California fog

Fog peculiar to the coast of California and its coastal valleys; off the coast, winds displace warm surface water, causing colder water to rise from beneath, resulting in the formation of fog; in the coastal valleys, fog is formed when moist air blown inland during the afternoon is cooled by radiation during the night.

Related terms:

• high fog
• upslope fog
• monsoon fog
• advection fog
• sea fog
• steam fog
• shallow fog
• California Current
• fog drip
• radiation fog