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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 Spread1.5°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity89%
Wind Speed1.2m/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
Moderate Fog
Hallstatt
Tomorrow · 21:00–24:00 · 3h window
Low confidence
28%
🌫️Fog Probability64.1-66.7%
Dewpoint Spread: 0.1°C
Visibility: 165 (Dense fog)
Relative Humidity: 100%
Wind Speed: 2.5m/s (calm conditions)
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Moderate Fog
Hallstatt
Sat, Apr 11 · 03:00–05:00
🌫️Fog Probability:65.4-69.3%
Low
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Moderate Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Apr 12 · 11:00–13:00
🌫️Fog Probability:60.8-84.7%
Medium
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Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Apr 12 · 15:00–19:00
🌫️Fog Probability:93.3-100%
High
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Dense Fog at Sunset
Hallstatt
Sun, Apr 12 · 19:00–21:00
🌫️Fog Probability:100%
High
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Dense Fog
Hallstatt
Sun, Apr 12 · 21:00–05:00
🌫️Fog Probability:70.7-100%
High
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Moderate Fog at Dawn
Hallstatt
Mon, Apr 13 · 05:00–06:00
🌫️Fog Probability:60.1%
Low
+13 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
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AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
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Time
Europe/Vienna
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
Wed, Apr 8
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Sat, Apr 11
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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 19:46
04:00
96% -3.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm -23° -2.2°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
05:00
94% -4°C 0mm 88% 0cm -15° -2.4°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
87% -4.1°C 0mm 88% 0cm -5.4° -2.4°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
07:00
80% -3.8°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4.6° -1.7°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
08:00
73% -3°C 0mm 73% 0cm 15° 1.2°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
09:00
50% -2.8°C 0mm 63% 0cm 25° 3.5°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
26% -3.3°C 0mm 53% 0cm 34° 5.4°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 3m/s 2.2m/s
11:00
3% -4°C 0mm 46% 0cm 42° 6.8°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.7m/s
12:00
2% -4.3°C 0mm 42% 0cm 48° 7.6°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.1m/s
13:00
1% -4.2°C 0mm 43% 0cm 50° 7.7°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 3.2m/s
14:00
0% -4.1°C 0mm 42% 0cm 49° 8.2°C 0mm 0.63kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 3m/s
15:00
0% -4.2°C 0mm 41% 0cm 43° 8.4°C 0mm 0.65kPa 24135m 4m/s 3.1m/s
16:00
0% -4.2°C 0mm 41% 0cm 36° 8.2°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24134m 4.1m/s 3.2m/s
17:00
0% -4.1°C 0mm 44% 0cm 27° 7.5°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.9m/s
18:00
0% -2.9°C 0mm 52% 0cm 17° 6.4°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.8m/s
19:00
0% -1.4°C 0mm 67% 0cm 4.2°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24134m 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
20:00
0% -2.1°C 0mm 75% 0cm -3° 1.8°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
5% -2.4°C 0mm 81% 0cm -12° 0.47°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
22:00
11% -2.5°C 0mm 84% 0cm -21° -0.12°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
23:00
16% -2.2°C 0.01mm 86% 0cm -28° -0.13°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 1.5m/s 1.5m/s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:46
24:00
13% -1.8°C 0mm 84% 0cm -33° 0.58°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
01:00
9% -2°C 0mm 90% 0cm -35° -0.52°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 1.8m/s
02:00
6% -1.6°C 0mm 88% 0cm -33° 0.1°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.2m/s
03:00
4% -1.2°C 0.07mm 90% 0cm -29° 0.15°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24126m 2.6m/s 2.5m/s
04:00
