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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Glencoe, Scotland

Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glencoe’s steep volcanic ridges funnel the eye through a narrow glen, with waterfalls, foreground rivers and passing mist adding depth and movement.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover52%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-11.2° (Nautical twilight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Precipitation Chance100% of hours
  • Golden Hour Potential97% of hours
  • Golden Hour75% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

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

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Scotland →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
17
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 90 days
36
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
68
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

21:00 local time, shared by 13 of 68 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 18 of 68 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-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
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sat, Jul 25
03:0014%94%227m
04:0031%92%161m
05:0029%93%128m
06:0031%95%141m
07:0011%97%244m
08:0011%93%2635m
09:0012%87%24134m
10:0011%82%24134m
11:0015%82%24135m
12:0018%82%24135m
13:0018%82%24134m
14:0020%73%24135m
15:0015%65%24134m
16:0017%56%24134m
17:0014%67%24134m
18:0012%79%24135m
19:0011%90%24135m
20:0056%87%24134m
21:0054%91%24135m
22:0045%95%24134m
23:0011%96%24134m
Sun, Jul 26
24:0011%98%24134m
01:0011%100%24135m
02:0011%99%21779m
03:0011%99%24134m
04:0044%98%9659m
05:0040%99%2019m
06:0032%99%359m
07:0011%100%179m
08:006%95%115m
09:006%91%122m
10:006%87%1567m
11:0011%86%16072m
12:0011%85%12599m
13:0012%85%14962m
14:0011%70%18973m
15:0012%54%18746m
16:0014%39%24134m
17:0015%45%24135m
18:0014%50%24135m
19:0017%56%24134m
20:0085%50%24135m
21:0082%44%24135m
22:0076%39%24134m
23:0013%58%24135m
Mon, Jul 27
24:0015%76%24135m
01:0017%95%24135m
02:0018%91%24135m
03:0015%87%24135m
04:0051%83%24134m
05:0039%87%909m
06:0033%92%322m
07:0011%97%23838m
08:0014%96%24134m
09:0014%94%1208m
10:0011%93%479m
11:0015%93%24134m
12:0015%94%24134m
13:0015%95%24073m
14:0015%66%24135m
15:0020%42%24135m
16:0017%17%24134m
17:0014%24%23597m
18:0015%30%24134m
19:0017%37%23724m
20:0054%45%24134m
21:0054%53%23980m
22:0047%62%24134m
23:0014%70%21596m
Tue, Jul 28
24:0014%77%17796m
01:0015%85%3632m
02:0015%76%1076m
03:0014%67%510m
04:0038%58%211m
05:0036%66%152m
06:0029%73%113m
07:0011%81%78m
08:0011%67%214m
09:0011%53%350m
10:0011%39%486m
11:0012%45%8200m
12:0012%51%15914m
13:0011%58%23628m
14:000%54%23797m
15:000%51%23966m
16:000%47%24135m
17:000%50%23728m
18:000%54%23322m
19:000%57%22915m
20:0054%52%17963m
21:0046%47%13011m
22:0042%42%8059m
23:000%49%10191m
Wed, Jul 29
24:000%57%12323m
01:000%65%14455m
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/London
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Jul 26 Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 21:43
03:00
- 0% 100% 52% 98% -11° 100% 1.3m/s
04:00
- 0% 100% 73% 99% -7.2° 100% 1.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 2% 99% -1.5° 100% 1.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 41% 99% 5.2° 100% 1.2m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 0% 99% 13° 100% 1.3m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 0% 99% 21° 100% 1.2m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 0% 99% 29° 100% 1.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 0% 98% 37° 100% 1.6m/s
