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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Tarn Hows, Lake District

Hawkshead, England, United Kingdom

Tarn Hows offers intimate water, mature trees and rounded fells, with paths, reeds and reflections creating compact compositions in mist or autumn color.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover87%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation-24.0° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
golden-hour weather icon
Next opportunity
Excellent Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Tarn Hows
Wed, Sep 9 · 06:11–07:20 · 1h window
Medium confidence
42%
🌇Golden Hour Potential83.2-84.8%
Low Cloud Cover: 3%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -5.6° (Civil twilight)

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 Tarn Hows.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
13
recorded matching windows · 77% average confidence
Last 90 days
50
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
109
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 24 of 109 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

April, with 25 of 109 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
2matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next 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
Sun, Sep 6
22:0017%100%24135m
23:0015%100%24135m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0017%100%24134m
01:0012%100%24134m
02:0015%80%4431m
03:0014%59%3142m
04:0014%39%20027m
05:0015%45%21446m
06:0046%50%24134m
07:0046%56%24135m
08:0024%62%24134m
09:0024%68%24135m
10:0024%74%24135m
11:0024%82%24135m
12:0024%90%24135m
13:0026%98%24135m
14:0026%93%24134m
15:0020%92%24134m
16:0017%90%24134m
17:0015%90%24134m
18:0014%89%21398m
19:0032%88%6663m
20:0032%80%6848m
21:0014%68%16127m
22:0014%56%10392m
23:0014%65%12441m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0015%75%22522m
01:0014%84%24135m
02:0014%85%24135m
03:0014%87%24135m
04:0014%89%24135m
05:0015%92%24135m
06:0041%96%24134m
07:0041%100%24134m
08:0015%99%24135m
09:0023%99%24135m
10:0017%98%24135m
11:0012%99%24135m
12:0012%99%24135m
13:0012%99%24135m
14:0022%70%24134m
15:0021%41%24134m
16:0015%12%22805m
17:0023%8%24135m
18:0071%4%24135m
19:0057%0%24134m
20:0048%0%24134m
21:0012%0%24135m
22:0012%0%24134m
23:0012%0%24134m
Wed, Sep 9
24:0012%0%24135m
01:0012%0%24135m
02:0014%0%24134m
03:0014%0%24134m
04:0014%0%24134m
05:0017%0%24135m
06:0085%0%24135m
07:0083%0%24135m
08:0021%13%24134m
09:0023%26%24134m
10:0023%39%24134m
11:0023%33%24134m
12:0020%28%24134m
13:0017%22%24134m
14:0014%15%24135m
15:0016%7.4%24134m
16:0024%0%24135m
17:0018%13%24135m
18:0062%26%24134m
19:0061%39%24134m
20:0050%39%24135m
21:0015%39%24135m
22:0014%39%24134m
23:0014%45%24135m
Thu, Sep 10
24:0014%50%24135m
01:0014%56%24135m
02:0014%55%24134m
03:0015%54%24135m
04:0015%54%24134m
05:0015%60%24135m
06:0045%66%24134m
07:0045%72%24134m
08:000%67%23845m
09:000%62%23557m
10:000%57%23268m
11:000%66%18447m
12:000%75%13627m
13:000%84%8806m
14:000%76%5972m
15:000%69%3139m
16:000%62%305m
17:000%69%6016m
18:0053%75%11728m
19:0058%81%17439m
20:0067%77%19671m
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 06:30 Sunset 19:48
23:00
- 100% 100% 87% 94% -24° 100% 3m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:48
24:00
- 100% 99% 39% 95% -28° 100% 4m/s
01:00
- 100% 67% 36% 92% -30° 100% 4.7m/s
02:00
