tule fog

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English

Etymology

Named for the tule grass wetlands of the Central Valley of California in the United States, where it forms.

Pronunciation

Noun

tule fog (plural tule fogs)

  1. A thick, persistent ground fog, canonically found in parts of California's Central Valley, where it forms from late fall through early spring (rainy season), which may contain cold or freezing drizzle.
    • 1918, School Science and Mathematics, page 751:
      Tule fogs last until they are "burned off" by the sun or are displaced by the wind.
    • 1968, Joan Didion, “Notes from a Native Daughter”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
      When summer ended—when the State Fair closed and the heat broke, when the last green hop vines had been torn down along the H Street road and the tule fog began rising off the low ground at night— […]
    • 2009, Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman, Diana Garc’a, Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 195:
      This sentiment spreads like thick tule fog today. Ask the former San Diego mayor who commandeered the Light Up the Border forces at the San Diego-Tijuana […]
    • 2010, William F. Scanlin, No Regrets: I’ve Enjoyed a Great Life, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 133:
      On the evening of the wedding, a thick tule fog enveloped the area around Discovery Bay. The fog delayed the arrival of the minister and caused some  […]
    • 2011, Marcia Muller, Eye of the Storm, Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN:
      A thick tule fog enveloped the island. […]
    • 2015, Kyle Boelte, The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir, Catapult, →ISBN:
      The winds that create the fog die down, and the Bay Area is clear. […] sank not during the summer fog season, but rather in winter during a thick tule fog.
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