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A weather report I heard this morning included a prediction that the fog will be 'burning off'!

2006-12-30 10:30:34 · 5 answers · asked by Double O 6 in Science & Mathematics Weather

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"Fog burning off" is a common phrase used by forecasters to describe fog dissipating. Fog commonly forms when the the air at the ground is colder than the air above it. When the sun comes out in the morning, the ground is heated causing the colder air at the surface to heat up and rise. This heating of the ground eventually causes the water droplets to evaporate and rise into the atmosphere.

As fog is just condensed water droplets (basically a cloud at the ground), it is not flammable.

2006-12-30 13:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by WxEtte 5 · 1 0

It just means that the fog will go away because the air temperature will increase and the water droplets that make up fog will evapoate.

It's not really burning off, it's more like drying out.

2006-12-31 00:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. K. 3 · 0 0

Fog being water does not burn. But as the sun warms the atmospher the water droplets turn to vapor and can no longer be seen as fog.

2006-12-30 18:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0 0

Just a term for the sun coming out and the fog going away.

2006-12-31 05:04:50 · answer #4 · answered by towanda 7 · 0 0

no you cant not get burns form fog

2006-12-30 19:55:48 · answer #5 · answered by Stan the man 7 · 0 0

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