Fog report Fri, 12/17

Name: Fog report Fri, 12/17/2021: sunshine at the SwissMetNet stations
Creator: MeteoSwiss
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fog lid at 1,200–1,300 m, sun above it.

Most sun: La Dôle with 8 h 21 min. On the Swiss Plateau 32 of 37 weather stations saw not a single minute of sun.

Measured on Friday, December 17, 2021 · Source: MeteoSwiss, SwissMetNet stations

Station up to 1,300 mStation above 1,300 mFog lid, measured

Sun staircase · 12/17/2021 · 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 Fri, 12/17.

Stations without a minute of sun: 37

Chaumont1,136 m0 min
Uetliberg854 m0 min
Lägern845 m0 min
Oron828 m0 min
St. Gallen776 m0 min
Langnau i.E.744 m0 min

Longest in the sun

La Dôle1,670 m8 h 21 min
Säntis2,501 m8 h 19 min
Le Moléson1,974 m8 h 18 min
Napf1,404 m8 h 7 min

Above the fog lid: summits from 1,400 m

All measurements of Fri, 12/17

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	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Jungfraujoch3,571 m	32 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	37 min	0 min	7 h 9 min
Säntis2,501 m	50 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	29 min	8 h 19 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	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	52 min	0 min	7 h 27 min
Le Moléson1,974 m	34 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	44 min	8 h 18 min
La Dôle1,670 m	35 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	46 min	8 h 21 min
Chasseral1,594 m	0 min	43 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	39 min	7 h 22 min
Napf1,404 m	33 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	34 min	8 h 7 min
Adelboden1,321 m	0 min	0 min	36 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	59 min	0 min	5 h 35 min
Bullet / La Frétaz1,205 m	0 min	40 min	57 min	6 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 h 43 min
Chaumont1,136 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Hörnli1,133 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	10 min	25 min	34 min	60 min	15 min	2 h 24 min
Plaffeien1,042 m	2 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	44 min	60 min	29 min	0 min	2 h 23 min
Engelberg1,036 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	59 min	60 min	19 min	0 min	0 min	2 h 18 min
Château-d'Oex1,028 m	0 min	17 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	11 min	6 h 28 min
La Chaux-de-Fonds1,017 m	8 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	60 min	8 min	7 h 16 min
Bantiger942 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	8 min	9 min
Einsiedeln911 m	0 min	10 min	8 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	18 min
Uetliberg854 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Lägern845 m	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 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	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min
Frutigen756 m	0 min	0 min	38 min	60 min	7 min	0 min	0 min	1 min	0 min	1 h 46 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	0 min	15 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	0 min	15 min
Rünenberg611 m	0 min	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	0 min

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

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Fog level and sea of fog today

Source: MeteoSwiss