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Can someone explain why smoke would be lowering down? Is it not supposed to go up?
by koakuma-chan 1y ago
Can someone explain why smoke would be lowering down? Is it not supposed to go up?
- scotty79 1y agoAir with the smoke is heavier than air without. If the air with smoke is not sufficiently hotter than the air around (hotter air is lighter) then the air with the smoke goes down relative to surrounding air.
- unwind 1y agoMaybe this [1] can, after all I think the concept was kind of named from conditions in London way back. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog
- koakuma-chan 1y agoOh I get it now, so it was going out of the chimney and lowering down onto the street, not going down the chimney into the house.
- maxerickson 1y agoMiserable weather often comes with an inversion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(meteorology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(meteorology)