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Joshua Tree - Golden Hour - US Southwest

Twentynine Palms, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Currently

Real-time conditions
Golden Hour Potential
62%
Low Cloud Cover0%
Mid Cloud Cover22%
High Cloud Cover88%
Sun Elevation-4.2° (Civil twilight)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Denver
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Tomorrow · 06:51–07:40 · 1h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌇Golden Hour Potential87.2-87.6%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: -14.8° (Astronomical twilight)
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Fri, Mar 6 · 06:50–07:39
🌇Golden Hour Potential:93.6-93.9%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (breezy) at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Sat, Mar 7 · 06:49–07:37
🌇Golden Hour Potential:88-88.2%
Low
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Wed, Mar 11 · 07:44–08:32
🌇Golden Hour Potential:98.2-99%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Thu, Mar 12 · 07:42–08:30
🌇Golden Hour Potential:93.1-100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Joshua Tree
Fri, Mar 13 · 07:41–08:29
🌇Golden Hour Potential:86.4-88.8%
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
8matching hours in the next 92 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Tue, Mar 3
21:00✕12%0%24134m
22:00✕17%0%24134m
23:00✕16%0%24134m
Wed, Mar 4
24:00✕11%0%24135m
01:00✕11%0%24135m
02:00✕18%0%24134m
03:00✕16%0%24135m
04:00✕16%0%24134m
05:00✕16%0%24134m
06:00✓96%0%24134m
07:00✓96%0%24134m
08:00✕16%0%24135m
09:00✕16%0%24135m
10:00✕16%0%24135m
11:00✕16%0%24135m
12:00✕16%0%24135m
13:00✕18%0%24134m
14:00✕11%0%24134m
15:00✕11%0%24135m
16:00✕17%0%24135m
17:00✕18%0%24134m
18:00✕11%0%24135m
19:00✕62%0%24134m
20:00✕11%0%24134m
21:00✕11%0%24134m
22:00✕11%0%24135m
23:00✕11%0%24134m
Thu, Mar 5
24:00✕11%0%24135m
01:00✕16%0%24135m
02:00✕16%0%24134m
03:00✕16%0%24134m
04:00✕15%0%24134m
05:00✕15%0%24135m
06:00✓88%0%24134m
07:00✓87%0%24134m
08:00✕15%0%24134m
09:00✕15%0%24135m
10:00✕14%0%24135m
11:00✕14%0%24135m
12:00✕13%0%24134m
13:00✕13%0%24134m
14:00✕13%0%24134m
15:00✕13%0%24134m
16:00✕13%0%24135m
17:00✕13%0%24134m
18:00✕14%0%24135m
19:00✕85%0%24135m
20:00✕15%0%24134m
21:00✕15%0%24134m
22:00✕16%0%24134m
23:00✕16%0%24135m
Fri, Mar 6
24:00✕16%0%24134m
01:00✕15%0%24135m
02:00✕15%0%24134m
03:00✕15%0%24134m
04:00✕16%0%24135m
05:00✕16%0%24134m
06:00✓94%0%24134m
07:00✓94%0%24135m
08:00✕16%0%24134m
09:00✕15%0%24134m
10:00✕15%0%24134m
11:00✕14%0%24135m
12:00✕14%0%24135m
13:00✕14%0%24134m
14:00✕15%0%24134m
15:00✕15%0%24134m
16:00✕15%0%24135m
17:00✕15%0%24135m
18:00✕16%0%24135m
19:00✕98%0%24135m
20:00✕10%0%24134m
21:00✕17%0%24135m
22:00✕10%0%24134m
23:00✕9%0%24135m
Sat, Mar 7
24:00✕9.1%0%24135m
01:00✕11%0%24135m
02:00✕15%0%24135m
03:00✕15%0%24135m
04:00✕15%0%24135m
05:00✕15%0%24135m
06:00✓88%0%24135m
07:00✓88%0%24135m
08:00✕13%0%24135m
09:00✕13%0%24135m
10:00✕15%0%24135m
11:00✕15%0%24135m
12:00✕15%0%24135m
13:00✕13%0%24135m
14:00✕14%0%24135m
15:00✕14%0%24135m
16:00✕14%0%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
America/Denver
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Wed, Mar 4 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:42
19:00 ☾
- 88% 0% 22% 23% 88% 3.1m/s
20:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 12% 28% 100% 2.5m/s
21:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 31% 100% 2.3m/s
22:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 34% 100% 2.5m/s
23:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 35% 100% 2.8m/s
Thu, Mar 5 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:42
24:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 37% 100% 2.6m/s
01:00 ☾
- 4% 0% 0% 37% 4% 3.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 41% 0% 3.4m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 5.2m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 7.7m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 7.2m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 7.7m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 7.2m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 6.2m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 36% 0% 7.4m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 8.8m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 9.4m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 8.7m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 10m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 10m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 12% 0% 9.8m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 12% 0% 9.6m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 12% 0% 8.7m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 7.7m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 5.7m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 15% 0% 4.1m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 2.9m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 2.6m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 2.3m/s
Fri, Mar 6 Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 18:43
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 2.5m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 4m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 4.6m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 24% 0% 3.5m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 3.3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3.6m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.6m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 3.6m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.6m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 24% 0% 5.2m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 21% 0% 6.1m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 20% 0% 6m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 6.2m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 5.6m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 5m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 3.7m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 15% 0% 3.5m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 4.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 14% 14% 14% 6.6m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 42% 16% 42% 5.5m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 92% 17% 92% 4m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 17% 17% 17% 3m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 100% 20% 100% 4m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 16% 100% 23% 100% 7.3m/s
Sat, Mar 7 Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:44
24:00 ☾
- 0% 11% 82% 25% 82% 7.4m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 7% 64% 27% 64% 7.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 2% 46% 30% 46% 7.6m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 2% 38% 28% 38% 9m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 31% 26% 31% 10m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 24% 24% 24% 12m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 16% 23% 16% 12m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 9% 21% 9% 12m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 1% 19% 1% 13m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 5% 19% 5% 12m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 9% 19% 9% 11m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 2% 13% 18% 13% 11m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 9% 19% 9% 11m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 1% 5% 20% 5% 11m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 1% 22% 1% 11m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 2% 22% 2% 9.1m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 3% 23% 3% 7.7m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 4% 23% 4% 6.2m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 4% 25% 4% 6.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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