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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Windermere, Lake District

Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom

Windermere offers broad water, wooded islands, boats and distant Lakeland fells, with jetties and shoreline trees providing structured foregrounds.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover0%
High Cloud Cover0%
Sun Elevation-13.0° (Astronomical twilight)

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)

  • Golden Hour Potential99% of hours
  • Precipitation Chance97% of hours
  • Golden Hour79% of hours

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 Windermere.

Explore Golden Hour conditions across Lake District →

Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
31
recorded matching windows · 73% average confidence
Last 90 days
59
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
95
recorded matching windows · 74% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 18 of 95 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 28 of 95 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
Sat, Jul 25
03:0023%55%24134m
04:0084%82%24134m
05:0089%87%24134m
06:0087%91%24134m
07:0012%95%24134m
08:0014%92%24134m
09:0015%87%24134m
10:0017%82%24134m
11:0015%73%19586m
12:0018%65%21269m
13:0017%56%23384m
14:0014%79%20642m
15:0017%59%24134m
16:0017%39%24134m
17:0017%39%24134m
18:0014%39%24135m
19:0014%39%24135m
20:0080%75%24134m
21:0071%87%24135m
22:0032%99%24134m
23:0011%99%24134m
Sun, Jul 26
24:0011%99%24134m
01:0014%100%22038m
02:006%89%23093m
03:007.5%79%6937m
04:0033%69%1456m
05:0041%76%19106m
06:0044%83%24135m
07:0011%90%24134m
08:0012%91%24134m
09:0011%92%24135m
10:0011%93%24135m
11:0017%94%24134m
12:0012%94%24134m
13:0011%95%24134m
14:0015%64%24134m
15:0015%32%24135m
16:0015%0%24135m
17:0012%13%24135m
18:0012%26%24135m
19:0012%39%24134m
20:0071%31%24134m
21:0075%23%24134m
22:0032%15%24135m
23:0012%23%24134m
Mon, Jul 27
24:0012%31%24135m
01:0015%39%24134m
02:0015%53%24135m
03:0015%68%24135m
04:0053%82%24135m
05:0082%86%24134m
06:0070%90%24134m
07:0012%95%24134m
08:0012%84%24135m
09:0015%74%24135m
10:0018%64%24135m
11:0018%67%24134m
12:0020%71%24135m
13:0017%75%24134m
14:0018%77%24135m
15:0015%80%24135m
16:0015%82%24134m
17:0014%81%24135m
18:0012%79%21530m
19:0012%78%11528m
20:0044%64%8794m
21:0037%51%8605m
22:0018%38%8471m
23:009%37%8928m
Tue, Jul 28
24:009%37%10281m
01:009%37%10626m
02:009%43%10610m
03:009%50%10753m
04:0039%56%10775m
05:0039%68%10703m
06:0039%80%10670m
07:009%93%10402m
08:009%80%14980m
09:0011%68%19557m
10:0011%56%24135m
11:0014%56%24135m
12:0013%56%24135m
13:0019%56%24135m
14:000%37%24135m
15:000%19%24135m
16:000%0%24135m
17:000%8.7%24135m
18:000%17%24135m
19:000%26%24135m
20:0053%24%24135m
21:0053%23%24135m
22:0015%21%24135m
23:000%19%24135m
Wed, Jul 29
24:000%18%24135m
01:000%17%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
Sun, Jul 26 Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 21:21
03:00
- 0% 100% 0% 98% -13° 100% 3m/s
04:00
- 0% 100% 0% 96% -8.4° 100% 6m/s
05:00
- 0% 100% 0% 94% -2.2° 100% 7.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 0% 93% 5.1° 100% 7.1m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 0% 92% 13° 100% 7.2m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 0% 92% 22° 100% 7m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 0% 90% 30° 100% 7.3m/s
