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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Derwentwater, Lake District

Penrith, England, United Kingdom

Derwentwater offers wooded islands, jetties and shoreline boulders beneath Catbells and surrounding fells, creating clear foreground-to-ridge compositions.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover52%
Mid Cloud Cover75%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation43.7° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Derwentwater
Sat, Aug 22 · 19:40–20:52 · 1h window
Medium confidence
48%
🌇Golden Hour Potential98-100%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 5%
High Cloud Cover: 5%
Sun Elevation: 11.7° (Daylight)

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
16
recorded matching windows · 75% average confidence
Last 90 days
51
recorded matching windows · 71% average confidence
Last 365 days
104
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 20 of 104 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 24 of 104 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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79-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 79-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 79 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
Tue, Aug 18
06:0042%98%18109m
07:0018%99%22072m
08:0014%93%20056m
09:0014%88%17964m
10:0015%82%18973m
11:0015%86%23037m
12:0015%89%21413m
13:0020%93%24135m
14:0020%92%24135m
15:0017%91%24135m
16:0015%90%24135m
17:0015%93%24135m
18:0018%96%24134m
19:0051%100%24135m
20:0049%90%24135m
21:0050%81%24134m
22:0015%71%24134m
23:0011%76%22758m
Wed, Aug 19
24:0011%80%19345m
01:0011%85%21253m
02:0012%87%14840m
03:009.6%90%21666m
04:0011%93%20978m
05:0056%93%24134m
06:0055%93%22245m
07:0012%94%22872m
08:0015%84%23366m
09:0020%75%23091m
10:0017%65%22160m
11:0015%71%22816m
12:0015%76%24134m
13:0017%81%24135m
14:0015%76%22702m
15:0011%71%10754m
16:009.6%65%12104m
17:0011%71%10307m
18:0011%78%17152m
19:0043%84%23008m
20:0044%77%19642m
21:0043%71%24134m
22:0014%64%24134m
23:0014%71%18864m
Thu, Aug 20
24:0017%78%10155m
01:0017%84%7386m
02:0015%72%7847m
03:0011%60%12181m
04:0011%48%4796m
05:0038%52%5374m
06:0035%56%3487m
07:0023%61%21564m
08:0014%61%24134m
09:0014%61%22911m
10:0014%61%13206m
11:0014%66%20607m
12:0014%70%24135m
13:0014%75%24135m
14:0018%61%24134m
15:0018%48%24134m
16:0017%34%24135m
17:0022%32%24134m
18:0017%29%24135m
19:0070%26%24134m
20:0072%21%24134m
21:0017%15%24135m
22:000%10%24135m
23:000%40%24135m
Fri, Aug 21
24:000%70%24135m
01:000%100%24135m
02:000%74%24135m
03:000%48%24135m
04:000%22%24135m
05:0069%28%24135m
06:0072%33%24135m
07:0022%39%24135m
08:000%39%23077m
09:000%39%22018m
10:000%39%20960m
11:000%50%22018m
12:000%61%23077m
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
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:37
15:00
- 100% 52% 75% 79% 44° 100% 7.6m/s
16:00
- 100% 56% 70% 79% 38° 100% 7.4m/s
17:00
- 74% 79% 21% 78% 30° 92% 6.6m/s
18:00
- 12% 89% 76% 80% 22° 92% 4.6m/s
19:00
- 59% 74% 100% 82% 13° 100% 3m/s
20:00
- 100% 48% 98% 85% 4.5° 100% 2.2m/s
21:00
- 100% 12% 100% 89% -3.6° 100% 1.9m/s
22:00
- 60% 96% 100% 92% -11° 100% 2m/s
23:00
- 1% 100% 100% 90% -17° 100% 1.8m/s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:37
24:00
- 0% 100% 100% 91% -21° 100% 2.7m/s
01:00
