What conditions does Fog Hunter look for?

Fog Probability: ≥ 85.0%. Dewpoint Spread: ≤ 2.0°C. Visibility: ≤ 3000.0m. Wind Speed: ≤ 2.0m/s

How often do conditions match?

There are 4 upcoming opportunity windows in the next 10 days.

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Rule Fog Hunter

Traunsee - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

Currently

Real-time conditions

Fog Probability

Dewpoint Spread1.0°C

Visibility24135 (Clear)

Relative Humidity93%

Wind Speed1.0m/s (calm conditions)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Vienna

Next opportunity

Dense Fog (lingering)

Traunsee

Tomorrow · 01:00–06:00 · 5h window

Medium confidence

54%

🌫️Fog Probability97.2-100%

Dewpoint Spread: 0.2°C

Visibility: 754 (Fog)

Relative Humidity: 99%

Wind Speed: 1.6m/s (calm conditions)

Dense Fog (lingering) at Dawn

Traunsee

Tomorrow · 06:00–07:00

🌫️Fog Probability:100%

High

Dense Fog (lingering) at Sunrise

Traunsee

Tomorrow · 07:00–09:00

🌫️Fog Probability:100%

High

Dense Fog (lingering)

Traunsee

Tomorrow · 09:00–10:00

🌫️Fog Probability:100%

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

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Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/Vienna	Fog Probability ≥ 85.0%	Dewpoint Spread ≤ 2.0°C	Visibility ≤ 3000.0m	Wind Speed ≤ 2.0m/s
Sun, Feb 8
07:00	60%	0.8°C	24134m	1.2m/s
08:00	0%	1°C	24135m	1m/s
09:00	0%	1.3°C	24134m	0.38m/s
10:00	0%	1.7°C	24134m	0.32m/s
11:00	0%	2.3°C	24135m	0.9m/s
12:00	0%	2.9°C	24134m	1.1m/s
13:00	0%	3.3°C	24134m	1.2m/s
14:00	0%	3.5°C	24134m	1.4m/s
15:00	0%	3.2°C	24134m	1.4m/s
16:00	0%	2°C	24135m	1.4m/s
17:00	0%	1.4°C	24134m	1.3m/s
18:00	0%	1.3°C	24134m	1.1m/s
19:00	0%	1.2°C	24135m	1.2m/s
20:00	60%	0.9°C	24135m	1.4m/s
21:00	64%	0.6°C	24134m	1.2m/s
22:00	67%	0.4°C	24134m	1.2m/s
23:00	67%	0.3°C	24135m	1.2m/s
Mon, Feb 9
24:00	97%	0.2°C	4220m	1.3m/s
01:00	97%	0.2°C	2459m	1.4m/s
02:00	100%	0.2°C	754m	1.6m/s
03:00	100%	0.1°C	421m	1.6m/s
04:00	97%	0.2°C	2775m	1.4m/s
05:00	97%	0.2°C	2635m	1.3m/s
06:00	100%	0.1°C	1386m	1.3m/s
07:00	100%	0.1°C	1126m	1.4m/s
08:00	100%	0.1°C	1239m	1.4m/s
09:00	100%	0.3°C	1054m	1.3m/s
10:00	66%	0.5°C	13306m	1.5m/s
11:00	48%	1°C	20444m	1.8m/s
12:00	0%	1.4°C	24134m	2m/s
13:00	0%	1.7°C	24135m	2.1m/s
14:00	0%	2°C	24135m	2.1m/s
15:00	0%	2.2°C	18631m	2m/s
16:00	0%	1.7°C	24134m	1.7m/s
17:00	0%	1.9°C	24135m	1.5m/s
18:00	0%	1.1°C	24135m	1.6m/s
19:00	60%	0.8°C	24135m	1.2m/s
20:00	64%	0.6°C	24135m	0.86m/s
21:00	67%	0.4°C	24135m	0.49m/s
22:00	67%	0.4°C	24134m	0.18m/s
23:00	67%	0.5°C	24135m	0.73m/s
Tue, Feb 10
24:00	64%	0.5°C	24134m	0.84m/s
01:00	64%	0.6°C	24134m	0.6m/s
02:00	64%	0.5°C	24134m	0.67m/s
03:00	64%	0.6°C	24135m	0.73m/s
04:00	64%	0.6°C	24134m	0.98m/s
05:00	60%	0.7°C	24135m	0.88m/s
06:00	60%	0.8°C	24134m	1.1m/s
07:00	60%	1°C	24135m	1m/s
08:00	0%	1.1°C	24134m	0.73m/s
09:00	0%	1.9°C	24135m	0.98m/s
10:00	0%	2.8°C	24135m	1.5m/s
11:00	0%	3.3°C	24135m	1.5m/s
12:00	0%	4.1°C	24134m	1.7m/s
13:00	0%	4.5°C	24134m	1.7m/s
14:00	0%	4.1°C	24134m	1.5m/s
15:00	0%	3.9°C	24135m	1.2m/s
16:00	0%	3.6°C	24135m	1m/s
17:00	0%	3.4°C	24135m	0.76m/s
18:00	0%	3.3°C	24135m	0.51m/s
19:00	0%	3.3°C	24135m	0.25m/s
20:00	0%	3.4°C	24135m	0.71m/s
21:00	0%	3.7°C	24135m	1.2m/s
22:00	0%	3.9°C	24135m	1.6m/s
23:00	0%	3.5°C	24135m	1.6m/s
Wed, Feb 11
24:00	0%	3.2°C	24135m	1.5m/s
01:00	0%	2.9°C	24135m	1.5m/s
02:00	0%	3.1°C	22782m	1.6m/s
03:00	0%	3.2°C	21430m	1.6m/s
04:00	0%	3.3°C	20077m	1.7m/s
05:00	0%	2.7°C	21008m	1.9m/s
06:00	0%	1.9°C	21938m	2.2m/s

