2006-09-08 06:46:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
small words please.
2006-09-08 06:53:26 · update #1
warmer water evaporating into cooler air and then immediately condensing before it can get very high, a fog is basically a cloud at ground level.
2006-09-08 06:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by Alexis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fog is basically a cloud. A cloud is water vapor that is no longer evaporated in the atmosphere. Basically what happens is when the air temperature equalls something known as the dew point the air can no longer hold any more water as a vapor. This water condenses into visible moisture and is seen on the ground as fog.
What is the dew point????? That is a measurement of how much water is in the air around us. The closer the temperature is to the dewpoint the more HUMID the air is. Warm air can support much more water than cold air.
2006-09-08 13:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by FilmfibrilProcess 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fog is a cloud on the ground. It is water condensation. This is cause by water evaporating from the sea into the air after being heated by the sun. This moist air passes over a cool surface by advection (wind) and is cooled. This is why San Francisco suffers from a great deal of fog because it is surround by water on 3 sides and the land to the East Bay can get very hot and produce a lot of moist air which when cools and condenses over the Bay and then hovers over San Francisco.
2006-09-08 13:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by ribordoli 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When warm, moisture-laden air moves over a cool ground surface, the water in the air condenses as ground fog. Fog is basically a ground-level cloud.
2006-09-08 13:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two possible answers. One is when the ground is colder than the air and the other is when the ground is warmer than the air. Fog is a cloudlike mass or layer of tiny water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth which can reduce visibility.
Hope this helps and have a great day!!!
2006-09-08 13:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool air from above settles on warm, wet air near the ground. the lower air cools, the water condenses, but the mass of cold air keeps it from leaving. thus, fog.
2006-09-08 13:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by Deek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moisture and temperature change, when two different temperatures collide it causes condensation,and fog is condensed moisture.
2006-09-08 13:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intellectual laziness or denial; and often both.
2006-09-08 13:48:20 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