FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 301 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING.
* TIMING: FREEZING FOG HAS FORMED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY
THROUGH SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM AND FOG WILL
DISSIPATE TOWARD MID MORNING.
* VISIBILITY: WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF 1-2 MILES WILL BE PRESENT
IN FREEZING FOG THIS MORNING. THE MOST FOG PRONE AREAS SUCH AS
RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY SEE VISIBILITIES
LESS THAN 1/4 MILE.
* IMPACTS: FREEZING FOG WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK
SPOTS OR BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY
CAUTIOUS ON THE ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS
IN AREAS OF THICK FOG...AND SLOW DOWN TO AVOID LOSING CONTROL OF
YOUR VEHICLE IN SLICK AREAS.
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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AML
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