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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Loch Lomond, Scotland

Balloch, Scotland, United Kingdom

Loch Lomond provides wooded islands, shoreline trees and layered hills reflected in broad water, with mist often simplifying the loch into tonal planes.

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 Cover26%
Mid Cloud Cover98%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-5.1°

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-hour weather icon
First upcoming window
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Loch Lomond
Wed, Oct 7 · 08:00–08:22 · 1h window
Medium confidence
71%
🌇Golden Hour Potential87.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 3.1° (Golden hour)

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/London.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

  • Golden Hour Potential96% of hours
  • Golden Hour81% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance40% of hours
1matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match
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
Tue, Oct 6
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 54%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 12%. Misses requirementVisibility: 20140m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 53%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 11%. Misses requirementVisibility: 24260m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 9.6%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 7%. Misses requirementVisibility: 35380m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 4%. Meets requirementVisibility: 40020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 25%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 2%. Meets requirementVisibility: 37360m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 27%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 35800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 36520m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 43140m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 27%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 45980m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 27%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 36720m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 76%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 46600m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 75%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 42200m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 74%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 40820m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 38560m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 38000m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 40820m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 38020m. Meets requirement
Wed, Oct 7
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 37640m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 27%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 42680m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 29%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 45280m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 24%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 41220m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 25%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 42680m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 45480m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 32380m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 51%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 14720m. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 88%. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 49960m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 18260m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 44100m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 10%. Misses requirementVisibility: 44400m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 23%. Misses requirementVisibility: 47560m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 15%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 37%. Misses requirementVisibility: 53560m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 17%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 53%. Misses requirementVisibility: 57740m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 69%. Misses requirementVisibility: 50980m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 73%. Misses requirementVisibility: 54820m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 92%. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 57%. Misses requirementVisibility: 51960m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 65%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 29%. Misses requirementVisibility: 52460m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 87%. Meets requirementPrecipitation Chance: 8%. Misses requirementVisibility: 48820m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 1%. Meets requirementVisibility: 50480m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 18%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 48880m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 18%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 53020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 57500m. Meets requirement
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 60760m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 61380m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 20%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 57800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 59000m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 23%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 51460m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 24%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 42435m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 21%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 33870m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 07:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 68%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 21980m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 69%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 18960m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 09:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 21300m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 10:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 23620m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 11:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 27%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 23560m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 30%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 