Sunset, originally uploaded by PerihelionDawn.

Welcome to Fogtober. These strange, inverted days of low clouds — and sunshine above — are expected to continue into next week. It’s looking likely we’ll have a dry and, slowly, foggy Halloween (UPDATE: Weather folks are saying winds should help keep Seattle fog-less for the holiday). In the meantime, expect more spooky nights and cloud-shrouded mornings.

For more on what’s going on, here’s Cliff Mass: “The underlying cause?  An extraordinary persistent ridge of high pressure over the eastern Pacific and West Coast.…”

Needle Shining Out of Fog, originally uploaded by adamjk1b.

Foggy street on Capitol Hill, originally uploaded by aaronbrethorst.