Parts of the KVOE listening area may well be contending with patchy dense fog through the mid-morning hours Wednesday.
Chase County is in a dense fog advisory until 11 am, following an advisory for Morris and Wabaunsee counties that ended at 9 am. Visibility could be under a quarter-mile in some locations. Outside the alert box, there have been reports of significantly reduced visibility before 9 am:
*Five miles north of Emporia: 20 feet
*Junction of Kansas Highway 99 and Kansas Highway 170: Under two car lengths
*Osage City: Half a block
*Strong City: Under three car lengths
Drivers are told to slow down, use low-beam headlights and increase the driving distances between vehicles if they encounter fog.
6:30 am Wednesday: Morris, Wabaunsee counties in dense fog advisory until 9 am; thick fog reported near Emporia
Parts of the KVOE listening area may well be contending with patchy dense fog through the mid-morning hours Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 9 am for Morris and Wabaunsee counties. Visibility could be under a quarter-mile in some locations. Outside the alert box, there have been reports of significantly reduced visibility:
*Five miles north of Emporia: 20 feet
*Junction of Kansas Highway 99 and Kansas Highway 170: Under two car lengths
*Osage City: Half a block
*Strong City: Under three car lengths
Drivers are told to slow down, use low-beam headlights and increase the driving distances between vehicles if they encounter fog.