- 44% 83% 6% 92% -29° 83% 5.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 80% 1% 91% -26° 100% 6.6m/s
04:00
- 100% 78% 0% 91% -20° 100% 7.4m/s
05:00
- 100% 70% 25% 91% -13° 100% 6.3m/s
06:00
- 100% 99% 0% 92% -5.3° 100% 5.9m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 0% 91% 3.4° 100% 6.7m/s
08:00
- 60% 13% 5% 90% 12° 60% 7m/s
09:00
- 0% 98% 7% 89% 20° 98% 6.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 0% 92% 28° 100% 6.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 99% 0% 92% 35° 99% 7.3m/s
12:00
- 0% 100% 0% 91% 39° 100% 8.3m/s
13:00
- 0% 47% 0% 88% 41° 47% 8.7m/s
14:00
- 0% 6% 0% 81% 40° 6% 9.8m/s
15:00
- 0% 62% 0% 80% 36° 62% 10m/s
16:00
- 0% 55% 0% 87% 30° 55% 11m/s
17:00
- 0% 22% 1% 88% 23° 22% 10m/s
18:00
- 0% 50% 0% 90% 15° 50% 10m/s
19:00
- 0% 63% 0% 89% 63% 9.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 100% 0% 86% -2.7° 100% 7.8m/s
21:00
- 0% 98% 0% 85% -11° 98% 6.6m/s
22:00
- 0% 85% 0% 85% -18° 85% 5.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 96% 0% 84% -24° 96% 5m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:45
24:00
- 0% 97% 0% 83% -28° 97% 4m/s
01:00
- 0% 98% 0% 78% -30° 98% 4.6m/s
02:00
- 0% 58% 0% 79% -29° 58% 4.6m/s
03:00
- 0% 78% 0% 87% -26° 78% 3.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 60% 0% 81% -21° 60% 3.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 26% 0% 84% -14° 26% 2m/s
06:00
- 0% 3% 0% 90% -5.6° 3% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 92% 3.2° 0% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 88% 12° 0% 1.4m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 20° 0% 1.9m/s
10:00
- 0% 7% 0% 67% 28° 7% 2.5m/s
11:00
- 0% 19% 0% 68% 34° 19% 2.6m/s
12:00
- 0% 35% 0% 69% 39° 35% 4m/s
13:00
- 0% 52% 0% 71% 41° 52% 3.7m/s
14:00
- 0% 86% 0% 73% 40° 86% 2.8m/s
15:00
- 4% 99% 0% 73% 36° 99% 3m/s
16:00
- 57% 75% 0% 78% 30° 84% 4.6m/s
17:00
- 98% 10% 0% 76% 23° 98% 4.9m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 0% 78% 14° 100% 2.7m/s
19:00
- 94% 6% 0% 84% 5.6° 94% 1.6m/s
20:00
- 100% 50% 30% 88% -3.1° 100% 1.8m/s
21:00
- 98% 63% 94% 84% -11° 98% 1.9m/s
22:00
- 99% 58% 50% 85% -19° 99% 2.2m/s
23:00
- 100% 63% 100% 88% -25° 100% 2m/s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:43
24:00
- 99% 52% 100% 90% -29° 100% 2.4m/s
01:00
- 100% 42% 100% 94% -31° 100% 2.5m/s
02:00
- 100% 63% 100% 95% -30° 100% 2.6m/s
03:00
- 100% 27% 100% 95% -26° 100% 2.7m/s
04:00
- 100% 32% 100% 96% -21° 100% 3.1m/s
05:00
- 100% 68% 100% 97% -14° 100% 3m/s
06:00
- 100% 90% 100% 97% -5.8° 100% 3.1m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% 2.9° 100% 3.3m/s
08:00
- 100% 98% 96% 94% 11° 100% 4.5m/s
09:00
- 100% 97% 93% 91% 20° 100% 5.7m/s
10:00
- 100% 95% 89% 88% 28° 100% 6.8m/s
11:00
- 100% 97% 93% 91% 34° 100% 6.5m/s
12:00
- 100% 98% 96% 94% 39° 100% 6.2m/s
13:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% 40° 100% 5.8m/s
14:00
- 67% 100% 67% 98% 39° 100% 5.1m/s
15:00
- 33% 100% 34% 98% 36° 100% 4.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 100% 0% 98% 30° 100% 3.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 97% 0% 98% 22° 97% 3.3m/s
18:00
- 0% 95% 0% 97% 14° 95% 3m/s
19:00
- 0% 92% 0% 96% 5.3° 92% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 3% 70% 0% 96% -3.4° 70% 2.3m/s
21:00
- 6% 47% 0% 96% -12° 49% 2m/s
22:00
- 9% 25% 0% 96% -19° 27% 1.7m/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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