2006-11-04 13:38:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
now then,,,,,,,if it were a sunday, and i,d just eaten my dinner and sampled some sprouts, the mist would take approximately 5 seconds in the air to turn in2 a thick dense fog.
2006-11-05 01:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm also a pilot (retired after 24 years) and you ask an excellent question. The truth is that both are simply suspended and visible moisture in the air. How that moisture got there is inconsequential.
It could be "ground fog," like the so-called Tulley fog in the San Jaoquin Valley or it could be vapor off warm ocean current flowing under colder air. Or, like around my house, it could be stratus clouds that cover the mountain top I live on. In all these cases, if horizontal visibility is < 1 km (5/8 mi), then we call it fog (and other names that are not fit to print); otherwise, we call it mist.
2006-11-05 06:10:33 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mist - is a phenomenon of small droplets suspended in air. It can occur as part of natural weather or volcanic activity, and is common in cold air above warmer water, in exhaled air in the cold, and in a steam room of a sauna. It can also be created artificially with aerosol canisters if the humidity conditions are right.
The only difference between mist and fog is visibility. This phenomenon is called fog if the visibility is one kilometer or less. Otherwise it is known as mist. Seen from a distance, mist is blueish, while haze is more brownish.
2006-11-04 14:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by candy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fog starts out as a mist. then in the morning the mist is gone and all you have is a fog that covers the ground. Warm ground + mist = fog.
2006-11-04 13:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both fog and mist consist of water droplets.
1 km is the cut off point.
If the visibility is greater than 1 km, it is mist.
If the visibility is less than 1 km, it is fog.
2006-11-05 01:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The actual real answer...and as dumb as it may sound, it's true....mist becomes fog when the visibility is less than 5/8th of a statute mile. (Or about 1 kilometer, yeah)
But yeah, fog is just a cloud that's on the ground.
2006-11-04 17:16:00 · answer #6 · answered by worthyofed 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
fog = low clouds
mist is just the water off the ground when it's cold cos air is thicker and it can support more water and it keeps it up in the air.
bit drunken so can't write a better answer... sorry!
2006-11-04 13:59:13 · answer #7 · answered by merihell75 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two different animals. Mist is whatever mist is and fog is whatever fog is but they have two different and distinct names.
2006-11-04 13:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
When humidity becomes >( 85 % ) while temperature still above dew point by 9 F
2006-11-04 17:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by AboAyman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the point when it starts to evaporate. The middle cycle of evaporation.
2006-11-05 04:58:10 · answer #10 · answered by Smartees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