During spells of cold weather, the mist and spray from Niagara Falls can freeze into ice over the top of the rushing water of the waterfall, giving th
*NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 12AM ON * "Highway to Paradise" by Sara Jazbar. Two or three times each year, ?rni Kal, a small town in Slovenia, experiences a temperature inversion which places fog under the highway bridge. When Sara first arrived, there was a wall of fog, and the visibility was reduced to just a couple of metres. However, after waiting a few hours, this beautiful scene appeared. "The fog stopped under the bridge and lingered there, flowing, moving, as if alive". Fog is a low cloud that forms at the surface. The relative humidity is above 95%, and visibility is reduced to less than 1,000 metres. Fog is caused by tiny water droplets suspended in the air, and there are a few different types of fog: radiation fog, valley fog, advection fog, hill fog and evaporation fog. In the troposphere, the lower part of the atmosphere where most of our weather happens, the temperature typically decreases with height. However, sometimes a smaller layer can form where the temperature increases with height; this layer is called a temperature inversion. Inversions usually happen in areas of high pressure, where the air descends towards the ground, and as it falls, it dries out and warms up. This warm layer of air can act as a lid and trap the cooler air, low clouds, and fog near the surface. Crni Kal, Slovenia. IN A year of record-breaking heat and unprecedented fires and floods the shortlist of 2022?s Weather Photographer of the Year competition has been released. One image entitled ?Dreaming of Lightning? by Enric Navarrete Bachs shows two incredible forks of lightning striking the sea, illuminating the surrounding clouds in a stunning picture. Another image by Christopher Ison is titled ?Storm Eunice? and was captured in West Sussex, UK. Christopher captured Storm Eunice whipping up the waves against a sturdy light house, weathering the storm and standing strong throughout. Run by the Royal Meteorological Society, in association with AccuWeather, 22 images have
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