Overview
- The National Weather Service issued the alert at 12:13 a.m. Monday, with conditions expected to improve by 3 a.m.
- Coverage includes parts of Long Island, New York City and the lower Hudson Valley, including Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam counties.
- Visibility may drop to a quarter mile or less, though improvement could occur sooner where rain moves through.
- Drivers are advised to use low-beam headlights or fog lamps, slow down and leave extra braking distance while avoiding high beams.
- A similar early-morning fog statement for Long Island on Sunday expired after the morning commute, indicating a short-lived pattern of localized hazards.