%18222m
11:0011%95%18255m
12:009.8%63%10949m
13:009.6%32%17986m
14:0011%0%17984m
15:0016%13%17997m
16:0017%26%17900m
17:0055%39%18088m
18:00100%29%18197m
19:0016%19%17840m
20:0016%9.3%17845m
21:0017%6.2%18566m
22:0017%3.1%18826m
23:0017%0%19087m
Fri, Feb 20
24:0017%7.7%24134m
01:0015%15%24134m
02:0011%23%24135m
03:0018%37%24135m
04:0018%50%24134m
05:009.1%64%24134m
06:0056%75%24134m
07:0057%86%24134m
08:0010%98%24135m
09:009.8%98%24135m
10:009.8%99%21652m
11:009.6%99%18162m
12:009.1%83%13872m
13:006.7%66%2515m
14:004.9%50%320m
15:004.9%53%271m
16:004.8%55%511m
17:0018%58%369m
18:0055%46%6273m
19:0014%34%12178m
20:0017%22%18082m
21:0018%33%20100m
22:0017%45%22117m
23:0016%56%24135m
Sat, Feb 21
24:0016%38%24135m
01:0016%19%24135m
02:0016%0.91%24135m
03:0016%0.61%24135m
04:0016%0.3%24135m
05:0016%0%24135m
06:0098%0%24135m
07:0098%0%24135m
08:0016%0%24135m
09:0016%0%24135m
10:0017%0%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
Wed, Feb 18 Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:39
12:00
- 3% 0% 7% 40% 8% 3.7m/s
13:00
- 11% 1% 11% 44% 13% 7.2m/s
14:00
- 12% 1% 11% 43% 12% 7m/s
15:00
- 11% 9% 17% 47% 18% 6.9m/s
16:00
- 51% 1% 42% 50% 53% 5.6m/s
17:00
- 100% 1% 100% 54% 100% 3m/s
18:00
- 100% 4% 100% 68% 100% 2.8m/s
19:00
- 100% 18% 100% 73% 100% 2.8m/s
20:00
- 7% 57% 91% 81% 91% 1.4m/s
21:00
- 0% 91% 100% 90% 100% 2.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 20% 96% 77% 96% 4.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 12% 94% 65% 94% 6.1m/s
Thu, Feb 19 Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:40
24:00
- 0% 7% 69% 61% 69% 7.2m/s
01:00
- 0% 6% 91% 63% 91% 6.8m/s
02:00
- 0% 10% 32% 64% 32% 7m/s
03:00
- 0% 14% 13% 67% 24% 7.3m/s
04:00
- 0% 15% 23% 66% 26% 8.5m/s
05:00
- 0% 15% 17% 65% 18% 9.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 9% 6% 64% 9% 7.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 10% 10% 66% 11% 5.9m/s
08:00
- 0% 14% 45% 61% 45% 4.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 10% 38% 51% 38% 5.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 6% 70% 47% 70% 4.9m/s
11:00
- 0% 7% 100% 46% 100% 5m/s
12:00
- 0% 15% 100% 47% 100% 5.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 9% 97% 49% 97% 7.2m/s
14:00
- 0% 10% 78% 49% 78% 7.1m/s
15:00
- 0% 10% 42% 51% 42% 7.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 14% 40% 53% 41% 6.7m/s
17:00
- 1% 17% 38% 59% 40% 5.1m/s
18:00
- 0% 18% 38% 68% 39% 3.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 19% 44% 70% 44% 3.4m/s
20:00
- 0% 33% 42% 74% 42% 3.2m/s
21:00
- 0% 19% 32% 75% 33% 2.9m/s
22:00
- 1% 16% 35% 78% 35% 2.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 13% 25% 80% 25% 2.9m/s
Fri, Feb 20 Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:42
24:00
- 0% 4% 9% 80% 9% 2.9m/s
01:00
- 0% 2% 53% 78% 53% 3m/s
02:00
- 5% 1% 87% 74% 87% 3.1m/s
03:00
- 5% 1% 14% 72% 14% 2.4m/s
04:00
- 15% 1% 14% 75% 18% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 97% 1% 100% 74% 100% 2.4m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 100% 71% 100% 2m/s
07:00
- 99% 1% 100% 70% 100% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 100% 2% 100% 60% 100% 0.27m/s
09:00
- 100% 2% 100% 56% 100% 1.7m/s
10:00
- 100% 15% 100% 54% 100% 1.7m/s
11:00
- 100% 41% 100% 54% 100% 2.3m/s
12:00
- 100% 67% 100% 58% 100% 2.8m/s
13:00
- 100% 95% 100% 64% 100% 2.7m/s
14:00
- 100% 100% 100% 75% 100% 1.7m/s
15:00
- 85% 100% 100% 82% 100% 0.98m/s
16:00
- 13% 83% 100% 76% 100% 1.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 76% 100% 79% 100% 1.8m/s
18:00
- 0% 59% 77% 80% 77% 2.3m/s
19:00
- 0% 42% 54% 81% 54% 2.8m/s
20:00
- 0% 25% 32% 82% 32% 3.2m/s
21:00
- 0% 17% 21% 75% 21% 3.8m/s
22:00
- 0% 9% 11% 69% 11% 4.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 5m/s
Sat, Feb 21 Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 17:43
24:00
- 0% 1% 0% 63% 1% 4.9m/s
01:00
- 0% 1% 0% 62% 1% 4.8m/s
02:00
- 0% 1% 0% 61% 1% 4.7m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 53% 0% 4.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 3.7m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 3.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 34% 0% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 2.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 31% 0% 2.1m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 1.8m/s
11:00
- 1% 0% 0% 49% 1% 1.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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