FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 308 PM PST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
* FREEZING FOG HAS ALREADY RETURNED TO SNOW COVERED VALLEYS IN
PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. IT WILL RETURN AGAIN TO VALLEYS
IN LASSEN COUNTY BY SUNSET THIS EVENING. FREEZING FOG IS
EXPECTED TO LIFT BY SUNDAY MORNING THOUGH A LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS
MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAY 395...HIGHWAY 50...AND HIGHWAY 95. THIS
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LOVELOCK...FALLON...AND SUSANVILLE.
* FREEZING FOG CAN FORM A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON ROADS. 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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