FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 741 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY.
* TIMING: DENSE FOG HAS FORMED OVER SOME VALLEY AREAS IN PERSHING
AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THE FOG WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE VALLEY AREAS OF
PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES INCLUDING FALLON AND LOVELOCK.
VISIBILITY WILL MAY REDUCED TO 100 YARDS OR LESS AT TIMES.
* 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 HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD
OF YOU.
$$
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
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