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Dense Fog Advisory 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 30, 2016Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this dense fog advisory at Nov 30, 2016, 12:42 AM EST for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 30, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2016, 12:42 AM EST (05:42 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 30, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 30, 2016, 8:31 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Nov 29, 9:42 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:42 PM EST, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 3:13 PM EST, 9 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 30, 3:30 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX	4 days
Nov 30, 3:45 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX	11 hr
Nov 30, 3:45 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX	36 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Massachusetts, 2016 Dense Fog Advisories in Connecticut, 2016 Every dense fog advisory in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.