Is Fog Just a Ground-Level Cloud?

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Start date Nov 13, 2003
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Nov 13, 2003

mikelus

Is fog basically a cloud except close to the ground

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Nov 14, 2003

Chemicalsuperfreak

Yup. Every go up in the mountans?

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