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Garúa is a Spanish word meaning drizzle or mist. Although used in other contexts in the Spanish-speaking world, garúa most importantly refers to the moist cold fog that blankets the coasts of Peru, southern Ecuador, and northern Chile, especially during the southern hemisphere winter. In Chile, a similar fog is called camanchaca.
Lomas (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a north–south distance of about 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi). Lomas range in size from a small vegetated ...
Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain Drought , a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall
The cold waters of the Humboldt Current also create a moist fog called garúa in Peru. The cold water, especially in the Southern Hemisphere's winter from May to November, cause an inversion , the air near the ocean surface being cooler than the air above, contrary to most climatic situations.
A light morning mist on Lake Suolijärvi in Hervanta, Tampere, Finland. Cloud cover is often referred to as "mist" when encountered on surfaces of mountains, whereas moisture suspended above a body of water, cleared or marsh area is usually called "fog". [citation needed] One main difference between mist and fog is visibility. [1]
Louisiana State Police said the fog caused a crash of more than 158 vehicles on a bridge over Lake Pontchartrain, and warned the death toll could climb as emergency services comb through the wreckage.
A dense fog advisory remains in effect until 10 a.m. in portions of south central and southwest New Mexico, according go the National Weather Service
By definition, fog reduces visibility to less than 1 km (0.62 mi), whereas mist causes lesser impairment of visibility. [4] For aviation purposes in the United Kingdom, a visibility of less than 5 km (3.1 mi) but greater than 999 m (3,278 ft) is considered to be mist if the relative humidity is 95% or greater; below 95%, haze is reported.