23500m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 13:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 26%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 0%. Meets requirementVisibility: 23440m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 6%. Misses requirementVisibility: 17020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 15:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 15%. Misses requirementVisibility: 10620m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 27%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4200m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 32%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 43%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4380m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00Golden Hour: Yes. Meets requirementGolden Hour Potential: 30%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 61%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4580m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 19:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 8.8%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 76%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4760m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 20:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 86%. Misses requirementVisibility: 5020m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 21:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 93%. Misses requirementVisibility: 5300m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 22:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirementVisibility: 5560m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 23:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4920m. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule fails. 24:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 4300m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 01:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 100%. Misses requirementVisibility: 3660m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 02:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 98%. Misses requirementVisibility: 5040m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 03:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 95%. Misses requirementVisibility: 6420m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 90%. Misses requirementVisibility: 7800m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 05:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 83%. Misses requirementVisibility: 12760m. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00Golden Hour: No. Misses requirementGolden Hour Potential: 0%. Misses requirementPrecipitation Chance: 73%. Misses requirementVisibility: 17700m. 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/London)Golden HourHigh CloudsLow CloudsMid-Level CloudsRelative HumiditySolar ElevationTotal Cloud CoverageWind Speed
Tue, Oct 6, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%26%98%89%-5.1°100%0.9m/s
Unavailable0%16%68%88%3.3°85%1.6m/s
Unavailable0%41%69%81%11°91%2.2m/s
Unavailable0%0%75%76%18°89%2.1m/s
Unavailable0%52%57%72%24°86%1m/s
Unavailable0%48%87%84%27°91%1.1m/s
Unavailable0%38%74%74%29°84%1.4m/s
Unavailable0%29%34%70%28°50%2.6m/s
Unavailable0%38%41%64%24°63%2.7m/s
Unavailable100%100%84%66%19°100%3.3m/s
Unavailable100%0%0%64%13°100%2.5m/s
Unavailable100%0%0%71%4.9°100%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable84%0%0%74%-3.4°84%1.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%77%-12°0%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable100%0%0%81%-20°100%1.4m/s
NightUnavailable0%5%0%82%-27°5%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%83%-34°0%1.9m/s
Wed, Oct 7, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%51%83%-38°51%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%35%83%-39°35%2.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%58%82%-38°58%1.3m/s
NightUnavailable73%34%0%85%-35°84%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable0%88%0%86%-29°93%1.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%97%0%86%-22°98%1.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%66%15%90%-14°87%1.6m/s
NightUnavailable0%100%87%91%-5.4°100%2.8m/s
Unavailable0%0%0%85%3.1°0%1.9m/s
Unavailable0%100%100%87%11°100%2.1m/s
Unavailable0%0%0%84%18°0%2.1m/s
Unavailable0%84%1%77%23°84%2.2m/s
Unavailable0%50%86%76%27°93%2.3m/s
Unavailable0%16%9%74%28°22%3.7m/s
Unavailable0%24%0%66%27°27%3.5m/s
Unavailable0%76%16%69%24°86%5.4m/s
Unavailable0%70%27%71%19°82%2.9m/s
Unavailable0%26%0%84%12°26%2.6m/s
Unavailable0%31%98%82%4.5°98%2.9m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%84%-3.8°0%2.4m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%83%-12°0%3m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%86%-20°0%2.5m/s
NightUnavailable0%2%0%84%-28°2%3m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%81%-34°0%3.6m/s
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable0%0%0%78%-38°0%3.7m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%78%-40°0%4.4m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%82%-39°0%3.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%81%-35°0%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable0%0%0%84%-29°0%2.6m/s
NightUnavailable8%0%0%85%-22°8%2.9m/s
NightUnavailable52%0%0%89%-14°52%1.6m/s
NightUnavailable94%0%0%94%-5.7°94%0.95m/s
Unavailable100%0%0%92%2.8°100%0.7m/s
Unavailable100%0%0%87%10°100%0.5m/s
Unavailable100%0%8%82%17°100%0.6m/s
Unavailable100%3%34%76%23°100%1.1m/s
Unavailable100%8%69%70%27°100%1.9m/s
Unavailable100%20%95%68%28°100%2.6m/s
Unavailable100%45%100%72%27°100%3m/s
Unavailable100%77%100%80%24°100%3.2m/s
Unavailable100%100%100%87%18°100%3.4m/s
Unavailable83%100%100%90%12°100%3.5m/s
Unavailable60%100%100%91%4.2°100%3.5m/s
NightUnavailable48%100%100%92%-4.2°100%3.4m/s
NightUnavailable60%99%100%93%-13°100%2.9m/s
NightUnavailable83%98%100%93%-21°100%2.3m/s
NightUnavailable100%98%100%94%-28°100%1.8m/s
NightUnavailable100%98%100%95%-34°100%1.6m/s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise · Sunset
NightUnavailable100%99%100%96%-38°100%1.6m/s
NightUnavailable100%100%100%97%-40°100%1.9m/s
NightUnavailable70%100%70%97%-39°100%2.8m/s
NightUnavailable30%100%30%96%-35°100%4.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%100%0%94%-30°100%5.1m/s
NightUnavailable0%84%0%91%-22°85%5.7m/s
NightUnavailable0%63%0%88%-14°64%6.1m/s

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
9
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Last 90 days
43
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
98
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 15 of 98 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 24 of 98 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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