Early fog will lead to sunny Friday with highs reaching 90 (2024)

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What does fog mean in the Old Wives Tale? ›

One old wives' tale says that every foggy day during August equates to a day of snowfall during the following winter. Some also use this tale in more general terms, meaning that if there is a lot of fog throughout the month of August, there will be a lot of snow throughout the upcoming winter.

It's possible that generations ago, people noticed the first big rains of spring often fell 90 days after winter fog. There's no actual scientific link, but the coincidence could've eventually spawned the legend.

The warm, moist air cools as it mixes with the colder air, allowing condensation and fog to occur. Evaporation fog can be one of the most localised forms of fog.

Fog forms often near creeks, waterways and river valleys as the water increases the humidity in the air. Fog is most likely to occur when the dewpoint level is very near the current temperature reading, being no more than 5 degrees F. difference. Fog evaporates after sunrise as the sun warms the fog from the top down.

Fog illustrates obscurity, indistinction; in the Bible, it is an image preceding great revelations. It is the "GRAY zone" between reality and unreality, and uncertainty about the future and beyond. According to Browning it can represent approaching death. Isolation.

There are many old wives tales about fog, such as they precipitate a snow or rain event in 90 days. So the rolling bank of fog that crept into the country on Sept. 1 could be a harbinger of bad weather, if the old wives can be believed.

“Rain before seven, clear before eleven.”

This proverb is actually more related to fog than rain, but it makes a handy little saying. The most common type of fog is called radiation fog, which occurs on clear, atmospherically stable nights.

FOGGY CONDITIONS MEANS MOISTURE IS AHEAD

MYTH: One old wives' tale says that every foggy August day equates to a day of snowfall in the coming winter, just as fog in the winter equates to rain coming in the spring. FACT: The rain 90 days after fog legend is a pure myth.

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It is most prevalent during the fall and winter. It forms overnight as the air near the ground cools and stabilizes. When this cooling causes the air to reach saturation, fog will form. Fog will first form at or near the surface, thickening as the air continues to cool.

Cape Disappointment located in the extreme southwestern corner of Washington State retains over three months of fog, roughly 165 days per year. Similar to its West Coast counterpart in Point Reyes, Calif., this location's orientation to the Pacific Ocean plays a huge part in the thick layer of fog that blankets them.

What are the 4 types of fog? ›

Fog and mist, being made of water vapor, tend to appear as a cool color, even blueish at times. Sunlight striking dense fog is further diffused, which can cause an overall, seemingly directionless illumination.

Given the precipitation so far, 2024 is highly likely to be wetter than the very driest years of record, but is also highly unlikely to be among the very wettest years in the past 100 years or so. Overall, it is more likely to be dry than wet, but almost anything could happen.

FARGO — Foggy weather in late December revived the commonly held myth that rain follows fog by 90 days. Given that there is no known mechanism for creating precipitation from fog following any period of time so long as three months, there is no scientific reason for this relationship to work.

"If the first week in August is unusually warm, The coming winter will be snowy and long." "A warm October, a cold February." "As the days lengthen, the cold strengthens." "Thunder in winter, it will snow seven days later."

Preoccupied, not paying attention; also, at a loss, confused.

Fog in January—- heavy snow to come and a Wet Spring. Often correct if you live in the Midwestern US.