Why has the sun god abandoned LA?

May 17, 2006 2:36 PM

Is it just me, or has 2006 in Los Angeles been extraordinarily foggy and overcast? And if I'm right, is there an explanation? Something about jetstreams or low-pressure systems in the Indian Ocean or maybe butterflies?
posted by lbergstr to Science & Nature (5 answers total)

I don't know about "extraordinarily" foggy -- it's felt pretty much like the usual June gloom that descends every year, but in this case about a month or so early.
posted by scody at 3:00 PM on May 17, 2006

San Diego is the same. I haven't ever noticed it being as "non-stop" overcast before.
posted by y6y6y6 at 3:21 PM on May 17, 2006

When I was a kid we called it the "June Gloom," and it often took up bits of both May and June. Now that I live in Portland I call it AutumnWinterSpring... ;)
posted by togdon at 3:40 PM on May 17, 2006

See: May Grey/June Gloom
posted by togdon at 3:42 PM on May 17, 2006

Global warming.

Somebody had to say it
posted by antifuse at 1:14 AM on May 18, 2006