If fog is forming in Denver, Colorado (located on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains), and the wind is blowing from the east, then the fog is most likely

a. ?advection fog.
b. ?frontal fog.
c. ?upslope fog.
d. ?radiation fog.
e. ?downslope fog.


ANSWER: c

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