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Rule Golden Hour

Big Bend - Golden Hour - US Southwest

Terlingua, Texas, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Big Bend
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:00–07:24 · 1h window
Medium confidence
64%
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Big Bend
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:00–07:23
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Big Bend
Fri, Jan 16 · 06:33–07:23
Low
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Big Bend
Wed, Jan 21 · 06:32–07:22
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Sun, Jan 11
11:0021%0%85000m
12:0020%0%89300m
13:0016%0%90000m
14:0015%0%90000m
15:0015%0%90000m
16:0014%1%90000m
17:0048%2%90000m
18:0035%3%90000m
19:0046%4%90000m
20:0046%10%89700m
21:0047%11%85100m
22:0047%10%81600m
23:0047%10%67000m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0049%3%31200m
01:0043%5%20900m
02:0036%8%14200m
03:0039%11%14700m
04:0038%9%14200m
05:0038%12%14500m
06:0038%25%14300m
07:0046%23%13900m
08:0013%29%14500m
09:0015%31%16500m
10:0019%28%19200m
11:0017%23%23300m
12:0017%9%24000m
13:0018%11%30800m
14:0018%18%32000m
15:0016%15%29400m
16:0017%16%25900m
17:0050%13%21700m
18:0032%14%15800m
19:0036%9%10000m
20:0036%75%14300m
21:0034%75%13500m
22:0036%75%10500m
23:0036%75%10800m
Tue, Jan 13
24:0036%63%12200m
01:0034%63%12200m
02:0030%63%9900m
03:0034%63%13685m
04:0034%63%14270m
05:0042%63%19205m
06:0050%20%24140m
07:0054%20%24140m
08:0016%20%24140m
09:0018%20%24140m
10:0018%20%24140m
11:0020%20%24140m
12:0021%4%24140m
13:0032%4%24140m
14:0031%4%24140m
15:0031%4%24140m
16:0029%4%24140m
17:0092%4%24140m
18:0067%1%24140m
19:0083%1%24140m
20:0082%1%24140m
21:0081%1%24140m
22:0083%1%24140m
23:0082%1%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:0082%1%24140m
01:0082%1%24140m
02:0081%1%24140m
03:0081%1%24140m
04:0081%1%24140m
05:0081%1%24140m
06:0081%0%24140m
07:0097%0%24140m
08:0030%0%24140m
09:0030%0%24140m
10:0029%0%24140m
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
America/Denver
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:14
12:00
- 100% 5% 3% 16% 100% 1.3m/s
13:00
- 100% 21% 91% 13% 100% 2.3m/s
14:00
- 100% 67% 100% 12% 100% 3.3m/s
15:00
- 100% 100% 100% 11% 100% 3.9m/s
16:00
- 100% 100% 100% 11% 100% 4.5m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 100% 13% 100% 3.8m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 92% 13% 100% 3.1m/s
19:00
- 100% 100% 100% 14% 100% 2.7m/s
20:00
- 100% 57% 100% 16% 100% 2.5m/s
21:00
- 100% 7% 100% 18% 100% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 100% 20% 100% 1.9m/s
23:00
- 100% 100% 100% 28% 100% 3.9m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:14
24:00
- 100% 100% 100% 59% 100% 3.7m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 76% 100% 3.4m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 100% 90% 100% 1.9m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 100% 88% 100% 0.81m/s
04:00
- 90% 71% 100% 89% 100% 0.86m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 89% 100% 1m/s
06:00
- 100% 90% 100% 89% 100% 0.42m/s
07:00
- 100% 100% 100% 90% 100% 0.22m/s
08:00
- 100% 100% 22% 89% 100% 0.92m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 0% 84% 100% 0.36m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 1% 79% 100% 0.2m/s
11:00
- 75% 89% 27% 72% 89% 0.2m/s
12:00
- 100% 38% 100% 71% 100% 1.4m/s
13:00
- 100% 63% 100% 60% 100% 1.4m/s
14:00
- 100% 48% 100% 59% 100% 2.4m/s
15:00
- 83% 92% 100% 62% 100% 3.5m/s
16:00
- 83% 100% 98% 67% 100% 2.4m/s
17:00
- 100% 100% 93% 74% 100% 2.5m/s
18:00
- 100% 100% 99% 86% 100% 1.9m/s
19:00
- 100% 100% 100% 92% 100% 1.4m/s
20:00
- 99% 100% 100% 90% 100% 2m/s
21:00
- 100% 100% 100% 92% 100% 1.9m/s
22:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% 100% 1.4m/s
23:00
- 99% 100% 100% 96% 100% 1.1m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:15
24:00
- 100% 99% 100% 96% 100% 0.99m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% 100% 1.4m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 2.2m/s
03:00
- 75% 100% 100% 92% 100% 2m/s
04:00
- 100% 98% 98% 91% 100% 1.6m/s
05:00
- 100% 96% 82% 88% 100% 1m/s
06:00
- 10% 100% 47% 84% 100% 0.36m/s
07:00
- 10% 100% 100% 83% 100% 0.63m/s
08:00
- 28% 100% 100% 83% 100% 0.78m/s
09:00
- 0% 100% 80% 81% 100% 0.95m/s
10:00
- 0% 100% 55% 78% 100% 0.82m/s
11:00
- 5% 100% 10% 75% 100% 0.71m/s
12:00
- 5% 81% 10% 68% 85% 0.89m/s
13:00
- 0% 5% 0% 61% 7% 1.2m/s
14:00
- 0% 5% 0% 56% 7% 1.7m/s
15:00
- 0% 5% 0% 53% 6% 2.6m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 0% 52% 5% 3.2m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 2.5m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 61% 0% 2.6m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 65% 0% 2.1m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 69% 0% 1.8m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 72% 0% 1.5m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 0.71m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 77% 0% 0.86m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:16
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 77% 0% 0.86m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 76% 0% 1.4m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 0.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 1m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 0.95m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 1m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 0.51m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 81% 0% 0.85m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 68% 0% 0.5m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 58% 0% 1m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 1.6m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 3.9m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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