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There are several types of fog that form through different meteorological processes: radiation fog forms on clear nights when the ground loses heat; precipitation fog forms when rain falls through cold air; advection fog occurs when warm, moist air meets cool surfaces like snow. Other fog types include steam fog near lakes, upslope fog caused by rising air currents, valley fog in low-lying areas, freezing fog when droplets freeze on contact, and ice fog of tiny ice crystals in polar regions. Additional details on the formation of each fog type are provided.

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Fog Category

There are several types of fog that form through different meteorological processes: radiation fog forms on clear nights when the ground loses heat; precipitation fog forms when rain falls through cold air; advection fog occurs when warm, moist air meets cool surfaces like snow. Other fog types include steam fog near lakes, upslope fog caused by rising air currents, valley fog in low-lying areas, freezing fog when droplets freeze on contact, and ice fog of tiny ice crystals in polar regions. Additional details on the formation of each fog type are provided.

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Fog Types

There are several types of fog:

Radiation Fog
Precipitation Fog
Advection Fog
Steam Fog
Upslope Fog
Valley Fog
Freezing Fog
Ice Fog

Click here for additional information on fog types, including formation and
dissipation.

Radiation Fog: This fog forms when all solar energy exits the earth and allows
the temperature to meet up with the dew point. The best condition to have
radiation fog is when it had rained the previous night. This help to moisten up
the soil and create higher dew points. This makes it easier for the air to become
saturated and form fog. However, the winds must be light less than 15 mph to
prevent moist and dry from mixing.

Precipitation Fog: This is fog that forms when rain is falling through cold air.
This is common with a warm fronts but it can occur with cold fronts as well only
if it's not moving too fast. Cold air, dry at the surface while rain is falling through
it evaporates and causes the dew point to rise. This saturation forms fog.

Advection Fog: This type of fog forms from surface contact of horizontal
winds. This fog can occur with windy conditions. Warm air, moist air blows in
from the south and if there is snow or cool moisture on the ground it will come in
contact with the warm, moist winds. This contact between the air and ground
will cause the air blowing in to become cool. Then dew point rises and creates
high humidity and forms fog.

Steam Fog: This type of fog is commonly seen in the Great Lakes but can be
seen on any lake. This forms during the fall season. As summer ends, water
temperatures don't cool right away but air temperature does. As a mass of dry,
cold air moves over a warmer lake the warm lake conducts warm, moist air into
the air mass above. This transport between the lake and air evens out. This
corresponds to the second law of thermodynamics and this law state "any two
bodies that come into contact, the system will become equilibrium state." Steam
fog does not become very deep but enough to block some of the sunlight.

Upslope Fog: This fog forms adiabatically. Adiabatically is the process that
causes sinking air to warm and rising air to cool. As moist winds blow toward a
mountain, it up glides and this causes the air to rise and cool. The cooling of the
air from rising causes to meet up with the dew point temperature. Fog forms on
top of the mountains.

Valley Fog: Valley fog forms in the valley when the soil is moist from previous
rainfall. As the skies clear solar energy exits earth and allow the temperature to
cool near or at the dew point. This form deep fog, so dense it's sometimes
called tule fog.

Freezing Fog: Freezing fog occurs when the temperature falls at 32°F (0°C) or
below. This fog produces drizzle and these tiny droplets freeze when they come
into contact with an object. But at the same time there is sublimation going on.

Ice Fog: This type of fog is only seen in the polar and artic regions.
Temperatures at 14 F (-10°C) is too cold for the air to contain super-cooled
water droplets so it forms small tiny ice crystals.

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