Monday, June 01, 2015

Fog Bank Off Sea Girt Beach

The NWS explained the cause of the tsunami-looking fog bank by saying that warm air blowing off comparatively cold ocean waters caused the air to cool rapidly and condense, forming the fog just offshore.
The winds blowing onshore, where temperatures were warmer, caused the fog bank to have trouble moving inland, with clear skies observed on satellite imagery just west of the beaches, while thunderstorms were forming farther inland.
Entire article at
http://mashable.com/2015/06/01/fog-bank-new-jersey-tidal-wave/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfeHhjY3B5bmRhODljeXF5aCJ9
Fogbank

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