SAC-MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR COUNTIES…316 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2016…

…AREAS OF FOG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY TODAY…

IN THE WAKE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING AREAS OF FOG HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF WEST…SOUTHWEST…AND CENTRAL IOWA. VISIBILITY AT SOME LOCATION HAS ALREADY DROPPED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. EXPECT LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES THROUGH JUST AFTER SUNRISE THIS THURSDAY MORNING.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING EARLY TODAY…USE EXTRA CAUTION IF POCKETS OF DENSE FOG ARE ENCOUNTERED. SLOW DOWN…USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT INTERSECTIONS…NEAR SCHOOL BUS STOPS… AND WHEN APPROACHING RAILROAD CROSSINGS. ONCOMING VEHICLES AND TRAINS MAY BE HIDDEN BY THE FOG.

THE FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT AFTER SUNRISE BUT MAY TAKE AN ADDITIONAL HOUR OR TWO TO FULLY GIVE WAY TO MORE SUNSHINE AND BRIGHTER SKIES.