ELi5: “Why do clouds fall?” i.e. Fog

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My four year old asked this morning from out on our deck “why do clouds fall”? It was quite foggy out.

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Clouds don’t fall. Clouds form at the elevation where the temperature/humidity dew point of water changes so that water vapor begins to precipitate out of air and form into tiny droplets. That can happen at ground level, fog. Or it can happen up higher, clouds.

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