'Definitely eerie' as white wall 'sea fret' rolls over Llyn Peninsula
'It was definitely eerie, like we were all being smothered'. Those were the words of Maggie Rogerson as she described a wall of sea mist roll over the Llyn Peninsula.
She was at Mynytho between Abersoch and Pwllheli on Wednesday evening. This was when a mist drifted in off the sea - creating a coastal cloud inversion, or known to some as 'Dragon's breath'.
It looked like a giant white wave crashing against the landscape. She posted images on the Abersoch Appreciation Page, asking "Is this a sea fret eerily creeping in? If so it's eerie, yet beautiful".
A "sea fret" is a north of England term for a coastal fog that commonly occurs along the east coast of the UK, especially during spring and summer. It forms when warm air passes over the cold North Sea.
That colder air then trapped by a layer of warm air - creating a cloud inversion.
She told North Wales Live: "The pressure changed. It felt how I would imagine a vacuum and kind of 'charged' with expectancy.
"Then I could feel the increase in moisture, the vapour, I suppose. It was definitely eerie, like we were all being smothered.
"Yet it was by no means that dramatic. Just a mist rolling-in!"
On the Facebook page, one person responded: "It was like that last night towards Aberdaron, I agree very eerie."
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