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Traunsee - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread5.0°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity70%
Wind Speed1.9m/s (calm conditions)

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Times shown in Europe/Vienna

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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
3matching 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
05:0046%
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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 18:09
14:00
0.6°C 0mm 70% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 1.9m/s
15:00
0.7°C 0mm 70% 0cm 5.7°C 0mm 0.27kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.4m/s
16:00
0.8°C 0mm 70% 0cm 5.8°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.6m/s 1m/s
17:00
1.3°C 0mm 73% 0cm 5.7°C 0.06mm 0.24kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 0.97m/s
18:00
1.7°C 0mm 79% 0cm 5.1°C 0.06mm 0.19kPa 24134m 1.4m/s 1m/s
19:00
1.9°C 0.01mm 82% 0cm 4.6°C 0.06mm 0.15kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 1.5m/s
20:00
2°C 0mm 85% 0cm 4.4°C 0mm 0.13kPa 13884m 2.8m/s 1.3m/s
21:00
1.9°C 0.01mm 86% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.11kPa 13081m 2.6m/s 1.4m/s
22:00
1.8°C 0mm 89% 0cm 3.4°C 0.06mm 0.09kPa 19222m 2.5m/s 1.6m/s
23:00
1.7°C 0mm 92% 0cm 2.8°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:09
24:00
1.5°C 0mm 91% 0cm 2.8°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 1.9m/s
01:00
1.3°C 0mm 91% 0cm 2.6°C 0.06mm 0.06kPa 24135m 3.2m/s 2.1m/s
02:00
0.9°C 0mm 91% 0cm 2.1°C 0mm 0.06kPa 24135m 3.3m/s 2.1m/s
03:00
0.9°C 0mm 89% 0cm 2.6°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.1m/s
04:00
0.7°C 0mm 87% 0cm 2.7°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.1m/s
05:00
0.6°C 0mm 86% 0cm 2.8°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2m/s
06:00
0.5°C 0mm 85% 0cm 2.9°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
07:00
0.5°C 0mm 86% 0cm 2.6°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.7m/s
08:00
0.7°C 0mm 80% 0cm 3.8°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 1.7m/s
09:00
0°C 0mm 68% 0cm 5.4°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24134m 6m/s 2.6m/s
10:00
-0.5°C 0mm 62% 0cm 6.4°C 0mm 0.37kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 3.1m/s
11:00
-0.6°C 0mm 55% 0cm 8°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 6.5m/s 3.8m/s
12:00
-1°C 0mm 49% 0cm 9.1°C 0mm 0.59kPa 24134m 6.5m/s 4m/s
13:00
-1.7°C 0mm 44% 0cm 9.9°C 0mm 0.68kPa 24134m 6.8m/s 4.2m/s
14:00
-2.5°C 0mm 40% 0cm 10°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24134m 7.8m/s 5.1m/s
15:00
-2.2°C 0mm 41% 0cm 11°C 0mm 0.76kPa 24135m 9.1m/s 5.4m/s
16:00
-1.2°C 0mm 46% 0cm 10°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24134m 10m/s 4.8m/s
17:00
-0.2°C 0mm 52% 0cm 9°C 0mm 0.54kPa 24135m 8.6m/s 4.9m/s
18:00
0.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 6.9°C 0mm 0.36kPa 24135m 11m/s 4.9m/s
19:00
0.5°C 0mm 64% 0cm 6.8°C 0mm 0.35kPa 24134m 10m/s 4m/s
20:00
0.9°C 0.01mm 68% 0cm 6.3°C 0mm 0.3kPa 24134m 9.1m/s 3.7m/s
21:00
2.5°C 0.37mm 81% 0cm 5.5°C 0.19mm 0.18kPa 21259m 8.7m/s 3.8m/s
22:00
3.5°C 0.64mm 90% 0cm 5°C 0.63mm 0.09kPa 12648m 9.8m/s 3.9m/s
23:00
