Marine Layer
Ya’ll know what that is?
Well, in my laywoman’s terms, it’s that low cloudy layer that creeps in over the Bay Area, not quite fog, not quite clouds. It’s misty, and damp and prevalent.
According to the Wikipedia entry, it’s “an air mass which develops over the surface of a large body of water such as the ocean or large lake in the presence of a temperature inversion.”
Fine. I’ll tell you this. It’s a regular visitor to the Bay Area.
It ruins Fourth of July. All you see are fireworks bursting behind clouds. Sort of a downer.
It interferes with summer baseball. You can actually see a high-flying ball hit the “inversion layer” and drop like a dying quail. Outfielders visiting my SF Giants are often flummoxed by this phenomenon.
It also makes it a bit warmer here, tho. Holding in the heat.
But you wanna know what the marine layer is doing tonight?
It’s blocking my freaking view of the lunar eclipse!!
It’s supposed to be spectacular. I guess it is. Not that I can tell.
: cranky :
