FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 403 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.
* THE FREEZING FOG ADVISORY WILL LAST UNTIL AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING
WHEN THE SUN WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEATING THE SURFACE AND
AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
* EXPECT THE FOG TO BE PATCHY IN NATURE AS THE WARM AIR FROM THE
SOUTH FLOWS ACROSS THE SNOW PACK AND BECOMES CHILLED BELOW THE
FREEZING POINT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO A QUARTER
MILE OR LESS.
* MANY EXPOSED SURFACES... SUCH AS RAILINGS... DECKS... SIDEWALKS...
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE A
LAYER OF ICE. DRIVING AND EVEN WALKING MAY BE HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE
FOG LIFTS AND THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB HIGH ENOUGH TO MELT THE ICE
DEPOSIT.
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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DUSTY
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