marine layer
Sea mist blanket
A marine layer is a mass of cool, moist air that moves inland from the ocean, typically producing low clouds or fog along coastal areas.
Common in places like Southern California, it often burns off by midday as temperatures rise: The marine layer kept the beach gray until noon.
The term appears in weather forecasts and casual conversation about coastal climate.
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- morning fogLow cloud at dawn
- mistFine airborne moisture
- overcastSky fully veiled
- overcast skiesCloud-covered atmosphere
coastal · gray · clouds · damp · morning · haze · Pacific · beach · Santa Monica · cool · drizzle · gloom · June gloom · June · stratus · ocean · chill · blanket
- atmosphereair, humidity, atmosphere, temperature, oxygen
- California CoastPacific Ocean, Highway 1, Big Sur, Monterey Bay, Malibu
- coastal weatherdrizzle, overcast, ocean breeze, cloudy skies, rainfall
- fogfog, mist, haze, thick fog, dense fog
- Pacific CoastPacific Ocean, beach, Pacific coast, sand, Pacific beaches
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, cloudy, overcast, partly cloudy
coastal weather conditions
marine layerclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
blue sky · sunny skies · sunshine · high visibility · heat wave
marine, layer, marina, mariner, maritime, submarine, ultramarine, marinade, marinate