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  2. Fog - Wikipedia

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    Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. [1] [2] Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.

  3. San Francisco fog - Wikipedia

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    Another type of fog, tule fog, can occur during the winter. There are occasions when both types can coincide in the Bay Area. There are occasions when both types can coincide in the Bay Area. The prevalence of fog in the San Francisco Bay Area has decreased, and this trend is typically attributed to climate change .

  4. Fog season - Wikipedia

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    The fog season is a season of fog that occurs in some places, because of special meteorological and topographical characteristics, after a rainy period. The fog ...

  5. Why SF's fog could one day be a distant memory - AOL

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    Climate experts warn San Francisco's iconic fog is disappearing... and fast. U.C. Berkeley professor explains why this is happening and what can be done to stop it.

  6. Inversion (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    This can occur when, for example, a warmer, less-dense air mass moves over a cooler, denser air mass. This type of inversion occurs in the vicinity of warm fronts, and also in areas of oceanic upwelling such as along the California coast in the United States. With sufficient humidity in the cooler layer, fog is typically present below the ...

  7. Tule fog - Wikipedia

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    Tule fog is a radiation fog, which condenses when there is a high relative humidity (typically after a heavy rain), calm winds, and rapid cooling during the night. The nights are longer in the winter months, which allows an extended period of ground cooling, and thereby a pronounced temperature inversion at a low altitude.

  8. Foggy mornings return to the Modesto area. Here’s why fog ...

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    Fog has caused dozens of vehicles to pile up on Central Valley highways in past winters. Foggy mornings return to the Modesto area. Here’s why fog develops and how to drive in it

  9. Haze - Wikipedia

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    Haze can be defined as an aerial form of the Tyndall effect therefore unlike other atmospheric effects such as cloud, mist and fog, haze is spectrally selective in accordance to the electromagnetic spectrum: shorter (blue) wavelengths are scattered more, and longer (red/infrared) wavelengths are scattered less.