dry fog

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. a fog that does not moisten exposed surfaces.

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Example Sentences

The first of these was in the year 526, when a dry fog covered the Roman Empire with a red haze.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles

Day follows day, month follows month, without a cloud; the air is pure and dry, fog is unknown.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

The "Flash" had glided into a dense bank of dry fog, and the Captain could not see a yard beyond the panes of glass.

From The Little Skipper A Son of a Sailor by Fenn, George Manville

They said that it was a very dry fog, not like Newport, and asked you to notice that it did not wet you at all.

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

The heat is over by the middle of September, and after the autumnal equinox, there are a few days of what is best described as a dense dry fog.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry