The sky over a lot of the San Francisco Bay Space was crystal clear on Friday morning, however low-lying fog blanketed the bay as if a baker had unfold whipped cream throughout the expanse of water. The sight was beautiful for anybody who noticed it.
The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned circumstances had been good this morning for the fog to unroll throughout the bay and never unfold into land areas.
A fog financial institution is seen over the San Francisco Bay early Friday morning.
Grant Marek / SFGATEA lightweight onshore breeze blowing throughout the Pacific Ocean gently nudged the fog by the Golden Gate, and the clouds unfold over the cool waters, defined climate service meteorologist Alexis Clouser. A lightweight offshore wind was additionally blowing from inland valleys towards the ocean, which prevented the fog from pushing inland and held the clouds over the bay.
A low-lying fog hung over a lot of the San Francisco Bay on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023.
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A low-lying fog hung over a lot of the San Francisco Bay on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023.
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What’s extra, Clouser defined, “These temperatures over the bay are cooler than the temperatures over land, to allow them to maintain that fog.”
By late morning, the fog was disappearing. “Because the solar rises, issues heat up, and the fog begins to burn off,” Clouser mentioned.
Whereas a lot of the land flanking the San Francisco Bay was fog-free on Friday morning, the North Bay did see what’s referred to as radiation fog. “This happens with nonetheless winds, and the air temperatures cool right down to the dew level, and the air turns into saturated and varieties clouds,” she mentioned.
A low layer of fog covers the San Francisco Bay whereas downtown San Francisco is obvious, as considered from Oakland, Calif., on Jan.27, 2023.
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A low layer of fog covers the San Francisco Bay Space whereas downtown San Francisco is obvious as considered from Berkeley, Calif. on Jan.27, 2023.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEThere is a slight likelihood {that a} related fog setup may happen once more early on Saturday, earlier than burning off all through the morning, Clouser informed SFGATE on the telephone.
