Definition
Formed when air is cooled below its dew point by contact with a cooler sea surface, so it depends on the air-sea temperature difference rather than on nightfall. Unlike land fog it persists in wind, often surviving force 5 or 6, and can last for days over cold currents or spring seas. Comparing forecast air temperature with sea temperature, and watching the wet bulb depression fall towards zero, gives useful warning.
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