Now that is a fog bank

Aries · 16 March 2014, 17:46

SF today

Bigmuz7 · 16 March 2014, 18:36

We call that a 'Haar ' Very annoying when it appears, as you can be in warm sunshine one minute and bollok frozen the next, as it drifts onto the coast.

jyasaki · 16 March 2014, 20:15

Pretty normal afternoon weather on SF Bay. Not every day, but definitely common.

jky

pow2gran · 16 March 2014, 21:02

I have this photo as my desktop! We had a few foggy days in Salcombe last summer. Thanks to RMS who guided us through to Dartmouth in the fog. Coming back though was glorious and a really good run!

The Black Pig · 17 March 2014, 00:03

Not to worry you but I've heard the locals call it a sea fret

tonto · 17 March 2014, 00:12

A number of years ago I spent a year on a ship going from LA to San Francisco and that was a pretty common sight.

We berthed at Richmond, and it would be bright and sunny, yet an hour after leaving, rounding Angel Island, you would hit the solid bank of fog until out past the pilot station.

Craziest thing I saw, (only just!) was going under the Golden gate, and having kite surfers coming towards the ship at a rapid rate of knots, seeing this massive wall of steel in front of them, and then having to peel away at the last minute!

we only picked them up on the radar at the last minute, and could only just see them as they got to within about 50 metres of the ship!

How we never minced them up with the prop, I will never know.

We tend to not sail if the fog is too bad now, but still get caught out in it on occasion.

Harrys Game · 17 March 2014, 00:19

"I have this photo as my desktop!" so do I now. Thank you. Regards Jim

Peter_C · 17 March 2014, 06:18

We were in Monterey over the weekend, and watch the fog bank come in. It swallowed the sailboats in an eerie kind of way, since it was a wall.

As to SF the coolest thing with the fog is watching it come in over the Waldo Grade as it blows over the highway quickly. On the water side we have watched vis come and go in a matter of minutes.

jyasaki · 17 March 2014, 15:13

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As to SF the coolest thing with the fog is watching it come in over the Waldo Grade as it blows over the highway quickly.

If you're further east, you can watch as the fog pours through the gaps in the coastal mountains like fingers of cold grey filling the valleys.

jky

Peter_C · 18 March 2014, 04:19

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If you're further east, you can watch as the fog pours through the gaps in the coastal mountains like fingers of cold grey filling the valleys.

jky

Watched that on the way home from Monterey, coming up Highway 101 yesterday.

Cookee · 18 March 2014, 13:10

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Originally Posted by pow2gran

I have this photo as my desktop! We had a few foggy days in Salcombe last summer. Thanks to RMS who guided us through to Dartmouth in the fog. Coming back though was glorious and a really good run!

Also not unusual in our area!

m chappelow · 20 March 2014, 07:56

One of the most annoying foggy times for me was a bright sunny day but a very thick fog laying just on the surface on the sea about 2 metres deep , sitting down in the boat you could only see about 5 metres in front but standing up you could see for miles .

John Kennett · 07 April 2014, 02:25

No fog in SF today!

Peter_C · 07 April 2014, 05:42

John, did you get a chance to head out on the Bay? I had forgotten when you were in the city. This coming weekend we will be diving North in Mendocino. Hopefully we get to have a few whale encounters

jyasaki · 07 April 2014, 15:52

Unrelated note:

Pete: Will be in Albion the weekend of May 2-4. Let me know if you'll be in the area.

jky

Peter_C · 07 April 2014, 19:43

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Unrelated note:

Pete: Will be in Albion the weekend of May 2-4. Let me know if you'll be in the area.

jky

Tempting...it would be weather dependent or rather dive conditions dependent. How many campsites do you have, and is there room?

John Kennett · 07 April 2014, 21:20

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John, did you get a chance to head out on the Bay?

I'm on Alcatraz right now. Does that count?

Peter_C · 08 April 2014, 04:07

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I'm on Alcatraz right now. Does that count?

Alcatraz is interesting. I always enjoy hiking on Angel Island.

Are you heading up to the wine country? I live in Sonoma County in Santa Rosa.

jyasaki · 08 April 2014, 15:55

Pete: PM in your inbox.

JK: Sorry for the hijack. Enjoy your trip.

jky