Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fog


Golden Gate Bridge advection fog

Fog is mostly the condensation of water droplets close to the ground. There are six types of fog, consisting of radiation fog, advection fog, hill fog, and coastal fog. Radiation fog is the earths heat from radiation cooling. Advection fog is the saturation of moist air over cool ground. Hill fog is formed when moist air is forced up a mountain, which causes it to cool. Steam fog is the rainwater evaporating off the ground into the saturated air. Finally, freezing fog is consisted of supercooled water droplets in the air. Supercooled is the water staying liquid below the freezing point.