DCHP-3

frost smoke †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1748
In the Winter, there arises a very thick Vapour, commonly called Frost Smoak; this Vapour Freezing is driven by the Wind in the Form we see it.
1851
A dark, misty-looking cloud which hung over it (technically termed frost-smoke) was indicative of much open water in that direction.
1958
Frost Smoke--(Arctic Sea Smoke, Sea Smoke, Water Smoke). A thick fog rising from the sea surface when relatively warm water is exposed to an air temperature much below freezing. Frost smoke frequently appears over newly-formed cracks and leads.