Sea smoke occurs when the air is much colder than the water below. It’s essentially a cloud. The evaporation happens faster than the air can absorb the water vapor and the surface wind blows it across the sea.
Just another beautiful, but chilly, part of winter in Maine.
The skies in Maine can be very dramatic. This was just a crazy cloud formation. What was going on up there?
But this was a giant storm cloud that moved quickly across the bay, pounding us with a swift douse of heavy rain.
Sunshine wasn’t far behind.
Some call it June gloom. If you’re in an area near a large body of water, you’ll often experience this soggy, gray shift from spring into summer.
Lucky Maine is just as beautiful in neutral tones, as in brilliant ones.
Especially when framed in silvery mist.
As we hold our breaths watching the powerful Hurricane Ike stalk Texas, anyone wondering about such a storm hitting Maine?
For those from away — the chances are that one will hit once every 10-20 years. We more normally get the remains of a hurricane, like Floyd shown above. The last hurricane to strike was Hurricane Bob in 1991.
Each year though, at least one nor’easter, which is a large, mid-latitude cyclone, usually forms between November and March. They are called nor’easters because the winds come from the northeast and they can do major damage.
Wikipedia and NOAA have more information.