11:00
- 0% 100% 0% 96% 44° 100% 1.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 100% 0% 93% 49° 100% 1.8m/s
13:00
- 0% 100% 0% 87% 52° 100% 1.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 100% 0% 83% 52° 100% 2.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 45% 0% 81% 49° 45% 2.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 88% 0% 76% 43° 88% 2.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 73% 0% 74% 36° 73% 2.5m/s
18:00
- 0% 55% 0% 71% 28° 55% 2.3m/s
19:00
- 0% 70% 0% 72% 20° 70% 2.4m/s
20:00
- 0% 8% 0% 78% 12° 8% 2.1m/s
21:00
- 0% 1% 0% 85% 4.3° 1% 2m/s
22:00
- 0% 1% 0% 92% -2.4° 1% 1.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 8% 0% 93% -7.9° 8% 1.8m/s
Mon, Jul 27 Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 21:43
24:00
- 5% 76% 0% 95% -12° 76% 1.9m/s
01:00
- 19% 100% 1% 93% -14° 100% 1.9m/s
02:00
- 88% 100% 0% 93% -14° 100% 1.9m/s
03:00
- 62% 100% 0% 95% -11° 100% 2m/s
04:00
- 68% 100% 0% 97% -7.4° 100% 2m/s
05:00
- 6% 100% 0% 99% -1.8° 100% 2.4m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 0% 99% 100% 2.4m/s
07:00
- 5% 100% 0% 95% 12° 100% 2.9m/s
08:00
- 2% 100% 0% 96% 20° 100% 2.7m/s
09:00
- 3% 100% 0% 97% 29° 100% 3m/s
10:00
- 2% 100% 0% 98% 37° 100% 2.6m/s
11:00
- 3% 99% 0% 90% 44° 99% 2.8m/s
12:00
- 0% 98% 0% 83% 49° 98% 2.9m/s
13:00
- 3% 100% 0% 82% 52° 100% 2.8m/s
14:00
- 3% 91% 0% 81% 52° 91% 2.7m/s
15:00
- 23% 100% 0% 75% 49° 100% 3m/s
16:00
- 78% 100% 0% 76% 43° 100% 2.6m/s
17:00
- 21% 100% 0% 77% 36° 100% 2m/s
18:00
- 100% 99% 1% 79% 28° 100% 1.8m/s
19:00
- 100% 61% 75% 83% 20° 100% 1.7m/s
20:00
- 65% 77% 62% 87% 12° 77% 1.8m/s
21:00
- 6% 85% 30% 93% 4.2° 85% 2.2m/s
22:00
- 5% 80% 73% 96% -2.6° 80% 2.3m/s
23:00
- 99% 100% 66% 98% -8.1° 100% 2.1m/s
Tue, Jul 28 Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 21:41
24:00
- 100% 100% 87% 98% -12° 100% 1.6m/s
01:00
- 8% 100% 60% 98% -14° 100% 1.2m/s
02:00
- 36% 100% 6% 98% -14° 100% 1.5m/s
03:00
- 96% 99% 74% 98% -12° 99% 1.4m/s
04:00
- 5% 100% 59% 98% -7.7° 100% 1.7m/s
05:00
- 5% 100% 94% 98% -2° 100% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 100% 98% 4.8° 100% 1.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 100% 98% 12° 100% 1.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 99% 98% 20° 100% 1.6m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 100% 98% 28° 100% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 5% 100% 100% 98% 36° 100% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 78% 100% 74% 98% 43° 100% 2m/s
12:00
- 6% 100% 5% 99% 49° 100% 2.2m/s
13:00
- 3% 100% 0% 99% 52° 100% 2.7m/s
14:00
- 3% 69% 2% 98% 52° 69% 2.7m/s
15:00
- 4% 39% 3% 97% 48° 39% 2.7m/s
16:00
- 4% 8% 5% 96% 43° 8% 2.7m/s
17:00
- 4% 13% 12% 96% 36° 16% 2.4m/s
18:00
- 5% 17% 19% 97% 28° 24% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 5% 22% 26% 98% 19° 32% 1.8m/s
20:00
- 23% 47% 30% 98% 11° 54% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 42% 73% 34% 99% 76% 2.1m/s
22:00
- 60% 98% 38% 99% -2.8° 98% 2.2m/s
23:00
- 43% 99% 28% 99% -8.3° 99% 2m/s
Wed, Jul 29 Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 21:39
24:00
- 26% 99% 18% 99% -12° 99% 1.7m/s
01:00
- 9% 100% 8% 99% -14° 100% 1.5m/s
02:00
- 13% 100% 9% 98% -14° 100% 1.4m/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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