DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1259 AM EST THU NOV 26 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING.
AREAS OF FOG EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BECOME WIDESPREAD AND WILL
FURTHER DETERIORATE TO DENSE FOG THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THIS MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AND
PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THANKSGIVING DAY. TRAVELERS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA
TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN THEIR DESTINATIONS THIS MORNING.
PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...LIGHT TO CALM WINDS...AND CLEARING
SKIES HAVE ALL COMBINED TO CREATE THE CANOPY OF FOG ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS OF SUNSHINE THURSDAY
MORNING COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AROUND 5
MPH TO DISSIPATE THE FOG BY 930 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO FREQUENTLY LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM
HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF BREAKING DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
IF BOATING ACROSS INLAND WATERWAYS...MAKE USE OF A GPS...THE
AVAILABLE AIDS TO NAVIGATION...AND DEPTH FINDERS WHEN TRAVERSING
THESE WATERS THIS MORNING.
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DOUGH
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