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Dense Fog Advisories Slow Morning Commute Across Parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York and New Jersey

Expect hazardous travel where visibility drops to a quarter mile or less during the early commute.

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Overview

  • National Weather Service advisories remain active this morning across multiple counties, with expiration times staggered roughly between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. EDT.
  • Visibility is frequently one quarter mile or less, with some Michigan locations noted at one quarter to one half mile, creating difficult driving conditions.
  • Affected areas include Mercer County in New Jersey; Cortland County in New York; wide swaths of Pennsylvania such as Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Erie and Allegheny; and Michigan counties including Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Allegan, Kalamazoo and Jackson.
  • Alerts were issued in waves overnight and early morning at times including 11:14 p.m., 11:23 p.m., 1:51 a.m., 3:37 a.m., 3:48 a.m., 5:25 a.m. and 5:53 a.m. EDT.
  • The weather service urges drivers to slow down, use low-beam headlights or fog lights, maintain extra following distance and pull into a safe location if visibility approaches zero.