SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 759 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
...PATCHY DENSE FOG CONTINUES THIS MORNING...
A RELATIVELY NARROW AREA OF DENSE FOG IS LOCATED DOWN THE CENTER
OF THE VALLEY...FROM NEAR LOS BANOS...THROUGH MENDOTA...HANFORD
AND LEMOORE...TO NEAR WASCO.
THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 33 BETWEEN LOS BANOS AND
MENDOTA...180 BETWEEN MENDOTA AND FRESNO...41 BETWEEN LEMOORE AND
FRESNO...43 FROM SELMA TO HANFORD AND WASCO...AND 198 BETWEEN
LEMOORE AND VISALIA. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE 99 FREEWAY IS FOG
FREE...THERE HAVE BEEN PATCHES OF DENSE FOG BETWEEN SELMA AND
DELANO.
VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL BE COMMON IN THESE
AREAS...AND ONLY ABOUT 500 FEET IN THE HANFORD AND LEMOORE AREAS.
THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE THIS MORNING WITH DAYTIME
HEATING.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG...SLOW DOWN...KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON
LOW BEAM...AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN
FRONT OF YOU.
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