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Rule Fog Hunter

Hallstatt - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread1.7°C
Visibility24134 (Clear)
Relative Humidity88%
Wind Speed2.1m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/Vienna
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Next opportunity
Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Tomorrow · 19:00–01:00 · 6h window
Medium confidence
61%
🌫️Fog Probability66.7-100%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.4°C
Visibility: 1059 (Mist/Haze)
Relative Humidity: 97%
Wind Speed: 1.2m/s (calm conditions)
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Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Mar 15 · 24:00–05:00
🌫️Fog Probability:80.6-100%
High
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Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Mar 15 · 13:00–17:00
🌫️Fog Probability:70-100%
Medium
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Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Mar 15 · 22:00–24:00
🌫️Fog Probability:91.7-97.2%
High

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
6matching 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%
Tue, Mar 10
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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
Wed, Mar 11 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:04
02:00
-3.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.4°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
03:00
-3.3°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.6°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
04:00
-3.4°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.7°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
05:00
-3.5°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.8°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 2m/s
06:00
-3.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -1.9°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
-3.4°C 0mm 86% 0cm -1.4°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
-2.1°C 0mm 76% 0cm 1.7°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
09:00
-1.5°C 0mm 70% 0cm 3.5°C 0mm 0.24kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.1m/s
10:00
-1.2°C 0mm 65% 0cm 4.8°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 0.9m/s 1.1m/s
11:00
-0.7°C 0mm 62% 0cm 5.9°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24135m 0.6m/s 0.99m/s
12:00
-0.7°C 0mm 59% 0cm 6.8°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24135m 0.7m/s 0.61m/s
13:00
-0.2°C 0mm 58% 0cm 7.6°C 0mm 0.44kPa 24135m 1m/s 0.47m/s
14:00
-0.7°C 0mm 56% 0cm 7.7°C 0.06mm 0.47kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.44m/s
15:00
-0.8°C 0mm 54% 0cm 7.9°C 0.06mm 0.49kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 0.48m/s
16:00
-0.6°C 0mm 56% 0cm 7.7°C 0.13mm 0.47kPa 24135m 0.93m/s 0.55m/s
17:00
1.1°C 0mm 72% 0cm 5.8°C 0.19mm 0.26kPa 24072m 0.42m/s 0.4m/s
18:00
-1°C 0mm 79% 0cm 2.4°C 0.25mm 0.16kPa 24134m 0.71m/s 0.74m/s
19:00
-1.4°C 0mm 81% 0cm 1.4°C 0.25mm 0.13kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
20:00
-1.6°C 0mm 84% 0cm 0.74°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.8m/s
21:00
-1.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm 0.41°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
22:00
-1.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm 0.15°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
23:00
-1.7°C 0mm 88% 0cm -0.08°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
Thu, Mar 12 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:04
24:00
-1.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm -0.37°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
01:00
-2.1°C 0mm 89% 0cm -0.56°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
02:00
-2.4°C 0mm 89% 0cm -0.73°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
03:00
-2.3°C 0mm 87% 0cm -0.47°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.7m/s
04:00
-2.3°C 0mm 86% 0cm -0.2°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
05:00
-2.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm -0.49°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
06:00
-2.5°C 0mm 86% 0cm -0.46°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
-2.1°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.19°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
08:00
-1.3°C 0mm 80% 0cm 1.7°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.2m/s
09:00
-0.5°C 0mm 77% 0cm 3.1°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.2m/s
10:00
0.7°C 0mm 79% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.4m/s
11:00
1.6°C 0mm 83% 0cm 4.3°C 0mm 0.14kPa 18700m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
12:00
2°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 3975m 1.5m/s 2m/s
13:00
2.2°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4.1°C 0.19mm 0.11kPa 6502m 1.6m/s 2.1m/s
14:00
1.9°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 6866m 1.1m/s 1.6m/s
15:00
1.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm 3.7°C 0.06mm 0.09kPa 10937m 1m/s 1.4m/s
16:00
2°C 0mm 88% 0cm 3.7°C 0.06mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 1.4m/s
17:00
2.1°C 0mm 92% 0cm 3.2°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 9683m 1.4m/s 1.3m/s
18:00
1.5°C 0mm 95% 0cm 2.2°C 0.06mm 0.04kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
19:00
1.4°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm 1.8°C 0.13mm 0.02kPa 23345m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
20:00
1.3°C 0mm 98% 0cm 1.6°C 0mm 0.02kPa 23307m 0.51m/s 0.39m/s
21:00
1.4°C 0mm 97% 0cm 1.8°C 0mm 0.02kPa 1059m 1.3m/s 1.2m/s
22:00
0.8°C 0mm 98% 0cm 1.2°C 0mm 0.02kPa 1364m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
23:00
0.3°C 0mm 98% 0cm 0.6°C 0mm 0.01kPa 2839m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:06
24:00
-0.3°C 0mm 96% 0cm 0.19°C 0mm 0.02kPa 7821m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
01:00
-0.7°C 0mm 94% 0cm 0.19°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
02:00
-1.3°C 0mm 93% 0cm -0.33°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23413m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
03:00
-1.8°C 0mm 94% 0cm -0.87°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23404m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
04:00
-1.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -0.89°C 0mm 0.04kPa 23773m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
05:00
-1.9°C 0mm 92% 0cm -0.8°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 2m/s
06:00
-2°C 0mm 91% 0cm -0.82°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.1m/s
07:00
-1.6°C 0mm 90% 0cm -0.2°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.1m/s
08:00
-0.3°C 0mm 81% 0cm 2.7°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.2m/s
09:00
0.7°C 0mm 71% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 2.2m/s
10:00
1.5°C 0mm 61% 0cm 8.5°C 0mm 0.43kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.3m/s
11:00
0.9°C 0mm 69% 0cm 6.3°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.5m/s
12:00
0.2°C 0mm 76% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.7m/s
13:00
-0.7°C 0mm 84% 0cm 1.8°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.9m/s
14:00
-1°C 0mm 84% 0cm 1.4°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.9m/s
15:00
-1.4°C 0mm 84% 0cm 0.99°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.9m/s
16:00
-1.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm 0.57°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.8m/s
17:00
-1.8°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.33°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.9m/s
18:00
-1.9°C 0mm 87% 0cm 0.09°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.9m/s
19:00
-1.9°C 0mm 88% 0cm -0.15°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 3m/s
20:00
-1.8°C 0mm 90% 0cm -0.35°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3m/s
21:00
-1.7°C 0mm 92% 0cm -0.55°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.1m/s
22:00
-1.5°C 0mm 94% 0cm -0.76°C 0mm 0.03kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3.1m/s
23:00
-1.5°C 0mm 93% 0cm -0.5°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 4.3m/s 3m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:07
24:00
-1.5°C 0mm 91% 0cm -0.24°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 3m/s
01:00
-1.5°C 0mm 89% 0cm 0.02°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 4.1m/s 2.9m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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