Re: Late-Summer fog in Alamosa and Antonito

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> guymonmd Wrote:
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> > I lived in the San Luis Valley for several
> years.
> > I remember fog quite often in the winter, but I
> > never recall fog in August.
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> Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> > Fog in the summer = 1st time for me.
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> Hi, youse guys -
>
> On my way to chase the very last freights over
> Cumbres WAAAAY back in 1968 I drove from Denver to
> Alamosa, arriving after midnight when no lodging
> was available (I couldn't afford a motel in those
> days anyway).  IIRC, it was quite foggy the
> next morning, as the storm had passed and the
> rising sun was evaporating the many puddles of
> rainwater.  The fog had only partly burned
> off by the time I arrived at the engine yard
> — see
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 56335 for a photo.
>
> A similar situation occurred in 2009 – but
> in mid-September, not late August and Antonito,
> not Alamosa – when a very heavy rain the
> night before provided some spectacular
> early-morning fog and low clouds for the #315
> charter on 09/13/09.  See
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 84372 (or page 334 of George Niederauer's book)
> for a photo.


I must of missed those days.