Clearing skies behind a band of early morning showers and thunderstorms associated with a departing shortwave disturbance led to localized areas of dense fog across portions of the Central Yampa River Basin in northwest Colorado.
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Clearing skies behind a band of early morning showers and thunderstorms associated with a departing shortwave disturbance led to localized areas of dense fog across portions of the Central Yampa River Basin in northwest Colorado.
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1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Localized pockets of dense fog developed across the Central Yampa River Basin during the early morning hours of May 15th. This included near the Craig-Moffat County Airport, where the KCAG ASOS reported visibilities down to 1/4 mile or less at times.
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