FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 854 PM PST SAT JAN 02 2010
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: AREAS OF FREEZING FOG HAVE DEVELOPED IN VALLEY AREAS OF
LASSEN COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA...AND PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES
IN NEVADA. THE FOG WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AND
LAST THOUGH MONDAY MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL ALSO DEVELOP
IN THE SIERRA VALLEY TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITY: ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN DENSE FOG.
* DENSE FREEZING FOG CAN FORM A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON ROADS...
ESPECIALLY OVERPASSES. THIS COMBINED WITH VISIBILITY OF A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY AND ROAD
CONDITIONS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON ROADS. IF DRIVING...SLOW
DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF
DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
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