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Is there a recipe for a great sunrise? I'm thinking in terms of:

- Local topology / elevation / orientation 

- weather / temperature etc.

- cloud cover / type

- season etc.?

Given all of this is it possible to look at a weather forecast and say "aha tomorrow morning in location X there is a strong chance of seeing a great sunrise."?

Hmmm, I see some cracking sunrises from my house and in an entirely non-scientific way, these are factors that appear in my view from the living room.

A good view to the east.  Mine is varied, loch, farmland, some houses and in one part, I can see the sea and the horizon.

Most of the spectacular sunrises I see are in the winter, but that could be because, living so far north, summer sunrises occur while I’m asleep.

Thick cloud cover isn’t good as it just gets lighter grey.  No cloud is usually not as spectacular as having some.

Some of the best I’ve seen have been when there was snow on the ground.  I don’t know if it’s a contrast thing or if it’s something more weather/pressure related.

Autumnal anticyclonic (high pressure) weather conditions can be stunning, as there is very often a cloud inversion. Best seen from as high a viewpoint as possible. Surrounding hills look like islands in a sea of mist.  

High cloud coming from the west (probably approaching front) and overhead but very clear sky to the east. The cloud will then go red.

Snowy mountains lit by the rising sun to the west.

Your view sounds amazing!! I can't complain, I have some woods behind some more houses. We get to see the sunset over the woods in the distance.

getting up in time to see the sun rise...?

Lots of dust in the atmosphere.

But far more importantly, you need to have first been at an all-night rave, or be doing the walk of shame, or even better...both!

Best sunrise I've had was walking back to camp from the Alderney Week Quarry party. The sun was rising blood-red over the Cherbourg peninsula in exactly the same place that the full moon had risen blood-red when I was walking to the party the evening before .

Tequila, orange juice and grenadine. 

Company. 

Or, solitude. 

A shepherd's warning. But being alive and awake for another sunrise is always good news.

Very disappointing.  

I thought this was a post about a new cocktail.

Look for a warm front approaching from the west, ideally just west of the uk on the 0600 chart, with a clear skies the day before. 

The Earths rotation?

Get a dog, take him for his morning walk at around sunrise. There were 7 minutes between these 2 shots.

Top tier.

Something in the foreground such as trees, a lake, mountains or even a low lying mist.