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Dense Fog Advisory


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
102 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

CAZ301>303-305-306-309>312-162215-
/O.EXP.KHNX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260116T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KHNX.FG.Y.0007.260116T2102Z-260116T2200Z/
Los Banos - Dos Palos-Merced - Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le
Grand - Snelling-West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-Caruthers
- San Joaquin - Selma-Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-Delano-Wasco-
Shafter-Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-Visalia - Porterville -
Reedley-
Including the cities of Selma, Parlier, Atwater, Tulare,
Buttonwillow, Kingsburg, Merced, Lake Mcclure, Madera, Sanger,
Hanford, Shafter, Wasco, Corcoran, Los Banos, Lemoore, Visalia,
Five Points, Lost Hills, Le Grand, Goshen, Alpaugh, Lemoore
Station, Porterville, Delano, Kettleman City, Planada, and Kerman
102 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile to as low as 200 feet in dense
  fog.

* WHERE...Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5, Caruthers - San Joaquin -
  Selma, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, Los
  Banos - Dos Palos, Merced - Madera - Mendota, Planada - Le Grand -
  Snelling, Visalia - Porterville - Reedley, and West Side of Fresno
  and Kings Counties.

* WHEN...Until 2 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
102 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

CAZ307-314>316-162215-
/O.EXP.KHNX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260116T2100Z/
Fresno-Clovis-Bakersfield-Southeast San Joaquin Valley-South End
San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Arvin, Richgrove, Fresno, Bakersfield,
and Lamont
102 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

The dense fog has cleared.

$$

EW


Marine Weather Statement


Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1207 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

PZZ645-650-655-670-673-676-171400-
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM-
East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA
including Santa Cruz Island-
Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa
Catalina and Anacapa Islands-
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM-
Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm
including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands-
Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to
60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands-
1207 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026

...DENSE FOG TO IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

Areas of dense fog, with visibilities of one nautical mile or
less, will impact the coastal waters through the weekend.

Mariners should be prepared for abrupt visibility changes down to
one nautical mile or less. Reduce speeds and be on the lookout for
exposed rocks and other vessels, including large ships in the
shipping lanes. Use radar or GPS navigation if available, and
consider remaining in harbor if such equipment is unavailable.

$$

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