Fog report Tue, 12-08

Name: Fog report Tue, 2020-12-08: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,200–1,800 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Napf with 6 h 26 min. On the Swiss Plateau 19 of 36 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,800 mStation above 1,800 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 2020-12-08 · measured

Sun by altitude at 61 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Tue, 12-08.

Stations without a minute of sun: 25

Säntis2,501 m0 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m0 min
Engelberg1,036 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m0 min
Rünenberg611 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Napf1,404 m6 h 26 min
Le Moléson1,974 m6 h 20 min
Plaffeien1,042 m6 h 14 min
Bantiger942 m6 h 2 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,900 m

All measurements of Tue, 12-08

Minutes of sun per hour at 61 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	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	35 min	42 min	0 min	1 h 25 min
Säntis2,501 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Pilatus2,105 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	22 min	28 min	47 min	38 min	0 min	2 h 15 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	33 min	60 min	52 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	0 min	6 h 20 min
La Dôle1,670 m	10 min	44 min	23 min	49 min	31 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 41 min
Napf1,404 m	9 min	58 min	60 min	52 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	27 min	6 h 26 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	39 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	25 min	12 min	4 h 16 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	15 min	60 min	33 min	31 min	60 min	40 min	2 min	0 min	4 h 1 min
Chaumont1,136 m	29 min	60 min	60 min	30 min	60 min	60 min	20 min	0 min	5 h 19 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	8 min	11 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	19 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	17 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	57 min	0 min	6 h 14 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	23 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	46 min	37 min	0 min	4 h 46 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	17 min	60 min	50 min	29 min	56 min	58 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 30 min
Bantiger942 m	18 min	60 min	60 min	53 min	60 min	47 min	50 min	14 min	6 h 2 min
Einsiedeln911 m	11 min	36 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	47 min
Uetliberg854 m	5 min	56 min	44 min	6 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	2 h 5 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min
Oron828 m	0 min	45 min	42 min	41 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	2 h 10 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	50 min	60 min	37 min	40 min	50 min	0 min	3 h 57 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	6 min	60 min	60 min	30 min	0 min	3 min	58 min	14 min	3 h 51 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	4 min	55 min	31 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 30 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	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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Measurements as CSV

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