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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Isle of Skye, Scotland

Portree, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Isle of Skye offers basalt pinnacles, sea cliffs, waterfalls and corrugated mountain ridges, with rapidly shifting cloud transforming coastal views.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-20.5° (Astronomical night)

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 Chance99% of hours
  • Golden Hour Potential94% of hours
  • Golden Hour83% 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 Isle of Skye.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Scotland →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
6
recorded matching windows · 70% average confidence
Last 90 days
21
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
74
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

21:00 local time, shared by 14 of 74 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 21 of 74 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
Sun, Sep 6
23:0025%99%24135m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0021%100%24134m
01:0024%100%24134m
02:0023%85%23084m
03:0023%71%24134m
04:0024%56%24135m
05:0026%67%24134m
06:0052%79%24134m
07:0066%90%24135m
08:0024%95%24134m
09:0023%92%24135m
10:0025%89%24135m
11:0022%91%24135m
12:0022%94%24135m
13:0023%97%22000m
14:0023%97%24134m
15:0022%97%24134m
16:0022%98%19835m
17:0022%98%23040m
18:0023%99%24134m
19:0056%100%24135m
20:0037%100%22743m
21:0011%100%19494m
22:0015%100%11414m
23:009%100%6299m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0012%100%4966m
01:0020%100%21585m
02:0020%100%24135m
03:0020%100%24135m
04:0011%100%21891m
05:0012%100%20637m
06:0037%100%13147m
07:0042%100%16605m
08:009.6%97%13695m
09:009.6%95%16689m
10:009.6%92%22188m
11:009.6%94%20611m
12:0014%95%22833m
13:0011%97%22496m
14:0012%94%17814m
15:0012%90%21629m
16:0015%87%21883m
17:0017%90%24135m
18:0017%94%24135m
19:0057%98%24134m
20:0057%78%24134m
21:0014%59%24135m
22:0015%39%24134m
23:0018%45%24134m
Wed, Sep 9
24:0018%50%24135m
01:0019%56%24135m
02:0022%37%24134m
03:0022%19%24134m
04:0022%0%24134m
05:0022%7.4%24135m
06:0086%15%24135m
07:0082%22%24135m
08:0020%28%24134m
09:0023%33%24134m
10:0017%39%24134m
11:0017%45%24134m
12:0020%50%24134m
13:0017%56%24134m
14:0020%50%24135m
15:0015%45%24134m
16:0017%39%24135m
17:0015%53%24135m
18:0015%67%24134m
19:0050%82%24134m
20:0048%73%24135m
21:0014%65%24135m
22:0014%56%24134m
23:0014%60%24135m
Thu, Sep 10
24:0014%64%24135m
01:0014%69%24135m
02:0014%67%24134m
03:0014%65%9108m
04:0014%64%19882m
05:0011%71%24135m
06:0045%79%24134m
07:0054%86%23674m
08:000%76%17786m
09:000%66%11899m
10:000%56%6011m
11:000%66%12052m
12:000%77%18093m
13:000%87%24135m
14:000%80%24135m
15:000%73%24135m
16:000%66%24135m
17:000%73%24135m
18:000%81%24135m
19:0092%88%24135m
20:0094%86%24135m
21:000%84%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
Europe/London
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 20:05
23:00
- 0% 100% 100% 94% -20° 100% 11m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 20:05
24:00
- 0% 97% 98% 96% -25° 98% 11m/s
01:00
- 0% 42% 2% 94% -27° 42% 9.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 33% 0% 93% -26° 33% 9.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 26% 0% 92% -24° 26% 9.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 42% 2% 91% -19° 42% 9.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 98% 7% 92% -13° 98% 9.9m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 74% 92% -6° 100% 9.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 99% 1% 91% 2.1° 99% 9.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 90% 21% 93% 9.9° 90% 9.1m/s
09:00
- 0% 66% 6% 93% 18° 66% 8.7m/s
10:00
- 0% 83% 4% 91% 25° 83% 8.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 72% 5% 89% 31° 72% 7.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 69% 5% 86% 36° 69% 7.7m/s
13:00
- 0% 93% 0% 85% 38° 93% 7.9m/s
14:00
- 0% 99% 0% 84% 38° 99% 7.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 100% 0% 88% 35° 100% 6.5m/s
16:00
- 1% 99% 0% 87% 30° 99% 6m/s
17:00
- 5% 93% 0% 86% 23° 93% 5.5m/s
18:00
- 5% 88% 0% 86% 16° 88% 5.5m/s
19:00
- 3% 100% 0% 86% 7.7° 100% 4.6m/s
20:00
- 1% 100% 0% 86% 0.13° 100% 4.4m/s
21:00
- 0% 100% 0% 83% -8.1° 100% 4.8m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 0% 78% -15° 100% 4.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 28% 0% 74% -21° 28% 4.1m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 20:02
24:00
- 0% 12% 0% 82% -25° 12% 3.1m/s
01:00
- 0% 3% 0% 86% -27° 3% 2.7m/s
02:00
- 0% 4% 0% 87% -27° 4% 2.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 2% 0% 88% -24° 2% 2m/s
04:00
- 0% 2% 0% 89% -20° 2% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% -13° 0% 1.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% -6.3° 0% 1.2m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% 1.8° 0% 1.5m/s
08:00
- 0% 2% 0% 87% 9.6° 2% 1.7m/s
09:00
- 0% 34% 0% 80% 17° 34% 2m/s
10:00
- 0% 65% 0% 74% 25° 65% 2.7m/s
11:00
- 0% 99% 0% 74% 31° 99% 3.3m/s
12:00
- 10% 94% 0% 79% 35° 94% 3.6m/s
13:00
- 88% 70% 0% 78% 38° 88% 3.9m/s
14:00
- 77% 78% 0% 69% 37° 84% 4.4m/s
15:00
- 100% 89% 0% 69% 34° 100% 4.7m/s
16:00
- 100% 92% 0% 70% 29° 100% 4.7m/s
17:00
- 100% 98% 97% 72% 23° 100% 4.6m/s
18:00
- 100% 99% 100% 76% 15° 100% 4.3m/s
19:00
- 100% 93% 100% 80% 7.4° 100% 4.1m/s
20:00
- 100% 96% 100% 83% -0.37° 100% 4m/s
21:00
- 100% 95% 100% 83% -8.5° 100% 4.1m/s
22:00
- 100% 95% 100% 82% -15° 100% 4.5m/s
23:00
- 100% 97% 100% 83% -21° 100% 4.7m/s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 20:00
24:00
- 100% 100% 100% 85% -25° 100% 5m/s
01:00
- 100% 82% 100% 85% -27° 100% 5m/s
02:00
- 100% 85% 100% 86% -27° 100% 5.5m/s
03:00
- 76% 100% 100% 93% -25° 100% 6.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 100% 90% 94% -20° 100% 5.9m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 21% 94% -14° 100% 6.1m/s
06:00
- 5% 100% 43% 92% -6.6° 100% 6m/s
07:00
- 5% 100% 1% 92% 1.6° 100% 6.8m/s
08:00
- 37% 100% 1% 92% 9.4° 100% 7.7m/s
09:00
- 68% 100% 1% 93% 17° 100% 8.6m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 1% 93% 24° 100% 9.5m/s
11:00
- 68% 72% 30% 91% 31° 96% 9m/s
12:00
- 36% 45% 60% 89% 35° 93% 8.5m/s
13:00
- 5% 17% 89% 88% 37° 89% 8m/s
14:00
- 3% 33% 60% 88% 37° 81% 6.9m/s
15:00
- 2% 48% 30% 88% 34° 73% 5.9m/s
16:00
- 0% 64% 0% 88% 29° 64% 4.8m/s
17:00
- 2% 49% 2% 87% 22° 49% 5.6m/s
18:00
- 3% 33% 3% 86% 15° 33% 6.5m/s
19:00
- 5% 18% 5% 86% 18% 7.4m/s
20:00
- 17% 22% 3% 83% -0.87° 28% 7.2m/s
21:00
- 29% 26% 2% 80% -8.8° 38% 7.1m/s
22:00
- 42% 30% 0% 78% -16° 48% 7m/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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