Dense fog formed along the coast and extended into most valley areas on the morning of August 20th, with visibility as low as 1/8 of a mile at times. Fog lifted and visibility improved after 0800 PST.
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Dense fog formed along the coast and extended into most valley areas on the morning of August 20th, with visibility as low as 1/8 of a mile at times. Fog lifted and visibility improved after 0800 PST.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 20, 2:44 AM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
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1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense fog observed in Escondido on 8/20 at 6:30 am with visibility of 1/8 mile. Fog lifted and visibility improved by 0800 PST.
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Every storm in California in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2019
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