California, 2025Dense Fog in California, January 1, 2025
January 1, 2025 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
With mainly clear skies and light winds, a narrow strip of fog formed in the San Joaquin Valley between Atwater and Visalia near SR 99 around sunrise. The fog briefly reduced visibility to below a quarter mile at a few spots with visibility in Madera being reduced to an eighth of a mile for nearly an hour.
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- Deaths
- 0
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- None recorded
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- None recorded
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With mainly clear skies and light winds, a narrow strip of fog formed in the San Joaquin Valley between Atwater and Visalia near SR 99 around sunrise. The fog briefly reduced visibility to below a quarter mile at a few spots with visibility in Madera being reduced to an eighth of a mile for nearly an hour. The fog completely dissipated by late morning.
Dense Fog, Merced-Madera-Mendota
- When
- January 1, 7:25 AM PST to 8:20 AM PST
- Where
- Merced-Madera-Mendota forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.056, -120.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Visibility of one eighth of a mile was reported in Madera.
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
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