WWUS74 KLIX 241110 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 610 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY... .LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...NEAR CALM WINDS AND OVERNIGHT COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE CREATED DENSE FOG. LAZ040-059>070-MSZ080>082-241400- /O.NEW.KLIX.FG.Y.0006.080424T1110Z-080424T1400Z/ ST. TAMMANY-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT... GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE... YSCLOSKEY...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 610 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...NEAR CALM WINDS AND OVERNIGHT COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE CREATED DENSE FOG ACROSS THE NORTHSHORE...MISSISSIPPI COAST AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. SEVERAL REPORTING STATIONS IN SLIDELL...GULFPORT AND JUST SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS HAVE REPORTED VISIBILITY READINGS AT OR BELOW A QUARTER A MILE. IN ADDITION...CAUSEWAY POLICE REPORTED FOG ALONG THE SOUTH HALF OF THE CAUSEWAY. DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY LIFT BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM AS RISING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED WIND SPEEDS WILL PRODUCE MIXING AND DISSOLVE THE FOG. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAMS...REDUCE DRIVING SPEED...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER CARS. YOU CAN OVERTAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE QUICKLY IN POOR VISIBILITIES...SO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. $$