- 0% 39% 100% 92% -22° 100% 2.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 82% 79% 96% -22° 98% 2.1m/s
03:00
- 0% 84% 5% 95% -19° 84% 2.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 78% 0% 94% -14° 78% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 99% 0% 95% -7.8° 99% 2m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 0% 89% 0.26° 100% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 96% 0% 91% 8.1° 96% 2.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 54% 2% 89% 17° 54% 2.2m/s
09:00
- 0% 74% 5% 83% 25° 74% 2.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 44% 10% 80% 33° 45% 2.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 67% 7% 75% 40° 67% 3.6m/s
12:00
- 0% 12% 43% 76% 46° 44% 4.1m/s
13:00
- 0% 20% 5% 71% 48° 20% 4.5m/s
14:00
- 0% 29% 5% 71% 47° 29% 5.2m/s
15:00
- 0% 78% 89% 81% 43° 94% 5.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 85% 30% 88% 37° 85% 3.1m/s
17:00
- 0% 96% 91% 88% 30° 96% 2.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 100% 88% 88% 21° 100% 1.9m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 88% 93% 13° 100% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 97% 95% 4.2° 100% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 95% 100% 95% -4° 100% 1.8m/s
22:00
- 0% 100% 100% 95% -11° 100% 1.7m/s
23:00
- 0% 100% 100% 95% -17° 100% 1.5m/s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:35
24:00
- 0% 100% 100% 96% -21° 100% 1.3m/s
01:00
- 4% 100% 100% 97% -23° 100% 1m/s
02:00
- 22% 100% 100% 98% -22° 100% 1.1m/s
03:00
- 6% 100% 100% 98% -19° 100% 1.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 93% 100% 98% -15° 100% 2.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 100% 98% -8.1° 100% 2.6m/s
06:00
- 4% 100% 100% 98% 0.05° 100% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 75% 100% 100% 96% 7.9° 100% 3.4m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 100% 93% 16° 100% 4.3m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 93% 25° 100% 3.7m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 33° 100% 4m/s
11:00
- 100% 97% 100% 93% 40° 100% 3.5m/s
12:00
- 100% 56% 86% 89% 45° 100% 3.4m/s
13:00
- 69% 48% 48% 78% 48° 69% 4.3m/s
14:00
- 28% 88% 26% 70% 47° 88% 3.8m/s
15:00
- 5% 100% 5% 73% 43° 100% 3.5m/s
16:00
- 4% 72% 2% 75% 37° 72% 3.6m/s
17:00
- 3% 66% 0% 70% 29° 66% 3.4m/s
18:00
- 2% 78% 0% 68% 21° 78% 2.8m/s
19:00
- 2% 73% 0% 75% 12° 73% 2.3m/s
20:00
- 7% 76% 23% 78% 3.9° 77% 2.1m/s
21:00
- 12% 80% 46% 81% -4.3° 81% 1.9m/s
22:00
- 17% 84% 69% 84% -11° 85% 1.7m/s
23:00
- 29% 89% 77% 83% -17° 90% 1.7m/s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:32
24:00
- 40% 95% 86% 83% -21° 95% 1.6m/s
01:00
- 51% 100% 94% 82% -23° 100% 1.5m/s
02:00
- 42% 94% 76% 79% -23° 94% 1.5m/s
03:00
- 34% 87% 58% 76% -20° 87% 1.5m/s
04:00
- 25% 80% 40% 72% -15° 80% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 19% 76% 45% 68% -8.3° 76% 1.7m/s
06:00
- 14% 71% 50% 63% -0.32° 72% 1.9m/s
07:00
- 8% 66% 56% 58% 7.7° 68% 2.1m/s
08:00
- 7% 64% 44% 58% 16° 65% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 6% 61% 33% 58% 25° 62% 1.6m/s
10:00
- 5% 59% 21% 57% 33° 59% 1.4m/s
11:00
- 5% 72% 16% 64% 40° 72% 1.3m/s
12:00
- 5% 86% 11% 72% 45° 86% 1.3m/s
13:00
- 5% 100% 6% 79% 47° 100% 1.2m/s
14:00
- 8% 94% 12% 80% 47° 94% 1.1m/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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