Unyielding Fog

There has been unremitting fog over Davis and the rest of the Central Valley for about 18 days or so, ever since the 22nd of November. We had one half-day of sunshine on the 3rd of December but aside from that the temperature has stayed in the mid-40s Fahrenheit this entire period. It’s dreary and doesn’t make me inclined to sketch outside. Here is an account of this tule fog from NASA, complete with an satellite image animation. This is an unusual pattern and with climate change there have been fewer and fewer persistent tule fogs in the fall and winter in the Central Valley.

The natural color image at right is from the GOES-West satellite taken at 3:11 PM PST today (11 December).