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Rule Fog Hunter

Dachstein Skywalk - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Obertraun, Upper Austria, Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread1.9°C
Visibility20484 (Clear)
Relative Humidity87%
Wind Speed1.6m/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 at Sunset
Dachstein Skywalk
Today · 18:00–19:00 · 1h window
High confidence
83%
🌫️Fog Probability100%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.4°C
Visibility: 536 (Fog)
Relative Humidity: 97%
Wind Speed: 1.6m/s (calm conditions)
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Moderate Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Today · 20:00–23:00
🌫️Fog Probability:62.5%
Low
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Dense Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Tomorrow · 02:00–04:00
🌫️Fog Probability:100%
High
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Dense Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Tomorrow · 09:00–10:00
🌫️Fog Probability:84.4%
High
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Dense Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Tomorrow · 23:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:94.4%
High
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Moderate Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Tue, Mar 17 · 01:00–05:00
🌫️Fog Probability:62.5%
Low
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Dense Fog
Dachstein Skywalk
Tue, Mar 17 · 08:00–09:00
🌫️Fog Probability:96.6%
High
+9 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
16matching hours in the next 80 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Vienna
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Sun, Mar 15
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:0050%
09:0048%
10:0036%
11:0032%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:00100%
19:0060%
20:0063%
21:0063%
22:0063%
23:000%
Mon, Mar 16
24:000%
01:000%
02:00100%
03:00100%
04:0051%
05:0046%
06:0030%
07:000%
08:000%
09:0084%
10:000%
11:000%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:000%
19:000%
20:000%
21:000%
22:0060%
23:0094%
Tue, Mar 17
24:0060%
01:0063%
02:0063%
03:0063%
04:0063%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
08:0097%
09:0042%
10:0041%
11:0041%
12:000%
13:000%
14:000%
15:000%
16:000%
17:000%
18:0058%
19:0060%
20:0047%
21:0092%
22:0076%
23:0068%
Wed, Mar 18
24:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:000%
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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
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:10
14:00
-0.8°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm 1.1°C 0mm 0.09kPa 20484m 1.1m/s 1.6m/s
15:00
-0.6°C 0.01mm 86% 0cm 1.5°C 0.06mm 0.1kPa 20910m 1m/s 1.7m/s
16:00
-0.4°C 0.01mm 89% 0cm 1.2°C 0.06mm 0.08kPa 22318m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
17:00
-0.4°C 0.01mm 92% 0cm 0.78°C 0.06mm 0.05kPa 19996m 1.8m/s 1.7m/s
18:00
-0.4°C 0.09mm 97% 0.1cm -0.04°C 0.13mm 0.02kPa 536m 1.9m/s 1.6m/s
19:00 ☾
-0.6°C 0.25mm 98% 0.26cm -0.37°C 0.31mm 0.01kPa 134m 2m/s 1.6m/s
20:00 ☾
-0.9°C 0.43mm 98% 0.43cm -0.65°C 0.38mm 0.01kPa 75m 2m/s 1.5m/s
21:00 ☾
-1.1°C 0.2mm 98% 0.21cm -0.87°C 0.69mm 0.01kPa 76m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
22:00 ☾
-1.4°C 0.14mm 99% 0.15cm -1.3°C 0.88mm 0.01kPa 73m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
23:00 ☾
-1.4°C 0.12mm 98% 0.13cm -1.2°C 1mm 0.01kPa 95m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:10
24:00 ☾
-1.3°C 0.14mm 98% 0.15cm -1°C 1.1mm 0.01kPa 98m 1.4m/s 1.1m/s
01:00 ☾
-1.4°C 0.11mm 97% 0.12cm -1°C 1.3mm 0.02kPa 274m 1.3m/s 1.1m/s
02:00 ☾
-1.6°C 0.06mm 97% 0.08cm -1.2°C 0.06mm 0.02kPa 722m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
03:00 ☾
-1.8°C 0.09mm 96% 0.1cm -1.3°C 0.19mm 0.02kPa 669m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
04:00 ☾
-2.1°C 0.05mm 95% 0.05cm -1.4°C 0.25mm 0.03kPa 1591m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
05:00 ☾
-2.2°C 0.03mm 95% 0cm -1.5°C 0.25mm 0.03kPa 2408m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
06:00 ☾
-2.4°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm -1.5°C 0.31mm 0.03kPa 23567m 1.2m/s 0.94m/s
07:00
-2.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -1.4°C 0.31mm 0.04kPa 23994m 1.1m/s 0.82m/s
08:00
-2.5°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm -0.65°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
09:00
-1.7°C 0.1mm 90% 0.1cm -0.24°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 569m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
10:00