2% 0.5°C 0.78mm 95% 0cm -23° 1.3°C 0.69mm 0.03kPa 1136m 1.3m/s 0.65m/s
05:00
0% 0.8°C 0mm 96% 0cm -14° 1.4°C 0.81mm 0.03kPa 768m 0.81m/s 0.86m/s
06:00
0% 0.7°C 0mm 96% 0cm -5.1° 1.2°C 0.81mm 0.03kPa 16630m 0.8m/s 0.79m/s
07:00
0% 0.6°C 0.13mm 96% 0cm 4.9° 1.2°C 0.81mm 0.03kPa 23306m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
08:00
0% 1.6°C 0.09mm 92% 0cm 15° 2.7°C 1mm 0.06kPa 17716m 0.82m/s 0.81m/s
09:00
0% 2.3°C 1.4mm 96% 0cm 25° 2.8°C 1.1mm 0.03kPa 97m 2.5m/s 1.7m/s
10:00
0% 1.8°C 2.7mm 100% 2.7cm 34° 1.8°C 3.2mm 0kPa 46m 2.3m/s 1.5m/s
11:00
0% 0.8°C 3.7mm 100% 3.7cm 42° 0.88°C 6.1mm 0kPa 29m 2.9m/s 2.2m/s
12:00
0% 1°C 3.3mm 100% 3.3cm 48° 1°C 9.1mm 0kPa 26m 2.2m/s 1.9m/s
13:00
0% 0.4°C 2.9mm 100% 2.9cm 50° 0.44°C 13mm 0kPa 33m 1.9m/s 1.6m/s
14:00
0% 0.7°C 2.8mm 100% 2.8cm 49° 0.67°C 16mm 0kPa 29m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
15:00
0% 0.4°C 2.7mm 100% 2.7cm 44° 0.35°C 3.3mm 0kPa 26m 1.9m/s 1.6m/s
16:00
0% 0.4°C 2mm 100% 2cm 36° 0.41°C 5.8mm 0kPa 37m 2.4m/s 1.7m/s
17:00
0% 0.6°C 3.2mm 100% 3.2cm 27° 0.61°C 7.8mm 0kPa 32m 2.7m/s 1.9m/s
18:00
0% 0.3°C 2mm 100% 2cm 17° 0.31°C 10mm 0kPa 39m 2.5m/s 1.6m/s
19:00
0% 0.6°C 2mm 100% 2cm 7.2° 0.56°C 12mm 0kPa 60m 2.9m/s 1.9m/s
20:00
0% 0.7°C 1.3mm 100% 0cm -2.7° 0.66°C 13mm 0kPa 110m 2.6m/s 1.9m/s
21:00
0% 0.6°C 0.24mm 100% 0cm -12° 0.66°C 0.81mm 0kPa 165m 3.3m/s 2.5m/s
22:00
0% 0.7°C 0.03mm 100% 0cm -21° 0.75°C 0.94mm 0kPa 260m 3m/s 2.3m/s
23:00
0% 0.7°C 0.01mm 100% 0cm -28° 0.78°C 0.94mm 0kPa 739m 2.9m/s 2.4m/s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:47
24:00
0% 0.5°C 0mm 99% 0cm -32° 0.69°C 0.94mm 0.01kPa 8264m 2.5m/s 2.1m/s
01:00
0% 0.3°C 0mm 99% 0cm -34° 0.49°C 0.94mm 0.01kPa 8417m 2.1m/s 2m/s
02:00
0% 0.3°C 0.04mm 99% 0cm -33° 0.49°C 0.94mm 0.01kPa 8471m 2.2m/s 2.1m/s
03:00
0% 0.7°C 0.41mm 99% 0cm -29° 0.77°C 0.25mm 0kPa 482m 2.3m/s 1.9m/s
04:00
0% 1.3°C 0.37mm 100% 0cm -22° 1.3°C 0.5mm 0kPa 117m 2m/s 1.7m/s
05:00
0% 1.6°C 0.99mm 100% 0cm -14° 1.6°C 1.3mm 0kPa 75m 1.6m/s 1.5m/s
06:00
0% 1.7°C 0.69mm 100% 0cm -4.8° 1.7°C 2.1mm 0kPa 64m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
07:00
0% 1.6°C 0.25mm 100% 0cm 5.2° 1.6°C 2.4mm 0kPa 66m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
08:00
0% 1.8°C 0.09mm 100% 0cm 15° 1.8°C 2.6mm 0kPa 61m 1m/s 1.1m/s
09:00
1% 3.6°C 0.06mm 90% 0cm 25° 5.2°C 1.8mm 0.09kPa 8086m 1m/s 1.1m/s
10:00
3% 5.2°C 0.03mm 79% 0cm 34° 8.6°C 0.92mm 0.23kPa 16110m 1m/s 1m/s
11:00
4% 6.4°C 0mm 68% 0cm 43° 12°C 0.06mm 0.44kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
12:00
4% 5.7°C 0.003mm 75% 0cm 48° 9.9°C 0.15mm 0.3kPa 24135m 1m/s 1m/s
13:00
3% 4.9°C 0.007mm 82% 0cm 51° 7.7°C 0.23mm 0.19kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
14:00
3% 3.9°C 0.01mm 89% 0cm 49° 5.6°C 0.31mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
15:00
12% 3.4°C 0.007mm 90% 0cm 44° 4.9°C 0.21mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.5m/s
16:00
20% 2.8°C 0.003mm 91% 0cm 36° 4.1°C 0.1mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1.9m/s
17:00
29% 2.3°C 0mm 92% 0cm 27° 3.4°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.3m/s
18:00
33% 2.2°C 0mm 93% 0cm 17° 3.3°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.4m/s
19:00
36% 2.1°C 0mm 93% 0cm 7.5° 3.1°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.4m/s
20:00
40% 2°C 0mm 93% 0cm -2.5° 3°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.4m/s
21:00
50% 1.9°C 0mm 93% 0cm -12° 2.9°C 0mm 0.05kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.4m/s
22:00
61% 1.8°C 0mm 93% 0cm -20° 2.9°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.9m/s 2.3m/s
23:00
71% 1.7°C 0mm 92% 0cm -27° 2.8°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 2.3m/s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 19:48
24:00
70% 2.2°C 0mm 91% 0cm -32° 3.6°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.7m/s
01:00
70% 2.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm -34° 4.3°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
02:00
69% 3.2°C 0mm 87% 0cm -33° 5.1°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 0.66m/s 0.58m/s
03:00
57% 4.3°C 0mm 82% 0cm -28° 7.1°C 0mm 0.18kPa 24135m 0.8m/s 0.73m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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