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	Wind Gusts m/s
Sun, Feb 8 Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:15
08:00	0.7°C	0mm	93%	0cm	1.7°C	0mm	0.05kPa	1m/s
09:00	1.6°C	0mm	91%	0cm	2.9°C	0mm	0.07kPa	0.41m/s
10:00	2.4°C	0mm	88%	0cm	4.1°C	0mm	0.1kPa	0.31m/s
11:00	2.9°C	0mm	85%	0cm	5.2°C	0mm	0.13kPa	0.91m/s
12:00	3.3°C	0mm	82%	0cm	6.2°C	0mm	0.17kPa	1.1m/s
13:00	3.5°C	0mm	80%	0cm	6.8°C	0mm	0.2kPa	1.2m/s
14:00	3.5°C	0mm	78%	0cm	7°C	0mm	0.22kPa	1.4m/s
15:00	3.6°C	0mm	80%	0cm	6.8°C	0mm	0.2kPa	1.7m/s
16:00	3.9°C	0mm	87%	0cm	5.9°C	0mm	0.12kPa	1.7m/s
17:00	2.8°C	0mm	91%	0cm	4.2°C	0mm	0.08kPa	1.3m/s
18:00 ☾	2.1°C	0mm	91%	0cm	3.4°C	0mm	0.07kPa	1.1m/s
19:00 ☾	1.8°C	0mm	92%	0cm	3°C	0mm	0.06kPa	1.2m/s
20:00 ☾	1.6°C	0mm	94%	0cm	2.5°C	0mm	0.05kPa	1.4m/s
21:00 ☾	1.3°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1.9°C	0mm	0.03kPa	2.1m/s
22:00 ☾	1.1°C	0mm	97%	0cm	1.5°C	0mm	0.02kPa	2.3m/s
23:00 ☾	0.8°C	0mm	98%	0cm	1.1°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.2m/s
Mon, Feb 9 Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:15
24:00 ☾	0.7°C	0mm	98%	0cm	0.89°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.3m/s
01:00 ☾	0.9°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.1°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.4m/s
02:00 ☾	0.9°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.1°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.9m/s
03:00 ☾	0.9°C	0mm	99%	0cm	0.98°C	0mm	0.01kPa	3.3m/s
04:00 ☾	1.1°C	0mm	98%	0cm	1.3°C	0mm	0.01kPa	3m/s
05:00 ☾	1.2°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.3m/s
06:00 ☾	1.3°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.2m/s
07:00 ☾	1.3°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.4m/s
08:00	1.4°C	0mm	99%	0cm	1.5°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.4m/s
09:00	1.7°C	0mm	98%	0cm	2°C	0mm	0.01kPa	2.5m/s
10:00	1.9°C	0mm	96%	0cm	2.4°C	0mm	0.03kPa	2.2m/s
11:00	1.9°C	0mm	93%	0cm	2.9°C	0mm	0.05kPa	2.3m/s
12:00	1.8°C	0mm	90%	0cm	3.2°C	0mm	0.07kPa	2.4m/s
13:00	1.6°C	0mm	89%	0cm	3.3°C	0mm	0.09kPa	2.6m/s
14:00	1.2°C	0mm	87%	0cm	3.2°C	0mm	0.1kPa	2.6m/s
15:00	1°C	0mm	86%	0cm	3.2°C	0mm	0.11kPa	2.6m/s
16:00	1.3°C	0mm	88%	0cm	3°C	0mm	0.09kPa	2.4m/s
17:00	0.9°C	0mm	87%	0cm	2.8°C	0mm	0.1kPa	2m/s
18:00 ☾	1.2°C	0mm	92%	0cm	2.3°C	0mm	0.06kPa	2.4m/s
