New words: Blogger Buzz
Who would have thought life would bring such new and different terminology as the technological age has done.No words for the steam I saw rising up from the snow when I put the dogs out this morning at 6 a.m. Thankfully, our snow is not running off all at once although there will be areas in the snow belt where flooding will occur and given the amount of snow we've had this winter, it has the potential for being considerable. We still have mounds in town mall-parking lots that look like ice bergs floating on cement.
High speed internet got inspected and apparently discarded as a possibility for this household so we are still on slow speed and it's enough to drive a person batty. By the time I've downloaded the blogging site I've forgotten what it was that I intended to say.
Rosey
posted by RoseyP @ 5:13 AM
1 Comments:
Rosey there is a term for this.
Walter Denman, a meteorologist with AllExperts.com, had this to say: You picked the correct word in “steamy” as this is commonly refered to as steam fog. It is evaporation that is visible when the temperature is low enough (early in the mornings) to see it. When you are able to exhale steam on a crisp morning it is similiar. Go[sic] to Wikipedia for some pics and explanations. Hope this helps and thanks for asking. Walter
Chris Thompson, meterologist with WRAL-TV, had a more thorough and insightful answer. Part of the issue with these “steamy” mornings is when the ground surface temperature cools down, and we get a warmer, more humid air mass in place. The air near the surface cools down to the dew point, the air becomes saturated, and we see this localized fog form. This is very common in the Midwest US in the spring when warm air moves over the snow pack, the meteorological term is “Advection Fog”.
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