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22NEWS AT SIX, I'M JULI
WEEKEND WITH COLD AND SNOW, AND
THIS MORNING WE HAD TO DEAL WITH
VERY DENSE FOG. 22NEWS STORM
TEAM METEOROLOGIST NICK BANNIN
CAUSED US PROBLEMS TODAY AS
WARMER AIR ARRIVED.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, BUT FOG
RARE.
AND NORMALLY THE FOG COMES WHEN
THERE'S A LOT OF SNOW ON THE
REALLY COME LIKE THIS AND IT'S
MUCH SNOW ON THE GROUND, SNOW
DID HAVE A ROLE IN BRINGING US
FOG ON SUNDAY.
WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL RIVER
VALLEY FOG, BUT FOG GENERATED BY
GOING FROM COLD ONE DAY TO WARM
THE NEXT, CALLED "ADVECTION
FOG." THIS GRAPHIC DEMONSTRATES
HOW THIS ADVECTION FOG CAME TO
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE
GROUND FROM SATURDAYS SNOW, THE
GROUND WAS STILL COLD. AS WARM,
MOIST AIR MOVED OVER THAT COLDER
SURFACE, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
WARM AIR MASS
DROPPED...SATURATING THE AIR.
THAT MOISTURE CONDENSED TO A
SATURATION POINT AND FORMED
WIDESPREAD FOG. THE FOG BROUGHT
VISIBILITY DOWN TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE IN DOWNTOWN
SPRINGFIELD. DRIVERS HAD TO
ADJUST TO THE DIFFERENT DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
"GO SLOW AND DON'T PUT ON THE
NIGHTTIME AND JUST PAY ATTENTION
IN SPRINGFIELD, STORM TEAM
22NEWS.