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Wolfgangsee - Fog Hunter - Salzkammergut

Strobl, Salzburg, Austria

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 75.0%

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

Currently

Real-time conditions
Dewpoint Spread0.3°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity98%
Wind Speed1.8m/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
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Vienna
Fog Probability
≥ 75.0%
Tue, Jul 7
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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
Wed, Jul 8 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 21:04
16:00
0% 12°C 0.01mm 98% 0cm 48° 12°C 2.6mm 0.02kPa 24135m 2.7m/s 1.8m/s
17:00
0% 12°C 0.31mm 98% 0cm 38° 13°C 3.1mm 0.03kPa 22695m 2.3m/s 1.4m/s
18:00
0% 12°C 0.02mm 98% 0cm 28° 13°C 3.6mm 0.03kPa 23882m 1.7m/s 1.3m/s
19:00
0% 12°C 0mm 98% 0cm 18° 13°C 3.9mm 0.04kPa 16174m 2.2m/s 1.5m/s
20:00
0% 12°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm 8.8° 13°C 4.1mm 0.05kPa 24034m 1.9m/s 1.6m/s
21:00
0% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm 0.37° 13°C 0.44mm 0.05kPa 15818m 1.4m/s 1.5m/s
22:00
0% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -7.8° 12°C 1.1mm 0.04kPa 22842m 1.7m/s 1.5m/s
23:00
0% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -14° 12°C 1.6mm 0.04kPa 23512m 1.5m/s 1.4m/s
Thu, Jul 9 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 21:04
24:00
0% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -18° 12°C 2mm 0.04kPa 22736m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
01:00
0% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -20° 12°C 2.3mm 0.04kPa 21701m 1.3m/s 1.3m/s
02:00
0% 12°C 0.07mm 97% 0cm -19° 13°C 2.6mm 0.05kPa 22646m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
03:00
0% 12°C 0.01mm 97% 0cm -16° 13°C 0.31mm 0.04kPa 24135m 1.3m/s 1.4m/s
04:00
1% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -10° 13°C 0.56mm 0.04kPa 24128m 1.2m/s 1.2m/s
05:00
1% 12°C 0mm 97% 0cm -3.1° 13°C 0.88mm 0.04kPa 21380m 1.2m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
2% 13°C 0mm 96% 0cm 5.4° 13°C 1.2mm 0.07kPa 17697m 0.92m/s 0.89m/s
07:00
3% 13°C 0mm 95% 0cm 15° 14°C 1.6mm 0.07kPa 12137m 2.3m/s 1.8m/s
08:00
4% 14°C 0mm 92% 0cm 24° 15°C 2.1mm 0.14kPa 15985m 3.9m/s 2m/s
09:00
26% 14°C 0mm 88% 0cm 34° 16°C 0.31mm 0.22kPa 15379m 3.7m/s 2.2m/s
10:00
47% 14°C 0mm 83% 0cm 44° 16°C 0.56mm 0.32kPa 22467m 3.7m/s 2m/s
11:00
69% 13°C 0mm 71% 0cm 54° 18°C 0.75mm 0.6kPa 23201m 4.4m/s 2.2m/s
12:00
73% 12°C 0mm 58% 0cm 61° 20°C 0.88mm 0.97kPa 23996m 5.4m/s 2.5m/s
13:00
76% 11°C 0mm 54% 0cm 65° 21°C 1mm 1.1kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 2.9m/s
14:00
80% 11°C 0mm 51% 0cm 63° 21°C 1.1mm 1.2kPa 24135m 6.1m/s 3.2m/s
15:00
81% 11°C 0mm 51% 0cm 57° 21°C 0.06mm 1.3kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 3.2m/s
16:00
82% 12°C 0mm 56% 0cm 48° 21°C 0.06mm 1.1kPa 24135m 5.8m/s 3m/s
17:00
83% 12°C 0mm 59% 0cm 38° 20°C 0.19mm 0.97kPa 24135m 5.3m/s 2.7m/s
18:00
83% 14°C 0.01mm 70% 0cm 28° 19°C 0.31mm 0.67kPa 21666m 3.2m/s 2m/s
19:00
84% 15°C 0mm 76% 0cm 18° 19°C 0.44mm 0.53kPa 19438m 2.5m/s 1m/s
20:00
84% 14°C 0mm 83% 0cm 8.7° 17°C 0.5mm 0.33kPa 24135m 0.5m/s 0.58m/s
21:00
83% 13°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.31° 15°C 0.06mm 0.26kPa 24134m 1m/s 1.2m/s
22:00
81% 12°C 0mm 88% 0cm -7.9° 14°C 0.06mm 0.2kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.9m/s
23:00
80% 12°C 0mm 91% 0cm -14° 13°C 0.06mm 0.14kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 1.9m/s
Fri, Jul 10 Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 21:04
24:00
