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Rule Fog Hunter

Altaussee - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Altaussee, Styria, Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread3.1°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity80%
Wind Speed1.3m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Vienna
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Altaussee
Tomorrow · 21:00–05:00 · 8h window
High confidence
84%
🌫️Fog Probability83.5-91.1%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.4°C
Visibility: 4915 (Mist/Haze)
Relative Humidity: 98%
Wind Speed: 1.9m/s (calm conditions)
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Moderate Fog at Sunset
Altaussee
Sun, Apr 12 · 19:00–21:00
🌫️Fog Probability:62.7%
Low
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Moderate Fog
Altaussee
Sun, Apr 12 · 21:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:70.7-84.8%
Low
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Dense Fog
Altaussee
Wed, Apr 15 · 17:00–19:00
🌫️Fog Probability:94.2-96.2%
High
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Dense Fog
Altaussee
Wed, Apr 15 · 23:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:100%
Medium
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Dense Fog
Altaussee
Thu, Apr 16 · 16:00–19:00
🌫️Fog Probability:80.8-92.1%
Medium
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Dense Fog at Sunset
Altaussee
Thu, Apr 16 · 19:00–21:00
🌫️Fog Probability:100%
High
+3 more windows in the next 10 days

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast tracks the atmospheric conditions that create Austria's most iconic lakeside photography. We combine fog probability, wind speed, and visibility data to predict when mist and mirror-like reflections transform the Salzkammergut.

Hallstatt may be the world's most photographed village, with its pastel houses reflected in an alpine lake beneath towering peaks. But the wider Salzkammergut region offers equally stunning scenes at less-visited lakes, all sharing the same dramatic geography.

What makes Salzkammergut special for photography:

  • Lake fog - Cool nights and sheltered valleys create reliable morning mist
  • Mirror reflections - Calm alpine lakes produce perfect reflections of villages and peaks
  • Alpine backdrop - The Dachstein massif provides dramatic mountain scenery
  • Historic villages - Centuries-old lakeside towns offer timeless compositions

