Do you have fog where you live? We have been having really thick fog this year in Central California. Yesterday it was so bad that Papaw missed his exit on the freeway and had to get to work another way. I could barely even see the traffic lights. For a moment, I didn’t even know where I was. That can get a little scary! Fortunately I could see the lines on the road and found a road sign I recognized. You have to slow down and be extra careful when the fog gets that dense. Some days the fog burns off (disappears) around 11 or 12 o’clock. Other days it never goes away. I don’t like those days. They can be very dreary. I need some sunshine now and then.

Fog is really a cloud on the ground. If you look real close you can sometimes see very tiny drops of water floating in the mist. It only forms when the humidity is very high, the air is colder than the ground, and there is a very gently breeze. If there is no wind to move the air around, fog doesn’t form. That’s why it looks like it is creeping over the land. It often forms near water or very moist fields. It will usually be denser out in the country. Our fog normally forms in the winter months. That’s when we get most of our wet weather.

Here is a cool video that explain more about how fog forms. (The little mouse in the video cracks me up!)

Hope you like it!

Love, Papaw