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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour in Tuscany

Val d'Orcia, Italy

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Rome
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Tomorrow · 17:00–17:17 · 1h window
High confidence
75%
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Sun, Jan 11 · 07:23–08:27
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Sun, Jan 11 · 17:00–17:18
High
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Mon, Jan 12 · 07:22–08:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Mon, Jan 12 · 17:00–17:20
Medium

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

Golden Hour conditions for warm, magical light photography:

  • Solar Elevation: The sun position that creates golden light
  • Cloud Cover: Some clouds can enhance the colors
  • Visibility: Good visibility for landscape photography
  • Precipitation: Dry conditions preferred

The golden hour potential score combines atmospheric conditions for optimal warm light.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Rome
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Fri, Jan 9
07:0056%0%40060m
08:0076%0%29940m
09:0024%0%43580m
10:0019%8%30540m
11:0019%20%30860m
12:0022%20%49040m
13:0022%20%49660m
14:0025%18%60200m
15:0024%5%53760m
16:0044%10%49760m
17:0066%8%43580m
18:0079%13%32460m
19:0062%20%26620m
20:0071%18%25860m
21:0042%23%24460m
22:0037%28%29060m
23:0031%38%15420m
Sat, Jan 10
24:0054%40%15000m
01:0040%53%20160m
02:0044%60%15780m
03:0025%48%7800m
04:0028%38%6920m
05:0025%30%5460m
06:0023%33%4520m
07:0025%21%3700m
08:0023%13%2500m
09:008%8%3980m
10:009.4%5%6920m
11:0015%5%21620m
12:0016%5%35400m
13:0018%5%40440m
14:0021%3%50480m
15:0029%0%62240m
16:0068%3%62740m
17:00100%0%49320m
18:0086%0%59400m
19:0086%0%60460m
20:0085%0%52240m
21:0082%0%44980m
22:0083%0%41480m
23:0087%0%51620m
Sun, Jan 11
24:0088%0%62700m
01:0088%0%60940m
02:0088%0%59860m
03:0089%0%64900m
04:0089%0%64120m
05:0089%0%65840m
06:0089%0%69460m
07:00100%0%70780m
08:00100%0%69000m
09:0031%0%67420m
10:0031%0%60980m
11:0031%0%75680m
12:0030%0%75980m
13:0029%0%76800m
14:0029%0%75540m
15:0031%0%76040m
16:0030%0%73620m
17:00100%0%61660m
18:0085%0%54200m
19:0082%0%44060m
20:0087%0%36640m
21:0086%0%31300m
22:0086%0%30160m
23:0086%0%27100m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0079%0%23820m
01:0079%0%21560m
02:0079%0%22100m
03:0078%0%25020m
04:0082%0%31980m
05:0082%0%33760m
06:0091%0%36500m
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/Rome
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Jan 9 Sunrise 07:44 Sunset 16:56
08:00
- 0% 13% 55% 84% 64% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 42% 40% 78% 62% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 0% 40% 68% 84% 81% 1.5m/s
11:00
- 0% 42% 71% 83% 86% 1.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 34% 55% 73% 67% 4.2m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 66% 72% 66% 6.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 28% 39% 65% 54% 8.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 32% 37% 69% 54% 8.7m/s
16:00
- 0% 53% 49% 71% 72% 8.5m/s
17:00
- 0% 40% 59% 75% 74% 7.3m/s
18:00
- 0% 47% 0% 80% 47% 6.7m/s
19:00
- 0% 59% 0% 83% 59% 6.9m/s
20:00
- 0% 49% 0% 84% 49% 6.9m/s
21:00
- 39% 45% 90% 84% 96% 6.3m/s
22:00
- 100% 49% 100% 82% 100% 6.7m/s
23:00
- 100% 41% 100% 88% 100% 7.4m/s
Sat, Jan 10 Sunrise 07:44 Sunset 16:56
24:00
- 0% 42% 46% 89% 68% 5.5m/s
01:00
- 32% 52% 100% 87% 100% 3m/s
02:00
- 18% 63% 94% 89% 98% 2m/s
03:00
- 82% 70% 100% 93% 100% 4.1m/s
04:00
- 6% 57% 100% 93% 100% 4.8m/s
05:00
- 6% 81% 100% 94% 100% 3.5m/s
06:00
- 100% 97% 100% 95% 100% 2.6m/s
07:00
- 100% 81% 100% 95% 100% 1.9m/s
08:00
- 100% 77% 100% 97% 100% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 100% 71% 100% 95% 100% 2.3m/s
10:00
- 95% 54% 100% 92% 100% 2.1m/s
11:00
- 99% 31% 100% 85% 100% 2.3m/s
12:00
- 30% 58% 100% 78% 100% 3m/s
13:00
- 0% 38% 100% 76% 100% 3.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 43% 69% 71% 82% 3.6m/s
15:00
- 0% 47% 8% 64% 53% 3.7m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 2.9m/s
17:00
- 0% 16% 0% 73% 16% 2.2m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 2m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% 0% 1.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 77% 0% 1.6m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 79% 0% 1.3m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 74% 0% 1.1m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 07:44 Sunset 16:57
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 1.4m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 1.3m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 1.2m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 1.4m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 66% 0% 1.3m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 1.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 63% 0% 1m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 20% 64% 20% 1.1m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 9% 66% 9% 1.1m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 0.76m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 0.81m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 1m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 1.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 3.8m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 4.7m/s
15:00
- 0% 15% 0% 42% 15% 5m/s
16:00
- 0% 3% 0% 52% 3% 4.1m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 3m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 2.1m/s
19:00
- 0% 3% 0% 77% 3% 2m/s
20:00
- 0% 12% 0% 81% 12% 1.7m/s
21:00
- 0% 11% 0% 83% 11% 1.4m/s
22:00
- 0% 11% 0% 83% 11% 1.6m/s
23:00
- 0% 12% 0% 84% 12% 1.1m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:43 Sunset 16:58
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 86% 0% 0.92m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% 1.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% 0% 1.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 85% 0% 1.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.3m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 1.1m/s
06:00
- 9% 0% 0% 81% 9% 1.1m/s
07:00
- 47% 0% 0% 79% 47% 1.1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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