Dense fog will be a problem across the Permian Basin tonight into adjacent sections of the western Big Country and south of Lubbock. With temperatures in the teens and twenties the fog will likely deposit a thin layer of ice on exposed objects. Bridges and surface roads are included and should be treated as if they have black ice on them. Freezing Fog is a silent killer since most folks don’t expect fog to ice up roads. Last year a bus ended up sliding off a road onto a moving train out in West Texas due to an unexpectedly slick bridge. We don’t need any traffic accidents caused by speeding drivers who aren’t expecting slick roads. Some snow cover remains on the ground and with freezing fog expected I strongly encourage you to be mindful of icy roads tonight. The dense fog should burn off not long after sunrise as temperatures start to rise above the dewpoint value.

…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS…UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL WEDNESDAY
MORNING…

.A CLEAR SKY IN MOST LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT
WINDS, COLD TEMPERATURES AND MOIST GROUND OR RESIDUAL SNOW COVER
TO PRODUCE AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO
ONE HALF MILE. SINCE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP WELL BELOW
FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA, FREEZING FOG WILL RESULT, AND MAY LEAVE
A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON RAISED SURFACES, VEHICLES, OR PERHAPS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-
WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ARTESIA…CARLSBAD…
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP…TATUM…HOBBS…LOVINGTON…EUNICE…JAL…
SEMINOLE…LAMESA…GAIL…SNYDER…ANDREWS…STANTON…
BIG SPRING…COLORADO CITY…PECOS…MENTONE…RED BLUFF LAKE…
KERMIT…ODESSA…MIDLAND…GARDEN CITY…MONAHANS…CRANE…
MCCAMEY…RANKIN…BIG LAKE
850 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 /750 PM MST TUE DEC 29 2015/

…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST /7 AM
MST/ WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING…TONIGHT UNTIL MID WEDNESDAY MORNING

* VISIBILITY…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE

* IMPACTS…VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE
OR LESS. LIGHT ICE ACCRETION FROM THE FREEZING FOG MAY PRODUCE
SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZING 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.
ALSO…BE ALERT FOR FROST ON BRIDGE DECKS CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS.