The term is not applied to patches of shallow fog. In some instances the dripping is as heavy as steady light rain, as sometimes occurs among the redwood trees of northern California. A light breeze that blows from forests toward open country on clear calm nights. When used as a prefix, the form fracto- is used, as in fractostratus or fractocumulus. It is believed that on this day in 1752 Benjamin Franklin narrowly missed electrocution while flying a kite during a thunderstorm to determine if lightning is related to electricity.
Fresh snow is an excellent insulator.
In cold climates, the annual spring rise of streams as a result of melting snow. The transition zone between two different air masses. The length of a front is usually several hundred miles, but its width can vary from less than one mile up to 20-40 miles. A frontal passage is usually accompanied by a characteristic sequence of changes in temperature, wind direction and speed, humidity, cloudiness and precipitation. The transition zone may be narrow, a mile or less in width, but it can be 50 or more miles across.