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Rule Golden Hour

Death Valley - Golden Hour - US Southwest

Furnace Creek, California, 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
Death Valley
Tomorrow · 08:00–08:37 · 1h window
High confidence
78%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Tue, Jan 13 · 08:00–08:36
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Wed, Jan 14 · 08:00–08:36
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Thu, Jan 15 · 08:00–08:36
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Fri, Jan 16 · 08:00–08:35
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Sat, Jan 17 · 08:00–08:35
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Death Valley
Sun, Jan 18 · 08:00–08:34
Medium
+4 more windows in the next 14 days

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching 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
10:0030%0%43100m
11:0031%0%40000m
12:0031%0%42000m
13:0030%0%53600m
14:0029%0%57900m
15:0029%0%69000m
16:0029%0%76500m
17:0021%0%72200m
18:0073%0%69800m
19:0061%0%72400m
20:0059%0%70600m
21:0060%0%74700m
22:0056%0%75000m
23:0053%0%74100m
Mon, Jan 12
24:0060%0%73400m
01:0058%0%77300m
02:0056%0%77300m
03:0054%0%78300m
04:0054%0%78400m
05:0056%0%77400m
06:0058%0%74300m
07:0061%0%70100m
08:00100%0%72200m
09:0030%0%72400m
10:0030%0%66100m
11:0031%0%38300m
12:0030%0%44700m
13:0029%0%72000m
14:0027%0%88600m
15:0028%0%90000m
16:0028%0%90000m
17:0028%0%90000m
18:0094%0%90000m
19:0077%0%90000m
20:0075%0%90000m
21:0075%0%90000m
22:0075%0%90000m
23:0075%0%90000m
Tue, Jan 13
24:0075%0%90000m
01:0077%0%90000m
02:0077%0%90000m
03:0078%0%73535m
04:0081%0%57070m
05:0080%0%40605m
06:0079%0%24140m
07:0079%0%24140m
08:0097%0%24140m
09:0028%0%24140m
10:0028%0%24140m
11:0028%0%24140m
12:0027%0%24140m
13:0027%0%24140m
14:0027%0%24140m
15:0027%0%24140m
16:0027%0%24140m
17:0028%0%24140m
18:0093%0%24140m
19:0078%0%24140m
20:0079%0%24140m
21:0079%0%24140m
22:0077%0%24140m
23:0078%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:0078%0%24140m
01:0078%0%24140m
02:0084%0%24140m
03:0078%0%24140m
04:0078%0%24140m
05:0078%0%24140m
06:0079%0%24140m
07:0079%0%24140m
08:0095%0%24140m
09:0028%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 07:59 Sunset 17:50
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 48% 0% 0.94m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 1.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 34% 0% 3.4m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3.1m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 2.5m/s
17:00
- 100% 0% 0% 25% 100% 1.5m/s
18:00
- 100% 0% 0% 26% 100% 0.3m/s
19:00
- 100% 0% 0% 25% 100% 0.41m/s
20:00
- 100% 0% 0% 26% 100% 1.9m/s
21:00
- 98% 0% 1% 24% 98% 1.3m/s
22:00
- 100% 0% 8% 23% 100% 3.5m/s
23:00
- 100% 0% 72% 24% 100% 2.6m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:59 Sunset 17:51
24:00
- 72% 0% 57% 24% 72% 2m/s
01:00
- 81% 0% 26% 22% 81% 2.2m/s
02:00
- 86% 0% 0% 22% 86% 3.2m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 0% 22% 100% 4.5m/s
04:00
- 90% 0% 0% 22% 90% 4.4m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 0% 22% 100% 4.2m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 0% 24% 100% 1.6m/s
07:00
- 82% 0% 0% 26% 82% 0.28m/s
08:00
- 18% 0% 0% 25% 18% 0.64m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 1.3m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 0.22m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 0.9m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 0% 1.2m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 2.7m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 4.3m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 15% 0% 3.8m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 3.3m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 2.7m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 4m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 4.8m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 6.6m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 6m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 6.2m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 6.6m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:59 Sunset 17:52
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 6.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 5.1m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 4.4m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 4.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 4.2m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.6m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 2.8m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 3.2m/s
08:00
- 5% 0% 0% 32% 5% 3.2m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 2.8m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 2.4m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 24% 0% 2.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 0% 0% 21% 0% 2.1m/s
13:00
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 2m/s
14:00
- 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 1.8m/s
15:00
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 1.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 1.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 1.4m/s
18:00
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 2.6m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 21% 0% 2.6m/s
20:00
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 2.4m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 23% 0% 2.6m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 24% 0% 2.8m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:58 Sunset 17:53
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3.3m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3.5m/s
02:00
- 10% 0% 0% 27% 10% 3.3m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.2m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 3.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 3.3m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 3.4m/s
07:00
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 3.4m/s
08:00
- 0% 0% 0% 31% 0% 3.4m/s
09:00
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 3.4m/s
10:00
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 2.9m/s
11:00
- 0% 0% 0% 23% 0% 2.5m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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