Why Does The Bay Area Have So Many Microclimates?

Bay Curious

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Bay Curious listener Scott has lived in the Bay Area his whole life. He's always wondered why the weather can be so different just a few miles apart. This week, we dig into Bay Area microclimates -- what are they, why do they exist, and do heat islands affect our weather. *This episode has been updated to fix an error in Andrew Oliphant's title. Additional Reading: Why Does The Bay Area Have So Many Microclimates? Why San Francisco Gets So Windy and Foggy In The Summer Sign up for the Bay Curious newsletter! Reported by Daniel Potter. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hello, hello, you're listening to Bay Curious.
0:08.0	This week we've got a weather double-headed with one of our go-to science reporters. This is Daniel Potter for Bay Curious.
0:14.8	Who recorded this for us on a morning stroll with his wife,
0:18.1	Becca. This is Becca Andrews, also I guess for Beecurious.
0:21.8	And their little black dog, Ruth. Also, I guess, for Bay Curious.
0:25.0	And their little black dog, Ruth. Pretty warm out here for a little dog that is not a barker.
0:30.0	They ventured out to the waterfront park in Berkeley to set the scene for us about bay area microclimates.
0:37.0	And it sort of overlooks the bay. You can see straight into downtown San Francisco.
0:42.6	You can see the Golden Gate Bridge.
0:44.0	You can see the Marin Headlands and Richmond
0:46.8	over yonder.
0:48.3	It's got really amazing views.
0:50.7	In a spot like this, you can often see a bunch of different types of weather just a few miles apart
0:57.0	Where we're standing it is perfectly clear
1:00.8	But if you look across toward San Francisco, there's sort of the heavy clouds that are hanging down right. It looks like fog.
1:10.0	So I'm sure it's chillier over there. It's probably a little more overcast,
1:14.1	which is more to my taste.
1:15.7	The weather is different again if you're up on Mount Tam
1:18.6	or a few miles inland toward Concord.
1:21.5	Which brings us to this week's question-asker.
1:24.2	So my name is Scott.
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