The conditions and weather are supposed to be perfect again, with no wind or
marine layer fog delaying the morning start times as has happened frequently in the past here.
So while a
hearty marine layer may keep things comfortably cool in the coming weeks, more substantial heat may be on tap later in the summer.
However, this pattern could also lead to increased turbulent mixing at its top, which would, in turn, tend to dry the
incoming marine layer.
Even less certain is the fate of the moistened
marine layer as it blows onshore into regions characterized by low topography.
The wet season is from October to May, and summers are often overcast, the sun blocked
by marine layer clouds which can produce drizzle.
A stronger inversion layer — one with a greater difference in temperature between the air above and the air below — often results in more and deeper
marine layer clouds that persist longer into the day.
As it had for three days prior, an early
morning marine layer gave way to brilliant sunshine for Sunday's final rounds of racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, illuminating the «museum in motion» that has become a cornerstone of Monterey's annual Classic Car Week.
While many parts of the world commonly have an
offshore marine layer of stratus or stratocumulus clouds, other locations matching the daily and seasonal effects of Southern California's June Gloom are relatively rare.
Summers tend to have more onshore push,
deeper marine layers and more «unseasonal» cold fronts and insider slider lows.
The warmth of our inland valley coupled with the
cooling marine layer has established itself as an ideal microclimate for the production of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris.
As I swerve off the highway exit ramp, the sun breaks through the filtering haze of the
lingering marine layer.
This past weekend was your typical June gloom weekend, super heavy
marine layer for most of the day on both days, though I'm not complaining.
However, when I stopped to buy some local olives, a farmer warned me that the Pacific's Humboldt current can sometimes blanket vineyards in a
cold marine layer.
Contributing to its isolation were features of the coastal mountain range which extends from the ocean approximately 150 miles (240 km) inland and the
common marine layer (fog) in addition to frequent clouds or rain.
Then, as high pressure builds after 5th, we expect a return of hot conditions inland with a
shallow marine layer and fog at the coast.
The mornings are shrouded in a cool
misty marine layer that sometimes lasts throughout the day.
The early morning
marine layer quickly gave way to bright sunshine on the surrounding hills and 2.238 - mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for a full day of Superbike World Championship Free Practice sessions 1 and 2.
In the distance, hurtling away from me like some distant spiral galaxy, the red and blue sirens spun silently but brilliantly, lighting up the mist of the morning
marine layer like some inner - city aurora borealis.
This wasn't our
typical marine layer, but the scattered clouds hovered just a bit lower than we were allowed to fly.
The ocean was still spitting some mist and you could hardly see the wharf through the
foggy marine layer.
Kneeland Airport, at 2,737 feet (834 m) elevation, is a general aviation airport that provides an option for pilots choosing to land when the
prevalent marine layer is affecting airports nearer sea level.
Salinas is in the top ten American cities for cleanest air quality, [35] because the offshore
marine layer generates winds that blow smog further inland.
When the Santa Ana winds cease, the cool and
moist marine layer may re-form rapidly over the ocean if conditions are right.
Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the forest is regularly shrouded in a
coastal marine layer fog, contributing to a wet environment that encourages vigorous plant growth.
June Gloom refers to the specific climate and geographical conditions at specific times of the year of southern California
while marine layer is a general term that can apply to anywhere in the world any time of the year.
This atmospheric stability is largely due to the cool and
persistent marine layer, which is fueled by the constant influx of cold Pacific water via the California Current.
A strong low pressure system passing over southern California will produce the deepest and most extensive June
Gloom marine layer.
During summer, regions of Mediterranean climate are dominated by subtropical high - pressure, with dry sinking air capping a
surface marine layer of varying humidity and making rainfall unlikely.
Though there are countless anthropogenic causes, various forms of geoengineering (solar radiation management,
marine layer albedo enhancement, ocean fertilization, etc.) are a major part of the equation in regard to causal factors.
One pressing question involves how global climate change will influence fog and how fog may be affected by rising surface temperatures and secondary effects such as coastal wind strength,
inland marine layer intrusion, and increased evaporation.
Fog weaves through the trees and a warm glow blankets the beaches as the sun illuminates the
lingering marine layer.
In the case of coastal California, the
offshore marine layer is typically propelled inland by a pressure gradient which develops as a result of intense heating inland, blanketing coastal communities in cooler air which, if saturated, also contains fog.
Summer thunderstorms that do manage to form on the coastal basin are typically associated with the North American Monsoon and / or tropical cyclones, or downburst winds, which can bring enough tropical heat and moisture to overcome the
cool marine layer, destabilizing the atmosphere.
The entire area is overcast from
the marine layer, and visibility...
How I would love to be in the thick of
your marine layer!
One weather feature I wasn't prepared for was this concept called a «
marine layer.»
I had no idea about
the marine layer!
The marine layer is like a fog that won't quit.
This sounds ideal now that the SoCal heat wave has settled down and
the marine layer fools us into thinking that there's really a fall chill in the air.
I tip toe through the quiet house to the kitchen window and peer out at
the marine layer drifting over the street.
@AK,
Our marine layer, AKA the fog that rolls over the hills most nights, is profoundly climate civilizing:).
Other good made - in - the - US brands include:
Marine Layer: mostly casual, but they sell work - appropriate woven buttondowns.
The weather has been so nice lately, a little bit of June Gloom but then
the marine layer burns off and it's warm and sunny.