79% 12°C 0mm 92% 0cm -18° 13°C 0.06mm 0.12kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
01:00
78% 11°C 0mm 92% 0cm -20° 13°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
02:00
77% 11°C 0mm 93% 0cm -19° 12°C 0.06mm 0.1kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2.1m/s
03:00
82% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -16° 12°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
04:00
87% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -10° 12°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
05:00
92% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm -3.2° 12°C 0mm 0.07kPa 24134m 1.7m/s 2m/s
06:00
94% 11°C 0mm 94% 0cm 5.3° 12°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
07:00
95% 12°C 0mm 90% 0cm 14° 14°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.5m/s
08:00
97% 13°C 0mm 78% 0cm 24° 17°C 0mm 0.41kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.2m/s
09:00
98% 13°C 0mm 65% 0cm 34° 19°C 0mm 0.79kPa 24134m 1.1m/s 0.94m/s
10:00
99% 12°C 0mm 57% 0cm 44° 21°C 0mm 1.1kPa 24134m 1.8m/s 1.3m/s
11:00
100% 12°C 0mm 52% 0cm 53° 22°C 0mm 1.3kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 1.8m/s
12:00
100% 12°C 0mm 48% 0cm 61° 23°C 0mm 1.5kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.1m/s
13:00
100% 11°C 0mm 45% 0cm 64° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 3.2m/s 2.3m/s
14:00
100% 11°C 0mm 44% 0cm 63° 24°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24134m 3.1m/s 2.3m/s
15:00
100% 11°C 0mm 43% 0cm 57° 24°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24135m 3.1m/s 2.4m/s
16:00
100% 11°C 0mm 44% 0cm 48° 24°C 0mm 1.7kPa 24134m 3m/s 2.3m/s
17:00
100% 12°C 0mm 46% 0cm 38° 24°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24134m 2.6m/s 2.1m/s
18:00
100% 12°C 0mm 50% 0cm 28° 23°C 0mm 1.4kPa 24135m 2m/s 2m/s
19:00
100% 15°C 0mm 65% 0cm 18° 22°C 0mm 0.92kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 1.6m/s
20:00
100% 15°C 0mm 79% 0cm 8.6° 19°C 0mm 0.47kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.2m/s
21:00
95% 14°C 0mm 85% 0cm 0.24° 16°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.2m/s
22:00
91% 12°C 0mm 91% 0cm -7.9° 13°C 0mm 0.14kPa 24135m 0.98m/s 1.1m/s
23:00
86% 9.9°C 0mm 97% 0cm -14° 10°C 0mm 0.04kPa 24135m 0.91m/s 1.1m/s
Sat, Jul 11 Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 21:03
24:00
83% 11°C 0mm 93% 0cm -18° 12°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 0.85m/s 0.96m/s
01:00
80% 12°C 0mm 89% 0cm -20° 13°C 0mm 0.17kPa 24135m 0.79m/s 0.83m/s
02:00
77% 12°C 0mm 85% 0cm -19° 15°C 0mm 0.26kPa 24135m 0.74m/s 0.7m/s
03:00
69% 12°C 0mm 73% 0cm -16° 17°C 0.02mm 0.54kPa 24135m 0.87m/s 0.92m/s
04:00
61% 12°C 0mm 60% 0cm -11° 19°C 0.04mm 0.89kPa 24135m 1m/s 1.1m/s
05:00
53% 10°C 0mm 48% 0cm -3.3° 22°C 0.06mm 1.3kPa 24135m 1.1m/s 1.3m/s
06:00
52% 9.7°C 0mm 45% 0cm 5.1° 22°C 0.06mm 1.5kPa 24135m 1.5m/s 1.6m/s
07:00
52% 9.3°C 0mm 41% 0cm 14° 23°C 0.06mm 1.7kPa 24135m 1.8m/s 1.8m/s
08:00
51% 8.8°C 0mm 38% 0cm 24° 24°C 0.06mm 1.8kPa 24135m 2.1m/s 2m/s
09:00
57% 9.3°C 0mm 40% 0cm 34° 24°C 0.04mm 1.8kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.3m/s
10:00
64% 9.7°C 0mm 42% 0cm 44° 23°C 0.02mm 1.7kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.6m/s
11:00
70% 10°C 0mm 43% 0cm 53° 23°C 0mm 1.6kPa 24135m 2.2m/s 2.8m/s
12:00
71% 12°C 0mm 55% 0cm 61° 22°C 0.02mm 1.2kPa 24135m 2m/s 2.4m/s
13:00
72% 13°C 0mm 66% 0cm 64° 20°C 0.04mm 0.78kPa 24135m 1.7m/s 2m/s
14:00
73% 14°C 0mm 78% 0cm 63° 18°C 0.06mm 0.47kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
15:00
75% 14°C 0mm 83% 0cm 56° 16°C 0.04mm 0.32kPa 24135m 1.4m/s 1.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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