Fog report Sat, 3/6

Name: Fog report Sat, 3/6/2021: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,300–1,500 m, sun above it.

Most sun: Säntis with 11 h 2 min. On the Swiss Plateau 2 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Saturday, March 6, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,500 mStation above 1,500 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 3/6/2021 · measured

Sun by altitude at 64 weather stations

Each dot is a MeteoSwiss station: up, how high it lies; right, how long it measured sun on Sat, 3/6.

Stations without a minute of sun: 3

Plaffeien1,042 m0 min
Wädenswil485 m0 min
Luzern454 m0 min

Longest in the sun

Säntis2,501 m11 h 2 min
Hallau419 m10 h 30 min
St. Chrischona493 m10 h 21 min
Pilatus2,105 m9 h 58 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,600 m

All measurements of Sat, 3/6

Minutes of sun per hour at 64 MeteoSwiss weather stations, sorted by height. Each cell is an hour; the dashed line is the measured fog boundary.

Station · hour ending	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	23 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	2 min	0 min	9 h 25 min
Säntis2,501 m	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	2 min	11 h 2 min
Gütsch, Andermatt2,286 m	19 min	60 min	55 min	51 min	56 min	59 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	51 min	0 min	9 h 51 min
Pilatus2,105 m	57 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	35 min	33 min	53 min	0 min	9 h 58 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	43 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	58 min	57 min	42 min	0 min	0 min	9 h 20 min
La Dôle1,670 m	46 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	16 min	16 min	0 min	6 h 11 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	0 min	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	55 min	60 min	46 min	0 min	8 h 12 min
Napf1,404 m	2 min	43 min	43 min	4 min	15 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	5 min	8 min	0 min	2 h 1 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	57 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	31 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 28 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	14 min	0 min	14 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	35 min	60 min	29 min	0 min	2 h 5 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min	51 min	59 min	46 min	0 min	2 h 46 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	38 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	27 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 h 4 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	9 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	30 min	0 min	8 h 39 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	2 min	49 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	41 min	60 min	34 min	0 min	8 h 58 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min	13 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	24 min
Einsiedeln911 m	1 min	41 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	42 min
Uetliberg854 m	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	16 min	60 min	43 min	2 min	2 h 3 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	3 min	42 min	30 min	60 min	60 min	48 min	0 min	4 h 11 min
Oron828 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	38 min	21 min	0 min	59 min
St. Gallen776 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min	42 min	60 min	55 min	51 min	0 min	3 h 38 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	25 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	49 min	9 min	0 min	0 min	6 h 21 min
Langnau i.E.744 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	3 min	12 min	42 min	8 min	12 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 19 min
Bière684 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	2 min	1 min	1 min	17 min	13 min	0 min	0 min	34 min
Fribourg / Grangeneuve651 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	9 min	0 min	9 min
Ebnat-Kappel623 m	0 min	5 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	5 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	26 min	58 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	56 min	46 min	0 min	6 h 58 min
Zürich / Fluntern604 m	11 min	56 min	49 min	60 min	56 min	47 min	56 min	52 min	54 min	60 min	35 min	0 min	8 h 56 min

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

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