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NWS Issues Early-Morning Dense Fog Advisories Across Michigan’s U.P. With 1/4-Mile Visibility

The weather service warns of hazardous travel, urging slower speeds, low-beam headlights and extra space.

Overview

  • Keweenaw and Houghton counties are under a dense fog advisory issued at 1:46 a.m. EDT Sunday, valid until 9 a.m. EDT.
  • A separate advisory covers Iron, Dickinson and Menominee counties from 3:43 a.m. EDT until 9 a.m. EDT.
  • The National Weather Service expects visibility to drop to one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
  • Drivers are advised to slow down, use headlights on low beam, maintain extra following distance and avoid high beams.
  • Travelers are urged to allow extra time or delay trips, and to pull over safely with hazard lights if visibility nears zero.