FOG & MIST

• FOG & MIST ARE PHISICALLY THE SAME AS CLOUD

EXEPT THEY TOUCH THE GROUND.
• FOG IS CLOUD AT GROUND LEVEL WITH VISIBILITY
LESS THAN1000 METERS.
• MIST IS CLOUD AT GROUND LEVEL WITH VISIBILITY
0F 1000 METERS OR MORE.
• THE DIFFERENCES AMONG FOG ,MIST AND HAZE
ARE :
- FOG ------------- VISIBILITY < 1000M ; RH : 99-100%
- MIST ------------- VISIBILITY ≥ 1000M ; RH : 95-99%
- HAZE------------- VISIBILITY ≥ 3000M ; RH : < 95%
 TYPE OF FOG
• RADIATION FOG : COOLING AT NIGHT UNDER
LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS ----- LAND AREA
• ADVECTION FOG :PASSAGE OF WARM AIR
OVER A COLD SURFACE ----- COASTAL AREA
• STEAMING FOG : PASSAGE OF COLD AIR
OVER A WARM WATER SURFACE.----- SEA AREA
• PRECIPITATION FOG : CLOUD EXTENDING TO THE
GROUND FORMED FROM EVAPORATION OF RAIN.
---------------------------- LAND AREA
• OROGRAPHIC FOG : OROGRAPHIC CLOUD DUE
TO LIFTING IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND
----------------------------- MOUNTAINOUS AREA
FORMATION OF RADIATION FOG
THE IDEAL CONDITIONS :
• HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
• CLOUDLESS SKIES AT NIGHT.
• LIGHT WIND ( BUT NOT COMPLETE CALM ).
• LOW SOIL TEMPERATURE.

CLEAR SKY
WIND < 3KN0TS T=Td= 20ºC
T=28ºC & Td=24ºC RH =100% ---- FORM OF FOG

18.00LT 05.00LT IN THE MORNING

AIR TEMPERATURE DECREASING FASTER THAN DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE
 WHERE & WHEN IS RADIATION
FOG FORMED ?
RADIATION FOG

• RADIATION FOG MAY FORM ANY TIME IN THE NIGHT OVER

LAND
• RADIATION FOG ARE FAVOURED IN VALLEY, BECAUSE
CATABATIC FLOW MAKES THESE THE COLDEST PLACE.
• RADIATION FOG WILL GENERALLY CLEAR BY MIDMORNING
• RADIATION FOG IS EXPERIENCED IN INDONESIA BETWEEN
JUNE AND SEPTEMBER IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION :
- PALEMBANG , PAKAN BARU ,JAMBI & OTHERS PLACE OF
EAST SUMATERA.
- PONTIANAK , SAMPIT , BANJARMASIN & OTHER PLACE OF
OTHERS PLACE OF WEST-SOUTH WEST –SOUTH KALIMAN
TAN
 FORMATION OF FOG
ADVECTION FOG

WARM & MOIST AIR

FOG

COASTAL COLD SURFACE

THE AIR OVER COLD AIR SURFACE BECOME

SATURATED & STABLE ------ CONDENSATION FOG
 WHERE & WHEN IS ADVECTION
FOG FORMED ?
• ADVECTION FOG GENERALLY FORM OVER
SUBTROPICAL REGION IN WINTER SEASON

• ADVECTION FOG GENERALLY MAY FORM

OVER COASTAL OF CONTINENTAL, ESPECI
ALLY EASTERN PART OF CONTINENTAL
( EAST CAOSTAL ASIA,EAST CAOSTAL
USA,SOUTHEAST CAOSTAL AUSTRALIA AND
WEST AUSTRALIA )
 FORMATION OF FOG
STEAMING FOG

COLD AIR
STEAMING FOG

WARM WATER SURFACE

THE WATER EVAPORATE (STEAM ) IN TO COLD AIR
WHICH BECOMES SATURATED------ STEAMING FOG
WHERE & WHEN IS STEAMING
FOG FORMED
STEAMING FOG IS COMMON IN THE
ARTIC REGION , WHERE AIR FLOWS
FROM THE LAND OR ICE TO OPEN THE
SEA.
 FORMATION OF FOG
OROGRAPHIC FOG

FOG
STABLE AIR CONDITION

WARM & MOIST AIR

WARM & MOIST AIR IS LIFTED ----- COOLING ------- SATURATED ….

STRATI FORM CLOUD NEAR THE GOUND / FOG
WHERE & WHEN IS OROGRAPHIC
FOG FORMED ?
• OROGRAPHIC FOG IS FORMED IN
FRONT OF MOUNTAIN ( UP WIND ) IN
AFTERNOON , ANY TIME IN THE NIGHT
AND IN THE MORNING.

• IN LEEWARD SIDE OF MOUNTAIN IS

GENERALLY CLEAR FROM OROGRA
PHIC FOG