Fog/Stratus/VisibilityUsing Climatology
Particularly when first beginning to forecast in the Arctic compared to lower latitudes, climatology can be a useful tool to help verify your predictions. By comparing your analysis with previous events, you can develop a better idea of whether fog is expected, as well as what the character of the fog will be. Once this initial assessment is complete, conditions should be monitored and the forecast reassessed and adjusted as necessary.
For more details on fog formation processes and fog forecasting, see these modules:
Dynamically Forced Fog (see pages on Concept, Examples, and Forecasting DFF)
Advection Fog
Steam Fog
Synoptic Weather Considerations: Forecasting Fog and Low Stratus (see pages on Marine Events)