Peak fog season runs from September through November. Arrive well before dawn for the best mist at Hallstatt—the classic viewpoint fills quickly. For quieter alternatives, Gosausee offers stunning Dachstein reflections with fewer crowds. Wind is the enemy of reflections—our forecast helps you find calm mornings.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
8matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
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Time
Europe/Vienna
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
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How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fog Probability 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
Europe/Vienna
Clear Sky Probability (Ensemble)
%
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Solar Elevation
°
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:45
04:00
94% -3.6°C 0mm 80% 0cm -23° -0.5°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
05:00
91% -3.7°C 0mm 80% 0cm -15° -0.69°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.2m/s
06:00
88% -3.8°C 0mm 80% 0cm -5.3° -0.79°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
07:00
85% -3.5°C 0mm 77% 0cm 4.7° 0.09°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.9m/s
08:00
82% -2.7°C 0mm 69% 0cm 15° 2.4°C 0mm 0.22kPa 24134m 0.5m/s 0.26m/s
09:00
58% -2.3°C 0mm 62% 0cm 25° 4.3°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
10:00
33% -1.8°C 0mm 58% 0cm 34° 5.9°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
11:00
9% -1.6°C 0mm 55% 0cm 42° 6.8°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
12:00
6% -1.6°C 0mm 52% 0cm 48° 7.7°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.1m/s
13:00
3% -1.5°C 0mm 50% 0cm 50° 8.1°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 2m/s 2m/s
14:00
0% -1.5°C 0mm 49% 0cm 48° 8.8°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
15:00
0% -1.6°C 0mm 48% 0cm 43° 8.9°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 2.6m/s 2.1m/s
16:00
0% -1.7°C 0mm 48% 0cm 36° 8.9°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 2.9m/s 2.2m/s
17:00
0% -1.6°C 0mm 50% 0cm 27° 8.3°C 0mm 0.55kPa 24135m 2.5m/s 1.9m/s
18:00
0% -0.5°C 0mm 57% 0cm 17° 7.5°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
19:00
0% 0.3°C 0mm 70% 0cm 6.9° 5.4°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
20:00
0% -0.8°C 0mm 76% 0cm -3° 3°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 0.41m/s 0.43m/s
21:00
20% -1.2°C 0mm 79% 0cm -13° 2.1°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 0.2m/s 0.35m/s
22:00
41% -1.1°C 0mm 78% 0cm -21° 2.3°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.2m/s
23:00
61% -1.2°C 0.01mm 81% 0cm -28° 1.7°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 0.8m/s 0.95m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:45
24:00
58% -0.7°C 0mm 81% 0cm -33° 2.2°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 0.61m/s 0.71m/s
01:00
54% -0.9°C 0mm 84% 0cm -34° 1.5°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
02:00
51% -0.6°C 0mm 83% 0cm -33° 1.9°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
03:00
35% -0.7°C 0.01mm 86% 0cm -29° 1.5°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
04:00
18% 0.6°C 0.53mm 89% 0cm -23° 2.3°C 0.25mm 0.08kPa 18247m 2.3m/s 2.1m/s
05:00
2% 1.3°C 0mm 89% 0cm -14° 2.9°C 0.44mm 0.08kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 1m/s
06:00
1% 1.2°C 0mm 89% 0cm -5° 2.7°C 0.44mm 0.08kPa 24134m 0.7m/s 0.76m/s
07:00
1% 1.5°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 3.3°C 0.44mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
0% 2.3°C 0.02mm 86% 0cm 15° 4.5°C 0.5mm 0.12kPa 24135m 0.52m/s 0.49m/s
09:00
0% 2.7°C 1.3mm 92% 0cm 25° 3.8°C 0.69mm 0.06kPa 10096m 2m/s 1.8m/s
10:00
0% 2.6°C 2.8mm 98% 0cm 34° 2.9°C 2.8mm 0.02kPa 952m 1.8m/s 0.82m/s
11:00
0% 2.2°C 3.2mm 99% 0cm 42° 2.4°C 5.4mm 0.01kPa 156m 1.8m/s 0.42m/s
12:00
0% 1.5°C 4.7mm 99% 4.7cm 48° 1.6°C 9.1mm 0kPa 67m 1m/s 0.32m/s
13:00
0% 1.8°C 2.9mm 99% 0cm 50° 1.9°C 13mm 0.01kPa 186m 2.1m/s 1.3m/s
14:00
0% 1.9°C 4.9mm 99% 0cm 49° 2.1°C 17mm 0.01kPa 593m 2.2m/s 1.5m/s
15:00
0% 1.6°C 4.9mm 99% 0cm 44° 1.7°C 5.2mm 0.01kPa 198m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
16:00
0% 1.6°C 2.4mm 99% 0cm 36° 1.8°C 9mm 0.01kPa 439m 2.8m/s 1.9m/s
17:00
0% 2.2°C 3.8mm 99% 0cm 27° 2.4°C 12mm 0.01kPa 896m 2.2m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
0% 2.1°C 0.32mm 99% 0cm 17° 2.3°C 14mm 0.01kPa 2539m 3.2m/s 2m/s
19:00
0% 2.5°C 0.16mm 98% 0cm 7.2° 2.8°C 14mm 0.01kPa 2797m 3.2m/s 1.9m/s
20:00
0% 2.6°C 0.07mm 98% 0cm -2.8° 2.9°C 15mm 0.01kPa 3097m 2.6m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
1% 2.6°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm -12° 3°C 0mm 0.02kPa 4915m 2.7m/s 1.9m/s
22:00
1% 2.7°C 0mm 97% 0cm -21° 3°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
23:00
2% 2.6°C 0mm 97% 0cm -28° 3°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:47
24:00
2% 2.5°C 0mm 97% 0cm -32° 2.9°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
01:00
1% 2.4°C 0mm 97% 0cm -34° 2.8°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
02:00
1% 1.6°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -33° 2°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
03:00
1% 2°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -29° 2.4°C 0mm 0.02kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
04:00
0% 2.6°C 0.03mm 97% 0cm -22° 3°C 0.06mm 0.02kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
05:00
0% 2.9°C 0.34mm 98% 0cm -14° 3.3°C 0.25mm 0.02kPa 20780m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
06:00
0% 3.2°C 0.48mm 98% 0cm -4.7° 3.6°C 0.69mm 0.02kPa 18669m 2.2m/s 2m/s
07:00
0% 3.5°C 0.18mm 97% 0cm 5.3° 3.9°C 0.94mm 0.02kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.9m/s
08:00
0% 4.3°C 0.17mm 97% 0cm 15° 4.8°C 1.1mm 0.03kPa 24135m 2m/s 1.7m/s
09:00
4% 4.8°C 0.11mm 81% 0cm 25° 7.9°C 0.77mm 0.2kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.6m/s
10:00
7% 4.7°C 0.06mm 65% 0cm 35° 11°C 0.42mm 0.45kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 1.5m/s
11:00
11% 3.6°C 0mm 50% 0cm 43° 14°C 0.06mm 0.8kPa 24135m 4.4m/s 1.3m/s
12:00
12% 4.6°C 0.003mm 63% 0cm 48° 12°C 0.1mm 0.51kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 1.4m/s
13:00
12% 4.9°C 0.007mm 75% 0cm 51° 9.1°C 0.15mm 0.28kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.4m/s
14:00
13% 4.8°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 49° 6.6°C 0.19mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
15:00
16% 4.3°C 0.007mm 90% 0cm 44° 5.8°C 0.13mm 0.09kPa 24007m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
16:00
19% 3.8°C 0.003mm 92% 0cm 36° 4.9°C 0.06mm 0.07kPa 23878m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
17:00
22% 3.3°C 0mm 95% 0cm 27° 4.1°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23749m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
18:00
23% 3.2°C 0mm 95% 0cm 17° 3.9°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23636m 1.9m/s 1.8m/s
19:00
24% 3°C 0mm 95% 0cm 7.4° 3.8°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23523m 2m/s 1.9m/s
20:00
25% 2.9°C 0mm 95% 0cm -2.5° 3.6°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23410m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
38% 2.8°C 0mm 95% 0cm -12° 3.5°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23541m 2m/s 1.8m/s
22:00
50% 2.6°C 0mm 94% 0cm -20° 3.5°C 0mm 0.05kPa 23673m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
23:00
63% 2.5°C 0mm 94% 0cm -27° 3.4°C 0mm 0.05kPa 23804m 1.6m/s 1.7m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:48
24:00
63% 2.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm -32° 4.6°C 0mm 0.09kPa 23915m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
01:00
62% 3.3°C 0mm 84% 0cm -34° 5.7°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24025m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
02:00
62% 3.6°C 0mm 80% 0cm -32° 6.9°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 0.88m/s
03:00
53% 4.4°C 0mm 72% 0cm -28° 9.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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