A strong and persistent temperature inversion combined with snow-covered ground allowed widespread dense fog to develop.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
A strong and persistent temperature inversion combined with snow-covered ground allowed widespread dense fog to develop.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Visibilities were frequently reduced to near and below one-quarter mile, especially along Interstate 70 west of the Colorado border and Highway 191 towards Moab.
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