{"id":1392,"date":"2021-07-05T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2021-07-05T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:29:42","slug":"life-peeking-outside-the-fog-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2021\/07\/05\/life-peeking-outside-the-fog-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Life: Peeking Outside the Fog Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While I grew up on the sunny side of San Francisco, I currently live near the edge of the fog belt. I love fog, but not every day – I like variety<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the fog belt limits visibility, I often believe that it is foggy EVERYWHERE, but sunny weather may be just a streetcar ride away! As a lighting-obsessed photographer, always interested in which buildings and other features are lit from which direction, I began to rely on live webcams back in 2004 to tell me if the fog belt has an edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fancy webcam I currently use and recommend is at the Exploratorium<\/a> (exploratorium.edu), now located at Pier 15 along the Embarcadero. (Embarcadero = the pier(s) in Spanish.)<\/em> <\/span>It looks eastward from the pier, toward the east bay and our Bay Bridge, day and night. It not only provides a view, but also weather station and other monitoring equipment measuring the wind, any rain (we wish)<\/span><\/em>, water depth, salinity, and other cool data. This screenshot gives you a preview of what I mean: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s not looking good for the sunlit scenes I was hoping to capture today…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the moment, I can see that it was too optimistic of me to take film out of the refrigerator before I even had breakfast this morning<\/em>, but at least I know now, rather than after I’ve geared up and headed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The link for your enjoyment is here:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tWired Pier Environmental Field Station | Exploratorium\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tA collection of sensors around the Exploratorium campus is measuring and recording conditions in the environment\u2014the weather, Bay water quality, pollution, and more.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yes, there is a Wikipedia page devoted to June Gloom<\/a>, which also names “May Gray,” “No-Sky July,” and “Fogust” as some of our regional nicknames for these anti-postcard weather patterns, if you need to sound like a local over your artisanal, locally roasted cup of coffee.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I grew up on the sunny side of San Francisco, I currently live near the edge of the fog belt. I love fog, but not every day – I like variety. When the fog belt limits visibility, I often believe that it is foggy EVERYWHERE, but sunny weather may be just a streetcar ride … <\/p>\n

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