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1 week ago

How fog built the Bay Area

Fog is a quintessential part of the Bay Area, a seemingly simple suspension of water in air that has shaped our culture and ecology since time immemorial. For us, it is the ghostly embodiment of cold weather and maybe our only chance at a white Christmas. At its core, it only needs two ingredients cool temperatures and humid air and it forms when moisture condenses to form a cloud close to the surface of the Earth.
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fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

How fog built the Bay Area

Bay Area fog forms when cool temperatures and humid air condense near the surface, driven by coastal upwelling, Pacific winds, and seasonal sea breezes.
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