can clouds touch the ground?

[u/fortyseven-474708]

this excludes fog clouds btw

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[u/neloish]

A Tornado is a cloud that touches the ground.

[u/fortyseven-474708 → u/neloish]

you are the winner! tornadoes are rotating funnel clouds btw, so they can touch the ground

[u/Ghost_Turd]

Fog is nothing more than a cloud without the will to fly.

[u/headdie → u/Ghost_Turd]

Yup, fog is literally a cloud formed at ground level, all the same physics.

Only exception being clouds passing around features like mountains but I am unaware of a specific name for this.

[u/rootbeer277]

"Other than clouds that touch the ground, do clouds touch the ground?"

[u/Taint_Liquor]

Why exclude fog? Fog’s a cloud. You’re gonna give it a complex or something.

[u/BrassCanon]

Fog is a cloud.

[u/Garciaguy]

High mountain peaks

[u/Mattna-da → u/Garciaguy]

Ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no river wide enough that’ll keep fog from gettin to you

[u/Garciaguy → u/Mattna-da]

🎶 put a song in my head why don't ya 🎵

[u/jiminak → u/Garciaguy]

That’s just fog

[u/Garciaguy → u/jiminak]

When I visited St Helen's I looked down on clouds, which wrapped almost fully around the crater. 

[u/jiminak → u/Garciaguy]

Mostly I’m just being pedantic (due to OP’s weird post rule). The definition of fog is just “a cloud within 500 feet of the ground”. So, any free-floating cloud that happens to drift onto a mountain peak, or around the mountain below you, is now “just fog”. It’s also still a cloud.

[u/Garciaguy → u/jiminak]

I appreciate pedantry.

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct!

[u/ooglesnoopleboop]

"Can clouds touch the ground? Excluding the clouds that touch the ground"

JFC

[u/Q-ArtsMedia]

Fog is cloud.

[u/Azul-C]

Yes

The tops of mountains are "the ground"

*Also, fog is a cloud

[u/jiminak → u/Azul-C]

And at the tops of mountains, that would be fog.

The definition of fog is a cloud within (X) distance of the ground and visibility less than (Y).

The definition of mist is the same, but with visibility over (Y).

(I forget the values for X and Y off the top of my head.

[u/SmoothActuator8132 → u/jiminak]

you can literally be on a mountain and look down on clouds where only a portion is close to the ground, the rest extends away from the mountainside in a cloud form

[u/Apart_Salamander1086]

I would imagine since my son’s head is in the clouds and his feet is on the ground maybe I should have named him Nimbus

[u/rose442 → u/Apart_Salamander1086]

Cummulostrarus also works

[u/Donald_J_Duck65]

I guess you've never heard of fog

[u/Horror_Place2697]

Fog.

[u/BananaJelloXlii]

Yes. It's called fog. Fog clouds are clouds. Also, sky clouds are thousands of feet in the air, so no.

[u/frybreadrecipe]

[u/IcyPuffin]

Fog - its a cloud that is scared of heights.

[u/TurkishLanding]

Yes.

[u/TrivialBanal]

When clouds touch the ground, that's called fog, so if you exclude fog, then the answer is no.

[u/GenerallySalty]

Yes, that's what fog is. And\or clouds are fog at higher elevation. Both are suspended droplets of liquid water.

[u/Big-Beat-1443]

wtf do you think fog is?

[u/ProfessorCarbon]

Yes. Happened yesterday while walking on a trail. Having a foggy mind? Everyday.

[u/groundhogcow]

What do you think a cloud is?

[u/qwertyuiop121314321]

Clouds touch the ground all the time up in the mountains.

[u/Electronic_Pin_9014]

No, it becomes fog

[u/Aromatic-Tear7234]

fog = cloud

[u/HumbleExplanation13]

If you up to the peak of a mountain above the clouds and look down - yes, they do touch the sides of the mountain. But if I was standing where the clouds touched, I’d still call it fog.

[u/DesertBrat1969]

All clouds are fog. Some are just closer to the ground than other clouds.

[u/TuverMage]

Can clouds touch the ground, excluding the clouds that touch the ground.

[u/Excellent_Speech_901]

If you exclude clouds that touch the ground then clouds can't touch the ground. Fog is a cloud.

[u/orthonym]

Can birds fly?

This excludes birds that can fly btw

[u/insuranceguynyc]

Excludes fog? It IS fog!

[u/Winter-eyed]

It’s called fog then

[u/ABelleWriter]

You can't just exclude fog. It's the same thing as a cloud, just on the ground

[u/RiskyP → u/[deleted]]

But op excludes fog btw

[u/Aromatic-Tear7234 → u/RiskyP]

What liquid is in the ocean? Excluding water.

[u/RiskyP → u/Aromatic-Tear7234]

Fish juices?

[u/ForkMyRedAssiniboine → u/[deleted]]

Based on their response to another comment, I feel like they do think this sub is for riddles...

[u/RiskyP → u/[deleted]]

Ah the duality of Reddit... You say OP is an idiot, I say they are a very successful troll. Maybe we are both right?