FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 708 PM PST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST SUNDAY...FOR SOUTHWEST...
SOUTH CENTRAL...AND EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND NORTHERN
LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES.
* TIMING: DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND LINGER THROUGH
MID-MORNING.
* VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 100 YARDS AND A QUARTER MILE
WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 80...U.S. 93...AND STATE ROUTES
225...228...229...278...305...AND 306.
* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD
ANTICIPATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...DUE TO VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A THIN LAYER OF ICE FORMING
ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
ALSO...BE ALERT FOR FROST ON BRIDGE DECKS CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS.
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REA
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