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Dense Fog Alerts Cover U.P. and South Alabama, With Freezing Drizzle Risk in Michigan

NWS warns of hazardous early-morning travel from dense fog, with localized freezing drizzle.

Overview

  • The National Weather Service issued an alert at 12:32 a.m. EST for Marquette, Iron and Dickinson counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, valid until 7 a.m. EST, citing visibility below a mile and potential drops to one quarter mile.
  • Forecasters cautioned that freezing drizzle may mix with the fog in the Upper Peninsula, creating patchy slick spots on roadways.
  • A dense fog advisory took effect at 7:24 a.m. EST for Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington, Baldwin and Mobile counties in South Alabama, running until 10 a.m. with visibility as low as a quarter mile.
  • An additional advisory covers Geneva County, Alabama, issued at 7:51 p.m. Sunday and in effect until Monday at 8 a.m., with similar quarter-mile visibility concerns.
  • NWS guidance urges drivers to slow down, use low-beam headlights, maintain extra following distance, and, if visibility nears zero, pull over safely and keep only hazard lights on.