Though not my preferred conditions for visiting Fisherman’s Point, this frigid winter scene nonetheless fascinated. A flock of gulls sought refuge from the bitter air on the lake surface, unaware that would freeze within 24 hours. This wasn’t the typical method for forming sea fog, where warm and moist air advects over cold water, which lowers the temperature and condenses the moisture in the air. Here, much-colder air (temperatures around 5 to 10 below zero Fahrenheit) fluxed both moisture and heat up from the water, then condensed. This is the same process that leads to lake-effect snow when continued across much-larger bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes or Sea of Japan.
2 WSW Little Axe OK (15 Feb 21) Looking SE
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