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    What is the difference between mist and fog?

    Question #84675. Asked by deadlydalton. (Aug 18 07 6:39 AM)


    billiejj

    		From Wikipedia:

    Fog is distinct from mist only in its density. Fog is defined as cloud which reduces visibility to less than 1 km, where as mist is that which reduces visibility to less than 2 km.


    Aug 18 07, 7:28 AM
    alessi18

    		The answer lies in their thickness (visability). Mist is more transparent than fog.

    Aug 18 07, 7:30 AM
    zbeckabee

    		According to the World Meteorological Organization, fog is said to have occurred when the visibility is reduced to less than 1 km by water droplets suspended in the air. For mist, there is no uniform definition at present. Different places in the world use slightly different definitions. In Hong Kong, mist is said to have formed when the visibility falls between 1 to 5 km.


    http://www.hko.gov.hk/education/edu01met/wxphe/ele_foge.htm

    Aug 18 07, 8:21 AM
    deadlydalton

    		I thought it was maybe to do with the size of the droplets.Wrong again.(usual)

    Aug 18 07, 5:13 PM

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