January 7, 2015

What Causes Fog at the Beach?

Nothing says winter on the Atlantic coast like a dense blanket of fog rolling over the eastern seaboard on milder days, invoking a sense of mystique and despondency to coastal beaches – along with the same feeling one gets when wearing sweaty gym clothes well past their expiration date. I’ve always found foggy days on the beach pretty neat, sans the thick, sticky, humid-air-on-my-face part. The ground-level clouds certainly put the coastal waters in a different perspective, albeit a gloomy one. One thing I’ve always wondered, though, is what causes fog at the beach to begin with? I’ve only lived on the coast for

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