But the account is more than just a name. The creator of KarlTheFog is known for its silly irreverent tweets. Here is a sampling of favorite tweets our listeners sent us. The name Karl is a reference to the film "Big Fish.
Search-Icon Created with Sketch. KQED is a proud member of. Always free. Sign In. KQED Inform. Save Article Save Article. Bay Curious. Listen 9 min. Jessica Placzek. Jul 26, Failed to save article Please try again. Nothing says "San Francisco beach day" like a blanket of fog.
If you live in the Bay Area, you may know that our perennial fog has a name — Karl. As this happens, deeper, colder water rises up to replace it, a process called upwelling. Upwelling causes water temperatures in the Pacific to be frigid, but biologically productive. When sea breezes blow over this cold water, water vapor is forced to condense out of the air, forming advection fog. A different type of fog— tule fog —forms in San Francisco during the winter due to a separate set of meteorological conditions.
Caption by Adam Voiland. View this area in EO Explorer. Fog forms along the Pacific coast when warm air currents meet chilly waters welling up from the deep ocean. Image of the Day Atmosphere. Landsat 5 captured a ring of radiation fog lingering in valley bottoms and above lakes in northwestern Patagonia. Image of the Day Land.
Acquired February 21, , these true- and false-color images of British Columbia show fog filling mountain valleys northeast of Vancouver. In the false-color image, vegetation appears bright green, snow appears bright turquoise, and fog appears as a very pale, muted blue-green. Image of the Day Atmosphere Snow and Ice.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land. The number of foggy days in the Central Valley is going down, and the decrease is bad news for fruit and nut farmers, since trees need the cooler temperatures to be productive. Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water.
EO Explorer. Another Foggy Day in San Francisco.
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