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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
413 PM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...DENSE FOG ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES...

NVZ030-161800-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FG.Y.0002.090116T0200Z-090116T1800Z/
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT
413 PM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY...

DENSE FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN FORM ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THIS FOG
WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS IN MANY
AREAS. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LIFT LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...IN
AREAS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 32 DEGREES...FREEZING FOG
WILL ALSO OCCUR. THIS CAN MAKE ROADWAYS SLICK AND MAY FORM ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BEFORE THE REST OF THE ROADWAYS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

$$


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
413 PM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...DENSE FOG ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES...

NVZ036-161800-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FG.Y.0002.090116T0200Z-090116T1800Z/
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATTLE MOUNTAIN
413 PM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY...

DENSE FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN FORM ACROSS LANDER COUNTY. THIS FOG WILL
CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS IN MANY AREAS.
THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LIFT LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...IN AREAS
WHERE THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 32 DEGREES...FREEZING FOG WILL
ALSO OCCUR. THIS CAN MAKE ROADWAYS SLICK AND MAY FORM ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES BEFORE THE REST OF THE ROADWAYS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

$$

IPPI





URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
247 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

IDZ012-ORZ064-161400-
/O.NEW.KBOI.FG.Y.0004.090116T0200Z-090116T1900Z/
LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID-LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-
247 PM MST THU JAN 15 2009

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER TREASURE VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MST FRIDAY.

DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THROUGH THE LOWER TREASURE
VALLEY OF OREGON AND IDAHO TONIGHT LASTING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT
SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOG...MAKING FOR SLICK DRIVING
CONDITIONS. PLEASE USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION THIS MORNING.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

$$







URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1140 AM PST THU JAN 15 2009

WAZ035-036-160400-
/O.CON.KOTX.AS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090121T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOTX.FG.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090116T2000Z/
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...
WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
1140 AM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST FRIDAY...

AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST
FRIDAY.

WIDESPREAD FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS
OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST PLAINS AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
COLUMBIA BASIN AROUND HIGHWAY TWO. THE THICK FOG WILL LIKELY
LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THESE AREAS.
ELSEWHERE...VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED AND THE THREAT FOR DENSE
FOG HAS DIMINISHED IN THE CITY OF SPOKANE.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE ROADS AND SURFACES SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD USE CAUTION.

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER
THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT WINDS AND A
STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
POLLUTANTS...LIKE SMOKE AND VEHICLE EXHAUST...TO BE TRAPPED IN
THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY INDICATES THAT DUE TO LIMITED MOVEMENT
OF AN AIRMASS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...POLLUTION WILL INCREASE
TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS LEVELS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR PHYSICIANS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH HIGH
LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION.

$$


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