Science What effect does temperature inversion have on pollution? Inversion influences everything from visibility, air quality and even cloud formation. It can also cause a problem for pollution.

The strange phenomenon has seen temperatures drop below normal in California, with fog, wind and rain hitting the Golden State ...

In places, the thermometers could read up to 15°F below normal with the strange weather fluxuations bringing thick fog as well.

Residents of Washburn, Maine, experienced an otherworldly weather phenomenon known as an inversion amidst frigid temperatures of minus 25°F over the weekend. A cloud layer hung low and thickly ...

KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart explains what a temperature inversion is and why it will cause fog over Portland this week.

This is most likely when the clouds are fairly low or when the clouds exist in the presence of a temperature inversion that leaves the clouds warmer than the ground is.

As of 1 p.m., the temperature was in the upper 30s on the mountain, and down near the base of Mt. Hood Meadows, it was in the mid-40s. That temperature inversion is fixing itself.

Cool! Melbourne weather radar ‘sees’ ship off Florida coast Strong temperature inversion causes radar beam to bounce back to surface ...

Those conditions include a strong temperature inversion, or, a layer of warm air sandwiched between two layers of cool air. This inversion often occurs at night and early in the morning.

“Our valley is shaped like a bowl, so this temperature inversion creates a lid and prevents the air from flowing out.” This causes stagnation, and polluted air remains near the surface.