North Carolina media cite Sea Grant report in articles on sea smoke
Raleigh News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer cited a report from Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine in articles about sea smoke in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Columns of smoke were reported rising from the Back Sound as a mass of cold air from the north brought cold rain, sleet and snow March 5 to some parts of the state, according to the article. The Sea Grant report notes that sea smoke is more likely to occur in polar regions, but can appear over any body of water. The smoke has been known to disperse and reform, “turning bays and coves into ephemeral cauldrons,” according to the report. “Eventually, the air soaks up warmth from the sea, the winds pick up, and the smoke disperses.”