tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post5848136612382189392..comments2024-02-06T08:43:35.333+01:00Comments on Sea Legs Girl: A brief lesson in weather and climatesea legs girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-63950867330412811972010-12-31T17:48:22.322+01:002010-12-31T17:48:22.322+01:00For freezing fog, the water in the air is supercoo...For freezing fog, the water in the air is supercooled, but not frozen. The fog freezes to all surfaces, creating ice, but doesn't freeze in the air.<br /><br />For ice fog, the particles in the air are actually frozen into ice crystals...along with everything else. <br /><br />You're lucky it isn't ice fog, because it creates such a poor air quality (since the ice fog is partly caused by pollution and the smoke, etc just hangs in the air) that even prolonged exercise outside is dangerous. It's especially harmful to kids and pregnant women. <br /><br />It looks pretty darn cool though, I will give you that :) .... and -38F I don't miss it. I'm actually going to do a blog tomorrow on comparing my New Years runs from this year and last. HUGE difference, let me tell you.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-6194668301883511282010-12-31T12:10:10.910+01:002010-12-31T12:10:10.910+01:00I honestly haven't read the whole post every w...I honestly haven't read the whole post every word, nor the comments, but since you're talking weather and -13C - this is what in Moscow is last few days, and Larry and I are walking streets for 4 hiurs straight. Not that our feet and faces are happy about it. And yes, when I ran last, I had icy cover on my chin upon return.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-6131741508101917512010-12-31T07:22:40.515+01:002010-12-31T07:22:40.515+01:00Soupy? Must have been another sea legs girl. :)
B...Soupy? Must have been another sea legs girl. :)<br /><br />BTW, it wasn't Jude I had a problem with, it was Jude Nutter. It just made me laugh. Especially as a woman's name!<br /><br />That blog IS is Swedish - so you're not doing too badly. The most recent blog post title: Sex måneder av fullkomlig lycka means Six months of complete happiness. It's so much like Danish that I could translate the whole blog for you - for a price :).sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-63196310024626373162010-12-30T20:05:49.744+01:002010-12-30T20:05:49.744+01:00btw, is this blog:
http://nottonytt.blogspot.com/
...btw, is this blog:<br />http://nottonytt.blogspot.com/<br />in Swedish? Apparently, I still can't work out my Scandinavian languages.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-16003228869312672782010-12-30T20:00:56.872+01:002010-12-30T20:00:56.872+01:00I've been thinking baby names again. You once ...I've been thinking baby names again. You once commented on my blog that not enough people are naming their kids "Soupy." (Really. I can point out where you said it.) So, Soupy if it's a boy... and Tubbo if it's a girl (because you have to work against eating disorders very early).SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-14998617904708986912010-12-30T08:57:12.710+01:002010-12-30T08:57:12.710+01:00Oops, Steve said it right, too. Got to give credit...Oops, Steve said it right, too. Got to give credit where credit is due!sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-46941892814044873692010-12-30T08:56:23.647+01:002010-12-30T08:56:23.647+01:00Huh - and I like how Danni said it right "fre...Huh - and I like how Danni said it right "freezing fog". Good girl, Danni!<br /><br />Steve, since Glaven isn't saying anything, I will just add that "hoar frost" has got to be one of my favorite terms. It just fits so perfectly with what it is describing.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-27860970287942711022010-12-30T08:51:58.981+01:002010-12-30T08:51:58.981+01:00Karen
That is actually really intersting. I was s...Karen<br /><br />That is actually really intersting. I was struggling with what I should call it, since I'd never heard of it before. Now I'm probably going to sound dumb, but if it is frozen water in the air why is it not called ice? Could you ask your personal meteorologist? Or maybe you said it - it's like the difference between freezing rain and snow?<br /><br />You mentioning -38 F makes me feel like I should stop complaining. :)sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-71953670566560145232010-12-30T04:39:39.828+01:002010-12-30T04:39:39.828+01:00After consulting with my personal meteorologist, h...After consulting with my personal meteorologist, he told me that what you were experiencing was probably freezing fog, and not ice fog. <br /><br />Freezing fog occurs at warmer temperatures than -20F (up to freezing) and coats every surface with a light layer of ice/frost. The frost forms from the excess water in the air, such as a nearby ocean or freezing drizzle.