19:00 ☾	1.2°C	0mm	95%	0cm	2°C	0mm	0.04kPa	1.7m/s
20:00 ☾	0.8°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.02kPa	1m/s
21:00 ☾	0.4°C	0mm	97%	0cm	0.83°C	0mm	0.02kPa	0.5m/s
22:00 ☾	0.7°C	0mm	97%	0cm	1.1°C	0mm	0.02kPa	0.21m/s
23:00 ☾	0.9°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.02kPa	0.71m/s
Tue, Feb 10 Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:17
24:00 ☾	0.8°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1.3°C	0mm	0.03kPa	0.81m/s
01:00 ☾	0.6°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1.2°C	0mm	0.03kPa	0.6m/s
02:00 ☾	0.5°C	0mm	96%	0cm	1°C	0mm	0.02kPa	0.7m/s
03:00 ☾	0.3°C	0mm	96%	0cm	0.9°C	0mm	0.03kPa	0.7m/s
04:00 ☾	0.2°C	0mm	96%	0cm	0.83°C	0mm	0.03kPa	1m/s
05:00 ☾	0°C	0mm	95%	0cm	0.72°C	0mm	0.03kPa	0.9m/s
06:00 ☾	-0.5°C	0mm	94%	0cm	0.27°C	0mm	0.04kPa	1.1m/s
07:00 ☾	-1.2°C	0mm	93%	0cm	-0.24°C	0mm	0.04kPa	1m/s
08:00	-1.1°C	0mm	92%	0cm	0.04°C	0mm	0.05kPa	0.71m/s
09:00	-0.5°C	0mm	87%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.09kPa	1.7m/s
10:00	-0.2°C	0mm	82%	0cm	2.6°C	0mm	0.13kPa	2m/s
11:00	0.2°C	0mm	78%	0cm	3.5°C	0mm	0.17kPa	1.6m/s
12:00	0.5°C	0mm	75%	0cm	4.6°C	0mm	0.21kPa	1.5m/s
13:00	0.8°C	0mm	73%	0cm	5.3°C	0mm	0.24kPa	1.5m/s
14:00	0.1°C	0mm	74%	0cm	4.2°C	0mm	0.21kPa	1.4m/s
15:00	-0.7°C	0mm	76%	0cm	3.2°C	0mm	0.19kPa	1.3m/s
16:00	-1.5°C	0mm	77%	0cm	2.1°C	0mm	0.16kPa	1.2m/s
17:00	-1.6°C	0mm	78%	0cm	1.8°C	0mm	0.15kPa	1.1m/s
18:00 ☾	-1.7°C	0mm	78%	0cm	1.6°C	0mm	0.15kPa	0.88m/s
19:00 ☾	-1.9°C	0mm	79%	0cm	1.4°C	0mm	0.14kPa	0.71m/s
20:00 ☾	-2.1°C	0mm	78%	0cm	1.3°C	0mm	0.15kPa	1m/s
21:00 ☾	-2.4°C	0mm	76%	0cm	1.3°C	0mm	0.16kPa	1.4m/s
22:00 ☾	-2.7°C	0mm	75%	0cm	1.2°C	0mm	0.17kPa	1.7m/s
23:00 ☾	-2.5°C	0mm	77%	0cm	1°C	0mm	0.15kPa	1.6m/s
Wed, Feb 11 Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:19
24:00 ☾	-2.4°C	0mm	79%	0cm	0.84°C	0mm	0.14kPa	1.5m/s
01:00 ☾	-2.2°C	0mm	81%	0cm	0.66°C	0mm	0.12kPa	1.4m/s
02:00 ☾	-1.7°C	0.15mm	80%	0cm	1.4°C	0.08mm	0.13kPa	2.1m/s
03:00 ☾	-1.1°C	0.3mm	79%	0cm	2.1°C	0.17mm	0.15kPa	2.7m/s
04:00 ☾	-0.5°C	0.45mm	78%	0cm	2.8°C	0.25mm	0.16kPa	3.4m/s
05:00 ☾	0.2°C	0.46mm	83%	0cm	2.9°C	1.1mm	0.13kPa	3.4m/s
06:00 ☾	1°C	0.48mm	87%	0cm	2.9°C	2mm	0.1kPa	3.4m/s
07:00 ☾	1.7°C	0.49mm	92%	0cm	2.9°C	2.9mm	0.06kPa	3.4m/s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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