DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1032 PM MST SAT DEC 19 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE
DESERTS...SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...AND THE NORTHERN
WASATCH FRONT.
* VISIBILITIES: THE DENSE FOG WILL RESULT IN AREAS WITH
VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM LESS THAN 100 YARDS TO ONE-QUARTER OF
A MILE.
* TIMING: AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON AREA ROADWAYS CAN EXPECT
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITY AS WELL AS ICY ROAD SURFACES. THOSE TRAVELING ON
INTERSTATE-80 WEST OF SALT LAKE CITY...INTERSTATE-15 FROM SALT
LAKE CITY NORTHWARD...INTERSTATE-84 ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH...AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE-215 AND THE LEGACY PARKWAY SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD
OF YOU.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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