<br /><br />Ice fog on the other hand is more caused by man-made sources, such as car exhaust and heater smoke from chimneys. It doesn't usually occur above -20F. It doesn't coat the surfaces of objects, the moisture in the air actually becomes frozen ice crystals. The objects don't become coated with ice, but actually form a sort of frozen ice dust on them (which blows off easily if it forms on your car). <br /><br /><br />It may not make a difference to a non-meteorologist (kinda like the difference between hail and graupel, or freezing rain and sleet), but it was a nice topic for our run this evening, so I thought I'd share. :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-6743576010211676502010-12-29T17:32:29.688+01:002010-12-29T17:32:29.688+01:00When we lived in Alaska, we got ice fog when the t...When we lived in Alaska, we got ice fog when the temperature dipped below -38F, reducing visibility to less than 100 ft at times. Fairbanks is really dry, so it was only at those temperatures that it reached 100% humidity. <br /><br />I never knew that it could occur above zero. Ice fog is pretty darn cool though, just drive safe :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-14585352244232241762010-12-29T17:29:46.986+01:002010-12-29T17:29:46.986+01:00You never had freezing fog in your Wisconsin days?...You never had freezing fog in your Wisconsin days? Living next to a lake, I experience pockets of it every fall. The willows get a coating of hoar (how much you care to bet that Glaven will have a comment about "hoar?") and there's rime on the weeds and only people who write and live in the north think there's a difference between rime and hoarfrost.<br /><br />It's impossible to photograph. That's part of its charm.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-25682296049922357342010-12-29T16:44:31.740+01:002010-12-29T16:44:31.740+01:00We get freezing fog fairly often and it makes driv...We get freezing fog fairly often and it makes driving treacherous.Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201053516148787578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-37478016496816688662010-12-29T16:32:43.983+01:002010-12-29T16:32:43.983+01:00Thanks for the comment on my blog about the weight...Thanks for the comment on my blog about the weight gain...yah, I'm not longer worried. I was worried for about a day...then realized he's just overreacting! :) <br /><br />And I don't know how you possibly thought you gained too much!Stefanie Schockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047821932573274735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-76247954651209607902010-12-29T16:31:44.035+01:002010-12-29T16:31:44.035+01:00Well, it is a La Nina winter so was meant to be co...Well, it is a La Nina winter so was meant to be colder than usual (not that we're suffering much here in vancouver but just looking at the east coast and Europe...and then the big floods in Australia...things seem a bit whacky)....I can understand how annoyed you were not to have a camera for your freezing fog experience, that must have been beautiful. Enjoy your social marathon...!cherellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643258879501877022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-41633868122316519512010-12-29T16:02:57.874+01:002010-12-29T16:02:57.874+01:00Well, I took the fact from Politiken a week ago. I...Well, I took the fact from Politiken a week ago. I agree that the summer seemed/was warm, but the entire area that the gulf stream affects had a relatively colder year (the entire year's temperatures taken into account), while the rest of the planet was generally warmer. They had a very pretty map illustrating it. Perhaps I can find it.sea legs girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782712411873234071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834846832861622672.post-33582288733395126382010-12-29T15:55:03.166+01:002010-12-29T15:55:03.166+01:00Hi SLG.
I have to correct you on saying it has bee...Hi SLG.<br />I have to correct you on saying it has been cold all year. June and July was warmer than usual. In fact July was the 4th warmest month recorded since 1874, 3 degrees above normal (http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/lun_sommer_2010_med_overskud_af_regn_og_sol)May-Britt Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896516144951556123noreply@blogger.com