8:17 AM PDT, April 25, 2004: Fog pouring into Santa Barbara Harbor and downtown State Street area

Stratus intersecting and flowing over hilltops of Catalina Island

Low stratus rolling over airport runway at Point Mugu, photographed from 1700 meters MSL

Mist penetrates into the coastal valleys of Catalina Island, with a stratus deck beyond, just before sunset

View from Painted Cave, above the fog layer, March 15, 2004

8:04 AM PDT, April 25, 2004: Fog settles over downtown Santa Barbara with the Mesa rising into the inversion

Gazing westward from the Torrey Pines Gliderport, San Diego, at stratus over Pacific

8:21 AM PDT, April 25, 2004: Fog covering Santa Barbara Harbor, with the Mesa poking above the base of inversion (BI)

The Isthmus is one of the only areas of Catalina low enough to allow this stratus layer (under 200 meters MSL) to flow over the island

Haze in Santa Barbara Channel, photographed from Gibraltar Road

Stratus fractus over an s-curve in the 101 freeway near Ventura, photographed from 1700 meters MSL

Stratus flowing over the western end of Catalina Island

Coastal fog at western tip of Catalina Island

The stratus can only flow over portions of Catalina Island with relief below the base of inversion, at approximately 200 meters in this photo

Stratus rolling through the low-lying Isthmus near Two Harbors, Catalina

8:04 AM PDT, April 25, 2004: Fog settles over downtown Santa Barbara with the Mesa rising into the inversion

Catalina Island, rising above low stratus deck, photographed from 1700 meters MSL

Most of the Southern California Bight is covered in stratus, but these Catalina hilltops poke above the stratus into the clear inversion layer above