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DUMBO Washington Street Manhattan Bridge View: sunset photography forecast

Washington Street frames the Manhattan Bridge between brick warehouses, with the Empire State Building fitting into the lower arch from the right position. It is an active street, not a photo set, so the cleanest work is early.

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Will tomorrow's sunset be worth it?

Simplified forecast from the open model run. The full forecast — a second model, your exact viewpoint, the hourly cloud timeline — is in the app.

Global model, about 13 km: less certain than in Europe.

in 22h 47m

Pale clear glow

Exactly at sunset: Fair

Little usable low-sun light expected

Sky colors

Golden hour
Sunset

Light corridor: partly open

Why: Some cloud sits along the sun's path, so light may get through only in places.

  • Light path: partly blocked (39% blocking cloud at the ray's height)
  • Sun: likely hidden. Low cloud fills the horizon (78%); the sun will probably stay behind it.
Viewer's line of sight, tangent to the Earth at your locationNear-ground relative humidity11% cover — too thin to draw as cloudConnected cloud layer · 34–53% cover · 10–45% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 24–27% cover · 45–45% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 56–56% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 49–53% cover · 10–25% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 56–56% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 53–53% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 56–56% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintylow cloud · 54% reported, 34% resolved on a pressure surface — 20% is somewhere between 0.02 and 3 kmlow cloud · 78% reported, 56% resolved on a pressure surface — 22% is somewhere between 0.11 and 3 km-5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light0 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light5 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light20 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch red light · lit on one reading: the strongest cloud toward the sun was set aside, and counting it would have darkened this deck50 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light100 km · the model says the lowest depicted cloud underside may catch orange light

Terrain is drawn for illustration only — it is not used to calculate underlight or obstruction.

cloud-cover fieldinterpolation uncertaintysun directionnear-ground humiditycloud at unresolved heightmodelled underlightunderlight · height uncertainunderlight · lit on one readinglit but hidden behind nearer cloud

Forecast refreshed a few hours before sunset.

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For photographers: shooting DUMBO Washington Street Manhattan Bridge View

Best months

Year-round. Late spring and summer put sunrise light closer to the street axis; winter gives later mornings, longer shadows and fewer people.

Suggested focal lengths

35–70 mm for the classic street frame; 85–135 mm for stronger compression.

Composition

Stand on the legal sidewalk edge and use the cobbles and façades as converging lines. Fine-tune left to right until the Empire State Building sits cleanly inside the bridge.

Recommended arrival

Arrive 30–45 minutes before sunrise for blue hour, lighter traffic and a better chance of an empty foreground.

Access planning

Washington Street remains open to vehicles. Do not set up in the traffic lane, block doorways or treat the crosswalk as a tripod position.

Parking: No dedicated parking; use the subway or a commercial garage in DUMBO.

Approach: Five to ten minutes from York Street or High Street subway stations.

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