Fog report Sat, 19/12

Name: Fog report Sat, 19/12/2020: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,800–2,000 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 7 h 45 min. On the Swiss Plateau 23 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday 19 December 2020 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

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

Sun staircase · 19/12/2020 · 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 Sat, 19/12.

Stations without a minute of sun: 27

Bière684 m0 min
Fahy596 m0 min
Bern / Zollikofen553 m0 min
Aadorf / Tänikon539 m0 min
Bischofszell / Sitterdorf507 m0 min
Payerne490 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m7 h 45 min
Hörnli1,133 m7 h 5 min
Uetliberg854 m6 h 25 min
Einsiedeln911 m6 h 20 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 2,100 m

All measurements of Sat, 19/12

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 boundary.

Station · hour ending	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	30 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	44 min	0 min	6 h 10 min
Säntis2,501 m	49 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	56 min	7 h 45 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	2 min
Pilatus2,105 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	59 min	13 min	0 min	5 h 45 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	19 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	45 min	23 min	20 min	0 min	1 h 47 min
La Dôle1,670 m	7 min	60 min	45 min	35 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	2 h 28 min
Napf1,404 m	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	55 min	25 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 52 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	34 min	60 min	33 min	31 min	5 min	0 min	2 h 43 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	5 min	12 min	0 min	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	19 min
Chaumont1,136 m	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min
Hörnli1,133 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	31 min	7 h 5 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	9 min	22 min	0 min	0 min	10 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	42 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	58 min	60 min	19 min	0 min	2 h 17 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	15 min	11 min	0 min	29 min	32 min	2 min	0 min	1 h 29 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	4 min	0 min	0 min	4 min
Bantiger942 m	21 min	51 min	2 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 15 min
Einsiedeln911 m	4 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	16 min	6 h 20 min
Uetliberg854 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	50 min	0 min	6 h 25 min
Lägern845 m	28 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	43 min	0 min	6 h 11 min
Oron828 m	6 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	57 min	1 min	11 min	0 min	1 h 17 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	31 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	7 min	5 h 37 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	37 min	60 min	29 min	50 min	13 min	0 min	3 h 9 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	11 min	60 min	59 min	60 min	46 min	10 min	0 min	0 min	4 h 6 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	17 min	9 min	2 min	0 min	30 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	14 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	0 min	5 h 48 min
Rünenberg611 m	17 min	26 min	27 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 10 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	3 min

no sun1–19 min20–44 min45–60 minMeasured fog boundaryMeasurements: 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