Sea Smoke

 I grew up never really very far from the ocean .After all Nova Scotia is an isthmus. But it was not until we moved to Grand Manan Island that I saw the phenomenon of what meteorologists call Sea Smoke .

Sea smoke (arctic sea smoke) Evaporation fog or steam fog which is formed when water vapor is added to air which is much colder than the vapor's source; most commonly, when very cold air drifts across relatively warm water .                                       

(http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/sea_smoke.html)

Grand Manan is of course not in the Arctic , but we are in the North Atlantic Ocean. Here are some of the pictures that I took today!  I would have liked to have gotten a few more and gone for closer shots or more interesting ones but the wind was blowing off the water today. It was far too cold to stand outside taking pictures! I think the temperature was below zero (F) here today and the wind chill factor made it seem that much colder.

    In fact we have a wind chill warning in effect.

Grand Manan and Coastal Charlotte County
5:59 PM AST Wednesday 17 January 2007
Wind chill warning for
Grand Manan and Coastal Charlotte County continued
Extreme wind chill values of minus 35 expected this evening over exposed areas.
Brisk northwest winds combined with cold temperatures will result in extreme wind chill values of minus 35 this evening mainly over exposed areas. Wind chills will slowly moderate later tonight as winds diminish.