10:00
- 4% 92% 0% 86% 39° 92% 7.4m/s
11:00
- 8% 95% 0% 85% 46° 95% 8.1m/s
12:00
- 0% 28% 0% 85% 52° 28% 7.9m/s
13:00
- 0% 39% 0% 68% 55° 39% 9.3m/s
14:00
- 4% 82% 0% 70% 54° 82% 9.1m/s
15:00
- 2% 100% 0% 72% 50° 100% 8.8m/s
16:00
- 2% 94% 0% 73% 43° 94% 8.8m/s
17:00
- 0% 79% 0% 75% 36° 79% 8.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 24% 0% 77% 27° 24% 8.3m/s
19:00
- 0% 13% 0% 80% 18° 13% 7.5m/s
20:00
- 0% 32% 0% 82% 9.8° 32% 7m/s
21:00
- 0% 56% 0% 84% 2.1° 56% 6.7m/s
22:00
- 0% 63% 0% 82% -5° 63% 6.5m/s
23:00
- 0% 92% 0% 80% -11° 92% 6.5m/s
Mon, Jul 27 Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 21:21
24:00
- 0% 81% 0% 80% -14° 81% 6m/s
01:00
- 0% 98% 0% 80% -16° 98% 6.5m/s
02:00
- 0% 100% 0% 79% -16° 100% 6.2m/s
03:00
- 0% 100% 3% 84% -13° 100% 5.7m/s
04:00
- 0% 100% 0% 80% -8.7° 100% 6.1m/s
05:00
- 0% 91% 0% 87% -2.4° 91% 4.9m/s
06:00
- 0% 100% 3% 83% 4.9° 100% 4.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 100% 5% 82% 13° 100% 4.7m/s
08:00
- 0% 100% 3% 82% 22° 100% 4.5m/s
09:00
- 5% 99% 0% 74% 30° 99% 5.4m/s
10:00
- 5% 100% 5% 71% 39° 100% 5.4m/s
11:00
- 9% 98% 6% 73% 46° 98% 5.8m/s
12:00
- 22% 98% 7% 70% 52° 98% 6.4m/s
13:00
- 18% 50% 43% 73% 55° 54% 6.5m/s
14:00
- 14% 82% 13% 71% 54° 82% 7m/s
15:00
- 63% 100% 42% 78% 50° 100% 6.8m/s
16:00
- 5% 100% 58% 88% 43° 100% 5.4m/s
17:00
- 5% 100% 12% 95% 35° 100% 4.5m/s
18:00
- 5% 100% 6% 95% 27° 100% 4m/s
19:00
- 6% 100% 25% 98% 18° 100% 3.7m/s
20:00
- 34% 100% 13% 98% 9.6° 100% 3.7m/s
21:00
- 26% 100% 12% 98% 100% 3m/s
22:00
- 83% 100% 5% 98% -5.2° 100% 3.2m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 5% 98% -11° 100% 2.9m/s
Tue, Jul 28 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 21:20
24:00
- 100% 88% 9% 99% -15° 100% 3.1m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 12% 98% -16° 100% 3.4m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 21% 98% -16° 100% 2.8m/s
03:00
- 100% 73% 35% 98% -13° 100% 2.6m/s
04:00
- 100% 89% 100% 98% -8.9° 100% 2.6m/s
05:00
- 100% 94% 98% 98% -2.6° 100% 2.7m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 91% 98% 4.8° 100% 2.9m/s
07:00
- 92% 100% 97% 97% 13° 100% 3.2m/s
08:00
- 43% 100% 75% 98% 21° 100% 3.3m/s
09:00
- 60% 100% 54% 96% 30° 100% 3.2m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 29% 96% 38° 100% 3.8m/s
11:00
- 94% 100% 32% 94% 46° 100% 3.8m/s
12:00
- 78% 67% 14% 90% 52° 80% 4.7m/s
13:00
- 5% 26% 5% 83% 54° 26% 5.7m/s
14:00
- 14% 18% 31% 87% 54° 45% 4.4m/s
15:00
- 22% 10% 57% 91% 50° 64% 3.2m/s
16:00
- 31% 1% 83% 95% 43° 83% 2m/s
17:00
- 48% 1% 88% 94% 35° 88% 2.2m/s
18:00
- 66% 1% 94% 93% 27° 94% 2.3m/s
19:00
- 83% 1% 99% 92% 18° 99% 2.4m/s
20:00
- 89% 1% 100% 91% 9.4° 100% 2.4m/s
21:00
- 94% 1% 100% 91% 1.8° 100% 2.3m/s
22:00
- 100% 2% 100% 90% -5.4° 100% 2.2m/s
23:00
- 96% 1% 68% 90% -11° 96% 2.1m/s
Wed, Jul 29 Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 21:18
24:00
- 93% 1% 37% 89% -15° 93% 2.1m/s
01:00
- 89% 0% 5% 88% -17° 89% 2m/s
02:00
- 61% 0% 3% 83% -16° 61% 2.3m/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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