3.1°C 0.58mm 93% 0cm 4.2°C 1.3mm 0.06kPa 6903m 10m/s 4.5m/s
Tue, Mar 17 Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:11
24:00
2.8°C 0.14mm 89% 0cm 4.5°C 1.7mm 0.1kPa 12405m 10m/s 4.4m/s
01:00
2.5°C 0.01mm 87% 0cm 4.5°C 1.8mm 0.11kPa 13473m 9.2m/s 3.7m/s
02:00
2.4°C 0.01mm 88% 0cm 4.3°C 0mm 0.1kPa 16127m 8.7m/s 3.5m/s
03:00
2.7°C 0mm 89% 0cm 4.3°C 0.13mm 0.09kPa 15108m 8.3m/s 3.4m/s
04:00
2.8°C 0.01mm 91% 0cm 4.1°C 0.19mm 0.07kPa 13538m 7.8m/s 3.1m/s
05:00
2.8°C 0.02mm 90% 0cm 4.2°C 0.31mm 0.08kPa 12907m 7.4m/s 3m/s
06:00
2.6°C 0mm 91% 0cm 4°C 0.38mm 0.08kPa 14348m 7.3m/s 3m/s
07:00
2.5°C 0mm 89% 0cm 4.1°C 0.44mm 0.09kPa 23838m 7m/s 2.7m/s
08:00
2°C 0mm 83% 0cm 4.7°C 0mm 0.15kPa 24135m 6.7m/s 2.6m/s
09:00
1.9°C 0.01mm 77% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.21kPa 20265m 5.8m/s 3m/s
10:00
1.7°C 0mm 72% 0cm 6.4°C 0.13mm 0.27kPa 19573m 5.1m/s 3.1m/s
11:00
1.5°C 0mm 67% 0cm 7.2°C 0.19mm 0.33kPa 18227m 4.6m/s 2.8m/s
12:00
1.3°C 0mm 64% 0cm 7.7°C 0.25mm 0.38kPa 19870m 4.5m/s 2.9m/s
13:00
1.1°C 0mm 61% 0cm 8.2°C 0.31mm 0.42kPa 24135m 4m/s 2.7m/s
14:00
0.9°C 0mm 59% 0cm 8.5°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 3.9m/s 2.7m/s
15:00
1.4°C 0mm 62% 0cm 8.2°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.1m/s
16:00
1.6°C 0mm 64% 0cm 8.1°C 0mm 0.39kPa 24134m 3m/s 1.9m/s
17:00
2.1°C 0mm 68% 0cm 7.6°C 0.06mm 0.33kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
1.9°C 0mm 71% 0cm 6.8°C 0.06mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.3m/s
19:00
2.2°C 0mm 78% 0cm 5.8°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 24134m 3.9m/s 2.2m/s
20:00
1.1°C 0mm 80% 0cm 4.2°C 0.04mm 0.16kPa 24134m 3.3m/s 2m/s
21:00
-0.1°C 0mm 83% 0cm 2.5°C 0.02mm 0.13kPa 24135m 2.8m/s 1.8m/s
22:00
-1.3°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.93°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.7m/s
23:00
-1.4°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.89°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.6m/s
Wed, Mar 18 Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:12
24:00
-1.5°C 0mm 84% 0cm 0.85°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 1.6m/s
01:00
-1.6°C 0mm 84% 0cm 0.8°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.6m/s
02:00
-1.6°C 0mm 74% 0cm 2.5°C 0mm 0.19kPa 24135m 3.5m/s 2.5m/s
03:00
-1.9°C 0mm 64% 0cm 4.2°C 0mm 0.29kPa 24135m 4.7m/s 3.4m/s
04:00
-2.6°C 0mm 55% 0cm 5.8°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 4.3m/s
05:00
-1.9°C 0mm 54% 0cm 6.7°C 0mm 0.45kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 4.6m/s
06:00
-1.2°C 0mm 54% 0cm 7.5°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 6m/s 4.9m/s
07:00
-0.5°C 0mm 54% 0cm 8.3°C 0mm 0.5kPa 24135m 6m/s 5.2m/s
08:00
-0.3°C 0mm 54% 0cm 8.5°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 6m/s 5.1m/s
09:00
-0.1°C 0mm 54% 0cm 8.6°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 5.9m/s 5m/s
10:00
0.1°C 0mm 54% 0cm 8.8°C 0mm 0.52kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 5m/s
11:00
0.2°C 0mm 60% 0cm 7.6°C 0mm 0.42kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 4.4m/s
12:00
0.3°C 0mm 65% 0cm 6.3°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 3.8m/s
13:00
0.2°C 0mm 70% 0cm 5.1°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 3.2m/s
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