The northern part of India, during winter months (Dec-Jan), experience high fog that hinders daily activities of people like agriculture, transportation and travel. Formation of fog is mainly due to interaction of complex factors like moisture, aerosols and wind, originating from Western disturbances. Recent studies have shown that there has been increase in fog intensity since last 10-15 years.
If there were reliable predictions of fog available, a lot of this displeasure could have been prevented. Keeping this in mind, we aim to forecast presence of fog accurately well in advance using Data Science techniques. We use past data of meteorological variables like air temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, atmospheric pressure etc. to develop the methods for fog prediction. Aviation companies require such predictions to plan their air-traffic.