Fog report Thu, 17/12

Name: Fog report Thu, 17/12/2020: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Gütsch, Andermatt with 7 h 23 min. On the Swiss Plateau 5 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Thursday 17 December 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 2,000 mStation above 2,000 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 17/12/2020 · measured

Sun by altitude at 63 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Thu, 17/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 5

Güttingen440 m0 min
Schaffhausen438 m0 min
Wynau422 m0 min
Hallau419 m0 min
Leibstadt341 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m7 h 23 min
Jungfraujoch3,571 m7 h 8 min
Bad Ragaz497 m5 h 51 min
Adelboden1,321 m5 h 31 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Thu, 17/12

Minutes of sun per hour at 63 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog level.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	7 h 8 min
Säntis2,501 m	18 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	28 min	28 min	1 h 14 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	21 min	7 h 23 min
Pilatus2,105 m	35 min	54 min	52 min	15 min	16 min	37 min	6 min	52 min	0 min	4 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	5 min	6 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	50 min	24 min	1 h 27 min
La Dôle1,670 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	4 min
Napf1,404 m	30 min	39 min	56 min	19 min	0 min	0 min	16 min	60 min	26 min	4 h 6 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	36 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	60 min	59 min	0 min	5 h 31 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	18 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	4 min	4 min	5 min	22 min	0 min	39 min
Hörnli1,133 m	21 min	14 min	50 min	60 min	28 min	0 min	3 min	27 min	18 min	3 h 41 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	24 min	2 min	0 min	1 min	18 min	45 min	47 min	10 min	2 h 27 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 37 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	7 min	10 min	30 min	28 min	1 min	2 min	49 min	10 min	2 h 17 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	15 min	4 min	0 min	21 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	20 min	47 min	10 min	1 h 32 min
Einsiedeln911 m	5 min	60 min	28 min	14 min	40 min	52 min	60 min	60 min	4 min	5 h 23 min
Uetliberg854 m	25 min	60 min	54 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	15 min	38 min	4 min	3 h 24 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	14 min	23 min	40 min	0 min	1 h 17 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	32 min	28 min	42 min	1 min	1 h 43 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	8 min	0 min	10 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	21 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	42 min	60 min	54 min	31 min	60 min	45 min	0 min	4 h 52 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	5 min	27 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	35 min	49 min	0 min	1 h 57 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	7 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	31 min	55 min	4 min	1 h 43 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	15 min	37 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	58 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	7 min	0 min	12 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	37 min	60 min	24 min	1 min	8 min	13 min	60 min	10 min	3 h 33 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog levelMeasurements: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet

For the press

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Measurements as CSV

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss