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While fog generally is the collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface, southern California's fog varies from the light 'ground fogs' to a dense almost "Tule fog" (pronounced ˈtuːliː fog) in the Winter and Spring, depending on the interaction of cold air brought down from the local ...
The Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California Bight, the mostly concave portion of the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to San Diego.
A Santa Ana fog is a derivative phenomenon in which a ground fog settles in coastal Southern California at the end of a Santa Ana wind episode. When Santa Ana conditions prevail, with winds in the lower 2 to 3 kilometers (1.2 to 1.9 mi) of the atmosphere from the north through east, the air over the coastal basin is extremely dry, and this dry ...
The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve's rolling hills go orange in spring, usually March to May. The poppy bloom, which varies widely from year to year, can blanket the slopes.
Southern California can expect cooler weather over the next few days, with a deep marine layer pattern bringing low clouds and fog similar to May and June.
On the weekend of Aug. 10-11, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported a total of 8,953 lightning discharges across San Diego County, including 713 that were cloud-to-ground strikes.Most of the ...
It is not generally true that fog season in a given area is during autumn or winter (the cooler months); for example, the Japanese coast of the Pacific Ocean has a dense fog season from May to August. The June Gloom, a cloudy and foggy phenomena, experienced in the southern coast of California occurs in late spring and early summer (May and June).
A standard weather phenomenon along the northern and central California coast from late spring to early fall. May Gray / June Gloom : A characteristic weather pattern of late spring (May and June) in which a combination of inland heat, off-shore cool water, and prevailing wind patterns bring foggy and overcast weather to coastal regions.