Have you ever looked to the skies and wondered how it would feel to float in a cushion of cloud? If I tell that you’ve walked in the clouds several times would you believe? If you’ve ever walked through a fog or mist then you’ve been to the clouds.
I’ll show you what I mean.

What is a Cloud?

A cloud is a visible body of water that has condensed high in the atmosphere.
When water evaporates from the earth surface, it forms vapour which may move vertically (towards the sky) or horizontally (along the earth surface) or both vertically and horizontally. It all depends on the direction and pattern of wind flow in the region.
If the water vapour formed from evaporation moves towards the sky and condenses at high altitudes it forms a cloud. The vapour condense around dust and smoke particles (called condensation nuclei) to form clouds. Clouds vary in their height and mass.


What is a Fog or Mist?

When the condensation (which you read above) occurs close to the earth surface, it forms a fog or mist. So, a fog or mist is simply a cloud that has formed close to the earth surface.
Therefore, every feeling you get when walking through a fog or mist is what you get when walking through a cloud. The obscurity and unclearness, the cold and chilling temperature, those are the same feelings you will get when you walk through the clouds.

What’s the difference between Fog and Mist?

A fog and a mist are the same, the only difference is the extent of unclearness.
If visibility is less than 1,000 metres (a kilometre) geographers call it a 'fog' but if visibility is greater than a kilometre (1,000 metres) geographers call it 'mist’. It’s as simple as that.
So, clouds, mists and fogs are masses of condensed body of water.

Enter Haze

There’s another member of the group that you should meet. I’d be doing you an injustice if i don’t introduce it to you....
Ladies and gentlemen?!!!
Mr haze!!!
Haze on the other hand is quite different from the previous three. Haze refers to very tiny dry particles (not water) such as dust, smoke etc. which are suspended in the air and are invisible to the naked eye. If such suspended materials are dense enough to cause unclearness to the sight, then we can call it haze.
These suspended particles may sometimes cause the red sky which you see at sunset.

Conclusion

From the above explanation you’ve learnt that:
Water vapour that condenses high in the atmosphere is called a cloud.
Water vapour that condenses close to the earth surface is called fog or mist.
The difference between fog and mist is only a matter of how much vision is obscured.
Haze is tiny solid particles that ‘clouds’ the atmosphere.

Source:

“What’s the Difference Between Cloud, Fog, Haze and Mist?” by GeoAfrikana https://link.medium.com/3QTQJCo7B2

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Educative article.

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Insightful

Interesting and educative.

Great Lecture

cassidy1996:
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Interesting

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Nice one OP even tho such post hardly make front page

I Learnt something

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Nairaland is becoming what I know it to be back in the days of the old. OP thanks so much

GeoAfrikana:


Source:

“What’s the Difference Between Cloud, Fog, Haze and Mist?” by GeoAfrikana https://link.medium.com/3QTQJCo7B2

I thought the phenomenon is called Mist when over a water body; sea, lake, river etc.. but called fog when it's on land��.... I refuse to take this postulation hook, line and sinker!!!

Me staring at the MODS who have reluctantly refused to push this matter to FP....

Zagee:

I thought the phenomenon is called Mist when over a water body; sea, lake, river etc.. but called fog when it's on land��.... I refuse to take this postulation hook, line and sinker!!!

Being subjective is praiseworthy. So your contribution(s) are highly welcome.

However, I'd like to ask that;

- did you study Geography or any Geo related course?

- how/where did you get this opinion? I'm willing to learn more

This is great!
Mods, please push this educative piece to the front page

The soot phenomena occuring in Port Harcourt can be said to be an example of _________.

GeoAfrikana:


Source:

“What’s the Difference Between Cloud, Fog, Haze and Mist?” by GeoAfrikana https://link.medium.com/3QTQJCo7B2

If u say we get same experiences while moving through clouds and fogs(mists) how come we encounter solid obstacles while moving through clouds(like the ones experienced by Aeroplanes) but we don't experience such with fogs and mist otherwise if we do we all would have broken our legs while trekking through fogs and mists.

rtdCivilservant:

If u say we get same experiences while moving through clouds and fogs(mists) how come we encounter solid obstacles while moving through clouds(like the ones experienced by Aeroplanes) but we don't experience such with fogs and mist otherwise if we do we all would have broken our legs while trekking through fogs and mists.

Nice question.

Firstly, what I meant by same experience is that they share the basic attributes of obscurity and coolness not that their obscurity and coolness are exactly the same. It's almost impossible to find geographic regions or features sharing the same exact attributes. So when we at they are the same what we mean is that they share the basic attributes.

Secondly, As I earlier mentioned, clouds are high in the atmosphere therefore the temperature will be lower there. This is due to the environmental lapse rate (-6° for every kilometre).

As you know (from our secondary school physics) ice can only form when the temperature drops below the freezing temperature of water (0°c) and the water maintains that temperature long enough for the water to lose its latent energy.

It's quite difficult for the above phenomenon to occur near the earth surface so we can't have icebergs forming in terrestrial mists or fogs.

I hope this helps.

GeoAfrikana:


Nice question.

Firstly, what I meant by same experience is that they share the basic attributes of obscurity and coolness not that their obscurity and coolness are exactly the same. It's almost impossible to find geographic regions or features sharing the same exact attributes. So when we at they are the same what we mean is that they share the basic attributes.

Secondly, As I earlier mentioned, clouds are high in the atmosphere therefore the temperature will be lower there. This is due to the environmental lapse rate (-6° for every kilometre).

As you know (from our secondary school physics) ice can only form when the temperature drops below the freezing temperature of water (0°c) and the water maintains that temperature long enough for the water to lose its latent energy.

It's quite difficult for the above phenomenon to occur near the earth surface so we can't have icebergs forming in ice.

I hope this helps.

Perfect. Thank u

rtdCivilservant:

Perfect. Thank u

You're welcome.