dense fog will continue this morning... Visibilities will be less than a quarter mile through mid morning in most places...with local visibilities of less than a hundred feet...so leave lots of time to reach your destination. Air travel to and from Central Wisconsin Airport may be affected by the fog...so call your airline if you have air travel plans.
Forecast for Marathon
Updated: 4:09 am CST on March 11, 2010
Dense fog advisory in effect until noon CST today...
Today
Widespread dense fog reducing visibilities to less than 1/4 mile at times in the morning. Cloudy. A chance of light rain until late afternoon...then rain. Highs 48 to 53. East wind 10 to 20 mph.
... Dense fog advisory now in effect until noon CST today...
The dense fog advisory is now in effect until noon CST today.
* Widespread dense fog is expected with visibilities of one quarter of a mile or less this morning.
* The limited visibilities will result in hazardous travel conditions. Air travel will likely be affected as well.
* The visibility is expected to slowly improve starting late this morning. Dense fog may reform tonight in some areas.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving... slow down... use your low-beam headlights... and leave plenty of distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you.
Special Weather Statement
Statement as of 9:22 PM CST on March 10, 2010
... Air quality advisory for the southern two thirds of Wisconsin...
The Wisconsin department of natural resources has issued an air quality advisory for particle pollution. The advisory affects people living in... Brown... Calumet... Kewaunee... Manitowoc... Marathon... Outagamie... Portage... Shawano... Waushara... Waupaca... Winnebago... and wood counties.
This advisory is in effect until 900 am Thursday.
The air quality index in the advisory area has reached the Orange level... which is considered unhealthy for people in sensitive groups. This includes children... elderly people... individuals with respiratory and cardiac problems... or anyone engaged in strenuous outdoor activities for a prolonged period of time.
Wisconsin continues to be in a very stagnant air pattern. Despite higher wind speeds and precipitation... elevated concentrations of pollutants continued across east-central and central Wisconsin.
The stagnant pattern will remain in place... so an air quality watch is in effect until 1100 PM Thursday.
For current information on air quality readings please call the daily air hotline at 1-866-daily air or 1-866-324-5924.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 4:32 am CST on March 11, 2010
... First thunderstorms of the year reported across portions of central and northeast Wisconsin this morning...
An upper level disturbance moving across Wisconsin triggered the first thunderstorms of the year at several locations across central and northeast Wisconsin.
A thunderstorm was reported shortly before 330 am at the Wisconsin Rapids Airport. In Appleton... a resident reported hearing thunder several times around 330 am. At the Green Bay Airport... thunder was heard shortly before 4 am. The last time a thunderstorm was reported in Green Bay occurred on August 28... 2009.