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White Sands - Golden Hour - US Southwest

Alamogordo, New Mexico, 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
White Sands
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:00–07:42 · 1h window
Medium confidence
58%
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
White Sands
Wed, Jan 14 · 06:49–07:00
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
White Sands
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:00–07:42
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
White Sands
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:00–07:42
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
White Sands
Fri, Jan 16 · 07:00–07:42
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
White Sands
Sat, Jan 17 · 07:00–07:41
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
White Sands
Sun, Jan 18 · 07:00–07:41
Medium
+3 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
10:00✕30%0%50900m
11:00✕33%0%59700m
12:00✕33%0%68500m
13:00✕23%0%77900m
14:00✕32%0%82500m
15:00✕30%0%86600m
16:00✓28%0%88800m
17:00✕92%0%87100m
18:00✕65%0%81900m
19:00✕82%0%82000m
20:00✕84%0%83400m
21:00✕82%0%82500m
22:00✕82%0%83400m
23:00✕82%0%83700m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00✕82%0%83300m
01:00✕82%0%81800m
02:00✕82%0%77900m
03:00✕92%0%76300m
04:00✕57%0%77700m
05:00✕60%0%76700m
06:00✓57%0%70900m
07:00✓74%0%63700m
08:00✕21%0%67100m
09:00✕21%0%71400m
10:00✕21%0%80000m
11:00✕18%0%81700m
12:00✕18%0%85300m
13:00✕20%0%89000m
14:00✕20%0%90000m
15:00✕20%0%90000m
16:00✓20%0%90000m
17:00✕62%0%90000m
18:00✕45%0%89100m
19:00✕58%0%88600m
20:00✕92%0%88500m
21:00✕81%0%87000m
22:00✕83%0%86800m
23:00✕88%0%87000m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00✕81%1%88400m
01:00✕89%1%88800m
02:00✕87%1%89300m
03:00✕93%1%69560m
04:00✕86%1%53770m
05:00✕94%1%38755m
06:00✓82%1%24140m
07:00✓97%1%24140m
08:00✕28%1%24140m
09:00✕28%1%24140m
10:00✕27%1%24140m
11:00✕27%1%24140m
12:00✕28%1%24140m
13:00✕28%1%24140m
14:00✕28%1%24140m
15:00✕28%1%24140m
16:00✓28%1%24140m
17:00✕88%1%24140m
18:00✕66%0%24140m
19:00✕84%0%24140m
20:00✕84%0%24140m
21:00✕80%0%24140m
22:00✕83%0%24140m
23:00✕80%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00✕81%0%24140m
01:00✕81%0%24140m
02:00✕82%0%24140m
03:00✕82%0%24140m
04:00✕84%0%24140m
05:00✕91%0%24140m
06:00✓92%0%24140m
07:00✓100%0%24140m
08:00✕29%0%24140m
09:00✕29%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 07:07 Sunset 17:15
12:00 ☾
- 26% 0% 0% 26% 26% 1.3m/s
13:00 ☾
- 74% 0% 0% 21% 74% 1.4m/s
14:00 ☾
- 30% 0% 0% 18% 30% 1.2m/s
15:00 ☾
- 48% 0% 0% 16% 48% 1.4m/s
16:00 ☾
- 3% 0% 0% 15% 3% 1.4m/s
17:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 17% 5% 1.7m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1.7m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1.8m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 1.1m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 2.2m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 2.7m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 2.6m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:16
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 1.9m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1.9m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 21% 0% 1.6m/s
03:00 ☾
- 15% 0% 0% 22% 15% 1m/s
04:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 21% 100% 1.6m/s
05:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 22% 100% 0.76m/s
06:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 25% 100% 3m/s
07:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 29% 100% 0.67m/s
08:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 27% 100% 1.1m/s
09:00 ☾
- 99% 0% 0% 25% 99% 0.3m/s
10:00 ☾
- 100% 6% 1% 20% 100% 1.2m/s
11:00 ☾
- 100% 21% 3% 19% 100% 1.8m/s
12:00 ☾
- 100% 28% 4% 17% 100% 2.3m/s
13:00 ☾
- 100% 2% 2% 15% 100% 2.6m/s
14:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 14% 100% 1.9m/s
15:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 13% 100% 1.9m/s
16:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 14% 100% 2.1m/s
17:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 15% 100% 2.1m/s
18:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 16% 100% 2.2m/s
19:00 ☾
- 89% 0% 0% 16% 89% 1.2m/s
20:00 ☾
- 29% 0% 0% 16% 29% 1m/s
21:00 ☾
- 2% 0% 0% 16% 2% 1.6m/s
22:00 ☾
- 4% 0% 0% 17% 4% 1.2m/s
23:00 ☾
- 12% 0% 0% 16% 12% 1.8m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:17
24:00 ☾
- 4% 0% 3% 16% 4% 1.6m/s
01:00 ☾
- 17% 0% 0% 16% 17% 1.9m/s
02:00 ☾
- 11% 0% 0% 15% 11% 1.5m/s
03:00 ☾
- 29% 0% 0% 20% 29% 1m/s
04:00 ☾
- 50% 0% 0% 22% 50% 1.3m/s
05:00 ☾
- 25% 0% 0% 25% 25% 0.7m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 0.67m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 1.4m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 1.7m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 2.1m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 3.4m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.5m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 3.4m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 3.7m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 3.8m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 3.5m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 3.8m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 2.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 2.7m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 40% 0% 0.72m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 41% 0% 1.4m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 2.8m/s
22:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 38% 6% 3.3m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 3m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:18
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 2.6m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 2.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 2.1m/s
04:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 37% 5% 2.5m/s
05:00 ☾
- 21% 0% 0% 38% 23% 1.8m/s
06:00 ☾
- 10% 0% 0% 48% 12% 1.2m/s
07:00 ☾
- 10% 0% 0% 35% 10% 2.3m/s
08:00 ☾
- 5% 0% 0% 37% 5% 4m/s
09:00 ☾
- 10% 0% 0% 37% 10% 5.1m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 4.7m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 36% 0% 3.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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