Foggy Morning Commute

Good morning Stateline!  Hopefully you are having a great start to your Tuesday morning. We are off to yet another foggy start. But first, check out this image captured by our skytrack camera. Not only are you seeing the dense fog that has formed around the Javon Bae Hospital this morning, but also a glimpse of the "Strawberry" moon. June's full moon is called the "Strawberry" moon because strawberries usually ripen during the early summer time.


Clearing skies last night and light winds allowed more fog to form this morning. Only this time, it is much denser than what we experienced during the morning commute yesterday. Visibility in a few spots, like Freeport, Sterling, and Dekalb, have dropped to under 1/2 mile.

This patchy dense fog is expected to continue through the morning commute and into the mid-morning hours. Visibility during this time frame will continue to hover near a 1/4 which could cause hazardous driving conditions this morning.

As you head out onto the roads, take your time and use extra caution. It is wise to use your low-beams when encountering dense fog instead of your high-beams. The bright lights produced by your high-beams, the light would get reflected back to you.

A huge thank you to one of our First Warn Weather Watchers, Sandy Bruch from the Kirkland-Fairdale area, for sending this report in. 
Observations: 
Temperature - 57° 
Weather - Dense fog 
Visibility - 1/4 mile

VIEWER PHOTO: This could be the photo of the week perhaps? Another huge thank you goes to Jennelle Smith who sent in this amazing photo of the beautiful foggy sunrise from Machesney Park this morning!