DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 511 AM PST THU DEC 17 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.
MOTORISTS DRIVING FROM THE MOTHERLODE TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY OR UP
INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA THIS MORNING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND US-50
WILL ENCOUNTER A RAPID REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES ROUGHLY BETWEEN THE
100 AND 600 FOOT ELEVATION LEVEL. AS MOTORISTS TRAVEL INTO THE
VALLEY OR FURTHER UP THE HILL VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE.
* VISIBILITY: WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE.
* IMPACTS: RAPID CHANGE IN VISIBILITY THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS
WITH MOTORISTS TRAVELING TO AND FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY INTO THE
MOTHERLODE.
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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BARUFFALDI
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