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Types of fog+inversion

Fog is a collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, leading to poor visibility. There are different types of fog, including radiation, advection, upslope, frontal, and steam fog, each formed under specific conditions. Inversions, such as radiation, advectional, subsidence, and frontal inversions, occur when temperature layers are disrupted, often leading to weather changes.

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Types of fog+inversion

Fog is a collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, leading to poor visibility. There are different types of fog, including radiation, advection, upslope, frontal, and steam fog, each formed under specific conditions. Inversions, such as radiation, advectional, subsidence, and frontal inversions, occur when temperature layers are disrupted, often leading to weather changes.

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FOG

FOG
❖ Fog is a collection of liquid water droplets or
ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the
earth’s surface.

❖ the visibility becomes poor to zero

❖ Fogs are drier than mist

❖ fogs are mini clouds

❖ The humidity will reach 100% and fog will form


FOG vs MIST ❑ Only difference – the mist contains more
moisture than the fog.
❑ Mists are frequent over mountains.
❑ In mist each nuceli contains a thicker layer of
moisture.
❑ Visibility higher when compared to fog.
RADIATION FOG
❖ Radiation fog forms at night when the surface cools

❖ This fog forms when all solar energy exits the earth and allows the
temperature to meet up with the dew point.

❖ This type of fog is also known as


ground fog if it’s less than 20ft thick.

conditions for formation of radiation fog


▪ Clear skies ( clouds will trap heat )
▪ Calm winds
▪ Long nights
Radiation fog
ADVECTION FOG
❖ advection fog forms when warm ,
moist air moves over cold surface.

❖ Advection fog forms at sea when


warm air associated with warm
current and condensation take place.

❖ This type of fog is very common


in the pacific northwest.

❖ often associated with an


inversion.
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UPSLOPE FOG
❖ Upslope fog forms when moist air flows
upward over rising terrain.

❖ This type occurs when sloping terrain lifts


air, cooling it adiabatically to its dew point
and saturation.

❖ Forms on top of the mountains.

❖ Moist winds blow toward a mountain , it


up glides and this causes the air to rise and
cool. ( causes to meet the due point temp.)
FRONTAL FOG
❖ Frontal fog forms during the
transition of a warm or cold front.

❖ Frontal fog results from the lifting


of warm, moist air over a cold
front.

❖ Forms ahead of a warm front by the


saturation of air due to the
continuous rain.

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STEAM FOG
❖ Forms when cold air comes into contact
with warm water.

❖ Steam fog also known as evaporation


fog.

❖ Steam fog find over bodies of water like


lakes , rivers and reservoirs.

❖ Steam fog does not becomes very deep


but enough to block some of the
sunlight.
❑ Radiation

❑ Advection

❑ Subsidence

❑ Frontal
RADIATION INVERSION
❖ Radiation inversion develops at night when the ground cools and gives off
long wave radiation.

❖ It’s caused due to excessive nocturnal cooling produced by outgoing


terrestrial radiation.
❖ It is very common in the higher latitudes.

❖ In lower and middle latitudes it occurs during cold nights


❖ Suitable condition :
▪ Long winter nights
▪ Snow covered ground surface
▪ Slow movement of air
▪ Presence of dry air near the ground surface
▪ Cloudless and clear sky
ADVECTIONAL INVERSION
❖ Advectional inversion of temperature is also called dynamic inversion
because it is always caused due to either horizontal or vertical movement
of air.

❖ In the middle latitudes, most diurnal ( day and night ) variations in daily
weather are caused by advection alone.

❖ In northern India during the summer season , local winds called ‘Loo’ is the
outcome of the advection process.

Divided into:
❑ surface inversion
❑ Valley inversion
Surface inversion Valley inversion
▪ It’s Occurs in the mountainous valleys
▪ It’s caused by horizontal movement of
due to radiation and vertical movement
air occurs in several situations.
of air.
▪ The temperature of the lower layers of
▪ Such inversion is caused when warm air
air increases instead of decreasing with
moves to the area of cold air or cold air
elevation along a sloping surface.
moves into the area of warm air
rad ▪ Cold air at the hills and mountains
produced during the night , flows under
▪ Occurs generally in the low latitudes.
the influence of gravity.
SUBSIDENCE INVERSION
❖ A subsidence inversion develops when a widespread layer of air descends.

❖ The layer is compressed and heated by the resulting increase in


atmospheric pressure.

❖ This type of upper air inversion occurs in an air mass when a thick mass of
air subsides due to high pressure cell.

❖ It is also called upper surface inversion.

❖ Occurs commonly in regions of high


pressure.
❖ Persists for days.
FRONTAL INVERSION
❖ When the warm and cold fronts meet, then the warm front rises up
and being heavier the cold front sinks down. It results in formation
of Frontal Inversion.
❖ It often takes place in the temperate zone and causes cyclonic conditions
which result in the precipitation in different from.

❖ A frontal inversion is unstable and


and is destroyed as the weather
changes.

❖ A frontal inversion occurs when a


cold air mass undercuts a warm air
mass and lifts it aloft.

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