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Several factors contribute to the formation of dense fog, including high humidity, rapid cooling, temperature inversions—when warmer air sits above cooler air near the surface, trapping moisture—and proximity to water bodies or valleys.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The smog crisis in Lahore, similar to the situation in India’s capital, Delhi, tends to worsen during cooler months due to temperature inversion trapping pollution closer to the ground.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Pollution from motor vehicles and industry contributes to smog in the area, along with temperature inversions, which trap cold air and pollution underneath a blanket of warm air.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2024
There was a low-level temperature inversion — in which temperatures increase with altitude — that acted like a lid and helped the thunder resonate near the ground.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The smog crisis in Lahore, similar to the situation in India’s capital, Delhi, tends to worsen during cooler months due to temperature inversion trapping pollution closer to the ground.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Pollution from motor vehicles and industry contributes to smog in the area, along with temperature inversions, which trap cold air and pollution underneath a blanket of warm air.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2024
There was a low-level temperature inversion — in which temperatures increase with altitude — that acted like a lid and helped the thunder resonate near the ground.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Temperature inversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperature%20inversion. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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