socking in
Visibility rapidly dropping
Socking in describes weather conditions—typically fog, clouds, or low visibility—closing in on and obscuring an area, especially an airport or mountain.
A location that is socked in is inaccessible or invisible due to weather: The airport was socked in all morning.
The phrase usually appears in its past participle form.
- groundingConnecting to earth
- snowed inTrapped by winter weather
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- fogged inObscured by dense mist
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
zero visibility · low ceiling · rescheduling · mist · haze · delay · cancellation · rerouting · airport lounge · waiting · overcast · snowstorm · weather delay · flight cancellation · blizzard · downpour · ceiling · smog
weather visibility/aviation accessibility
socking inclearing up
Becoming less cloudy
clearing · lifting · breaking up · burning off · opening up