The conditions that persist along the West Coast of the U. S. that are conducive to fog formation are:
A) moist air moving over a cold surface.
B) inversions and a warm land surface.
C) steep lapse rate and cold surface.
D) inversions and a warm water surface.
E) steep lapse rate and a warm surface.
A
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