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| By: Jace_Bauer |
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| RE: Rare Weather Phenomena |
| 5/2/2008 9:54 AM |
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A recent weather related event has brought me to the FOX Weather Forum to ask a question. Does anyone know what the term "vog" means and how vog might form? Where did this weather phenomena recently occur? I'll be checking back to see the responses and give my own answer. Thanks! |
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5/3/2008 7:13 PM |
Vog is one of those blended words, like blog, that describes a smog created after a volcanic eruption. Vog is a nasty mix of small aerosols, moisture and sulfur dioxide. You really don't want to jog in a vog, and neither does your dog.
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5/4/2008 7:18 AM |
Excellent Kevin! Thanks for the response. Vog is certainly a nasty mix of some undesirable atmospheric constituents. A bout of vog recently occurred in Honolulu, Hawaii as the Kilauea volcano has become active over the last few weeks. |
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5/5/2008 8:46 AM |
So a vog isn't a volcanic blog? Guys, thanks for the definition; I had never hear of the term. Of course I don't see many active volcanoes on the atlantic coast. Actually here's a question for you: which volcano, active or dormant, is the closest to NYC? Thanks ps I don't know the answer, but my friend Google usually leads me to some answer. |
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5/5/2008 10:09 PM |
Why do I feel like I am about to be victimized by a trick question? I might have said Mount Girardi, but the Yanks have won 3 in a row. In the US, and in recent times (the last million years or so), it would likely have to be Capulin in northeast New Mexico, or Bear Butte in South Dakota. If you wish to go back well prior to a million years, we could talk about the Taconic Orogeny. That is, if it doesn't get me banned! (Any New York geologists out there ready to tell us how the Hudson River is related to this answer to this question?)
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5/6/2008 6:57 AM |
Hey guys, I might mention the Mid-Atlantic Ridge feature about 2000 miles off the coast of New York City. The ridge may not win as the closest volcanic feature to NYC, but it is certainly a very active region both geologically and biologically. 
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Iceland is a nation that can trace its formation to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; plate tectonics at work! |
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5/6/2008 12:05 PM |
Thanks for the answers. And Mount Girardi doesn't even come close. Though it will be great if he blows his stack when the yanks miss the playoffs!
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5/6/2008 6:34 PM |
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5/7/2008 5:23 AM |
I recently visited Mt. St. Helens on a cloudy day unfortunately, so I do not have any good pictures of the volcano itself. However, I did get some pictures of the destruction from the 1980 eruption. It is hard to believe some of it is still so prevalent. In fact, in the lake directly at the foot of the volcano thousands of dead trees still float on the surface. Very impressive. I will post a couple pictures in my album for those who wish to see. |
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7/26/2009 8:18 PM |
New Topic I have a question about strange weather where I live. Logansport, Indiana. It seems whenever a large, powerful storm is tracking to pass over us that it will either lose considerable strength (from red, orange to green, dark green) or it will split, go around the city and surounding area then reform on the east side of town and at times it will gain strength again. A friend had mentioned this to me about 4 years ago so I started to pay closer attention to the radar whenever a storm would move through..... And he was right...you can actually watch it on the radar. Even in the winter, the same is true. Occasionally, we will get smacked with an 8 to 12 inch winter storm but normally it will track to the north or south. Can anyone give me a reason for this strange weather pattern? Is there anywhere (website) that I can look at the history of storms for a particular zip code? Thanks
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