Updated November 4 at 9:09 a.m. CST: The National Weather Service canceled the dense fog advisory for St. Tammany Parish at 8:17 a.m. Wednesday, saying the threat of dense fog had ended.
The cancellation covered northern, southwestern and southeastern St. Tammany, including Covington, Folsom, Bush, Mandeville, Madisonville and Slidell.
The advisory began at 11 p.m. Tuesday, November 3. It initially ran until 8 a.m. Wednesday before the weather service extended it to 9 a.m. in a 4:44 a.m. update. Forecasters had warned that visibility could fall to a quarter mile or less during the morning commute.
A separate marine dense fog advisory for Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound was canceled at 8:19 a.m. Wednesday. That advisory had been scheduled to last until 10 a.m. and had warned of visibility falling to a quarter nautical mile or less. The weather service said the marine dense fog threat had also ended.
APR•St Tammany is not a meteorologist. This report shares information from the National Weather Service.
