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Another kind of fog that forms when the air cools to the dew point is advection fog. (Meteorologists use the word “advection” to refer to a horizontal movement of air or a meteorological property such as heat or humidity.) Advection fog forms when humid air moves over cold ground, especially snowcovered ground, or cold water that is cooled to the dew point. Advection fog can be the worst kind for pilots, or even people traveling by highway, because it can cover large areas and persist for a few days. For example, advection fog can cover wide areas of the country, such as several Midwestern states, in the wake of a snowstorm. As the storm moves away, winds could shift to blow from the south to bring in humid, Gulf of Mexico air to create fog as it blows across snow-covered ground. In a similar way, humid air that flows over the cool water of the Pacific Ocean brings fog and low clouds to the West Coast states to create poor visibility near the coast—while places a few miles inland remain clear. Since air cools as it rises, humid air becomes foggy as it flows uphill in places such as on the Piedmont east of the Appalachian Mountains in the East and across the Great Plains in the West. Fog also forms when enough humidity is added to the air to increase the dew point to the temperature. Evaporation from falling rain or drizzle can do this, forming precipitation fog.
THE TENERIFE CRASH VIDEO. The October

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2006 PBS NOVA television show on lessons learned from the 1977 Tenerife crash is worth watching. You’ll learn how the very senior caption of the KLM 747 started his takeoff roll without a takeoff clearance and neither the first officer nor the flight engineer took decisive action, even though they apparently realized what was happening. It also raises questions about a continuing danger of runway incursions. It’s online (www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ space/deadliest-plane-crash.html).

Jack Williams is an instrument-rated private pilot. The

latest of his six books is The AMS Weather Book: The Ultimate Guide to America’s Weather.

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