Does fog form in a hot place?

Question

Like florida? Since its next to the water but its hot.

Answer 1

I am sorry but the first answer is wrong and I don't need to check Wikipedia for that: I teach meteorology to aviators.

Fog appears whenever the air is moist and it condensates because when cooling down, it can't sustain more moisture.

That is how clouds are also formed. But why then fog on the ground? Because if something prevents air to rise, like warmer air on the top of colder air, 'clouds' will form anywhere, even over the sea.

A typical 'fog' condition is when the sky is clear and there is little of no wind. During the night, the heat of the ground radiates into space and early morning, the air is colder near the ground that above. Because water needs to give away energy in form of heat when it goes from gas to liquid, it will first form dew on anything that can absorb that energy: leaves, flowers, etc. If the temperature continues to sink, it will condensate on any dust particle in the air. That's right; in order to form fog or clouds, moisture needs to condensate on something that has a mass. Hence 'cloud seeding' when one wants to force rain.

That will happen anywhere in the world, at very extreme temperature and very low ones. Fog occurs also under freezing point. Freezing fog is a great danger for aviators as it will build rapidely on the wings and propeller.

The frequency of fog varies from place to place. I live in Norway and have no knowledge of Florida. But be aware that fog can also occur due to other reasons. Like advective fog. That happens when the sea is rather warm and the coast much colder. If the wind then blows from the sea to the coast, fog will appear when the very moist air from the sea cools down over land.

Fog may also appear when moist air rises orographically, i.e. due to a mountain. You will see that on many volcanic island. But then, one may argue if we should call it fog or cloud.

Answer 2

I think fog only forms in cold places because it is made up partly of cold water vapor...

check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog

Answer 3

It can in the winter when you have warm days and cool nights.  But mostly you get haze from heat and high humidity.