-1.4°C 0.02mm 86% 0.03cm 0.75°C 0.13mm 0.09kPa 3875m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
11:00
-1.3°C 0mm 80% 0cm 1.9°C 0.13mm 0.14kPa 23151m 1.7m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
-1.2°C 0.01mm 77% 0.03cm 2.4°C 0.19mm 0.17kPa 15878m 2.1m/s 2m/s
13:00
-1.3°C 0mm 75% 0.02cm 2.7°C 0.19mm 0.19kPa 15906m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
14:00
-1.5°C 0mm 70% 0.01cm 3.5°C 0mm 0.24kPa 20543m 2.2m/s 2m/s
15:00
-2.3°C 0mm 64% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.29kPa 23818m 2.5m/s 2.1m/s
16:00
-2.8°C 0mm 62% 0cm 3.9°C 0mm 0.31kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2m/s
17:00
-1.9°C 0mm 70% 0cm 3.1°C 0mm 0.23kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.7m/s
18:00
-2.4°C 0mm 83% 0cm 0.22°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
19:00 ☾
-3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -0.91°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
20:00 ☾
-3.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm -0.88°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 2m/s 2.2m/s
21:00 ☾
-2.8°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.2°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.1m/s
22:00 ☾
-1.8°C 0.02mm 94% 0cm -0.95°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24134m 2.1m/s 1.8m/s
23:00 ☾
-1.2°C 0.02mm 97% 0cm -0.78°C 0mm 0.02kPa 2896m 3m/s 2m/s
Tue, Mar 17 Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:11
24:00 ☾
-0.9°C 0.22mm 99% 0.22cm -0.69°C 0.13mm 0.01kPa 238m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
01:00 ☾
-0.8°C 0.39mm 99% 0.39cm -0.62°C 0.44mm 0.01kPa 80m 3m/s 2.1m/s
02:00 ☾
-0.6°C 0.33mm 99% 0.34cm -0.43°C 0.38mm 0.01kPa 34m 3.1m/s 2.1m/s
03:00 ☾
-0.5°C 0.26mm 99% 0.28cm -0.37°C 0.69mm 0.01kPa 26m 3.3m/s 2.3m/s
04:00 ☾
-0.8°C 0.32mm 99% 0.35cm -0.75°C 0.94mm 0kPa 26m 2.8m/s 2.3m/s
05:00 ☾
-1.3°C 0.19mm 99% 0.2cm -1.2°C 1.2mm 0kPa 43m 2.8m/s 2.1m/s
06:00 ☾
-1.8°C 0.24mm 98% 0.25cm -1.6°C 1.4mm 0.01kPa 81m 2.7m/s 2m/s
07:00
-1.9°C 0.19mm 97% 0.2cm -1.5°C 1.6mm 0.02kPa 196m 2.8m/s 2.1m/s
08:00
-1.9°C 0.14mm 93% 0.15cm -0.91°C 0.13mm 0.04kPa 648m 3m/s 2.3m/s
09:00
-1.3°C 0.3mm 92% 0.32cm -0.15°C 0.31mm 0.05kPa 398m 3.2m/s 2.5m/s
10:00
-1.1°C 0.17mm 90% 0.22cm 0.41°C 0.56mm 0.07kPa 788m 3.3m/s 2.6m/s
11:00
-0.7°C 0.17mm 88% 0.24cm 1.1°C 0.75mm 0.08kPa 803m 3.4m/s 2.6m/s
12:00
-0.8°C 0.09mm 84% 0.16cm 1.6°C 0.94mm 0.11kPa 7439m 3.6m/s 2.7m/s
13:00
-0.6°C 0.07mm 81% 0.12cm 2.3°C 1.1mm 0.14kPa 8814m 3.6m/s 2.7m/s
14:00
-0.7°C 0.02mm 78% 0.06cm 2.7°C 0.06mm 0.16kPa 16921m 3.7m/s 2.8m/s
15:00
-0.7°C 0.01mm 78% 0.04cm 2.8°C 0.13mm 0.17kPa 17254m 3.9m/s 3.1m/s
16:00
-0.8°C 0.01mm 81% 0.04cm 2.1°C 0.19mm 0.14kPa 14806m 3.7m/s 3m/s
17:00
-0.5°C 0.04mm 88% 0.06cm 1.3°C 0.19mm 0.08kPa 17883m 3.4m/s 2.5m/s
18:00
-0.2°C 0.09mm 97% 0.1cm 0.25°C 0.25mm 0.02kPa 861m 3.3m/s 2.3m/s
19:00 ☾
-0.4°C 0.1mm 98% 0.11cm -0.22°C 0.38mm 0.01kPa 296m 3.3m/s 2.3m/s
20:00 ☾
-1.3°C 0.07mm 97% 0.07cm -0.87°C 0.27mm 0.02kPa 2153m 2.8m/s 2m/s
21:00 ☾
-2.2°C 0.04mm 95% 0.04cm -1.5°C 0.17mm 0.02kPa 4010m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
22:00 ☾
-3°C 0.01mm 94% 0cm -2.2°C 0.06mm 0.03kPa 5867m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
23:00 ☾
-3.5°C 0.007mm 93% 0cm -2.6°C 0.06mm 0.03kPa 11956m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
Wed, Mar 18 Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:13
24:00 ☾
-4.1°C 0.003mm 93% 0cm -3.1°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 18046m 0.97m/s 0.9m/s
01:00 ☾
-4.6°C 0mm 92% 0cm -3.5°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 24135m 0.6m/s 0.65m/s
02:00 ☾
-4.4°C 0mm 83% 0cm -1.9°C 0.04mm 0.09kPa 24135m 0.94m/s 0.9m/s
03:00 ☾
-4.5°C 0mm 74% 0cm -0.35°C 0.02mm 0.16kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
04:00 ☾
-4.8°C 0mm 64% 0cm 1.2°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
05:00 ☾
-4.1°C 0mm 63% 0cm 2.3°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
06:00 ☾
-3.4°C 0mm 61% 0cm 3.3°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
07:00
-2.8°C 0mm 60% 0cm 4.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
-2.6°C 0mm 61% 0cm 4.4°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.4m/s
09:00
-2.3°C 0mm 61% 0cm 4.5°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.3m/s
10:00
-2.1°C 0mm 62% 0cm 4.6°C 0mm 0.32kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
11:00
-2.3°C 0mm 72% 0cm 2.2°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
12:00
-2.9°C 0mm 82% 0cm -0.2°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
13:00
-3.7°C 0mm 92% 0cm -2.6°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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