Fog report Sat, 16/1

Name: Fog report Sat, 16/01/2021: 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: Säntis with 7 h 24 min. On the Swiss Plateau 24 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday 16 January 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 16/01/2021 · 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 Sat, 16/1.

Stations without a minute of sun: 28

Le Moléson1,974 m0 min
Chasseral1,594 m0 min
Oron828 m0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min
Bière684 m0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m7 h 24 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m7 h 2 min
Pilatus2,105 m6 h 39 min
Jungfraujoch3,571 m6 h 34 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Sat, 16/1

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	36 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	54 min	4 min	0 min	6 h 34 min
Säntis2,501 m	52 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	32 min	0 min	7 h 24 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	2 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	4 min	7 h 2 min
Pilatus2,105 m	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	2 min	0 min	6 h 39 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
La Dôle1,670 m	18 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	52 min	33 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 47 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Napf1,404 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	6 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	26 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	29 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 55 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	24 min	26 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	50 min
Chaumont1,136 m	7 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	7 min
Hörnli1,133 m	37 min	60 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 50 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	6 min	50 min	18 min	35 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 49 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	37 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 16 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	0 min	8 min	53 min	60 min	54 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 55 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	13 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	16 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 22 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	16 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	16 min
Einsiedeln911 m	3 min	45 min	60 min	1 min	0 min	12 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 9 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	9 min	49 min	54 min	23 min	52 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	3 h 11 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	14 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 45 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	3 min	40 min	55 min	36 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	18 min	60 min	57 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	1 min	0 min	5 h 59 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	54 min	60 min	41 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 35 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min

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

For the press

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss