What is the marine layer in Western WA? The reason for summer morning clouds, fog

Someone in Western Washington woke up this morning, looked out the window and voiced, “Where’s the sun? I thought summer was here!”

Welcome to the marine layer. A listener recently asked what is meant by the marine layer. You’ve likely heard television weather anchors and others use the term, so what does that term mean?

More local weather: Sunshine, warm temps for Seattle’s summer solstice

The month of June often involves low-level onshore flow from the Pacific Ocean that creates marine low cloudiness in the mornings. With the sun so high in the sky around the time of the summer solstice and into summer, the marine clouds often give

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