DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1011 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST TUESDAY.
* DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND
ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.
* VISIBILITY AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT AND IN HYSHAM HAS DROPPED TO
A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS SINCE 930 PM THIS EVENING.
* VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
* WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON
ROADWAYS WHERE FOG IS PRESENT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DENSE FOG WILL SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN
SOME AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN AS
OBJECTS ON AND NEAR ROADWAYS WILL BE SEEN ONLY AT CLOSE RANGE. IN
ADDITION...POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE ANY SUDDEN STOPS
VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
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