{"id":159758,"date":"2026-02-18T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159758\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:08:08","slug":"weather-impact-alert-widespread-fog-expected-thursday-and-friday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159758\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Impact Alert: Widespread fog expected Thursday and Friday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dense fog expected both over land and out at sea to round out the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Author: Courteney Knight, James Hopkins, Colleen Campbell, Bobby Deskins&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Published: 6:08 AM EST February 18, 2026&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Updated: 7:31 AM EST February 18, 2026&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"article-sharing__icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=1997344770552980&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtsp.com%2Farticle%2Fweather%2Fweather-impact%2Ftampa-weather-fog-thursday-friday-morning%2F67-f9b9f576-fec1-4b6b-8309-fcedff90f3b5&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtsp.com%2Farticle%2Fweather%2Fweather-impact%2Ftampa-weather-fog-thursday-friday-morning%2F67-f9b9f576-fec1-4b6b-8309-fcedff90f3b5\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"facebook\" data-tracking-action=\"sharing\/facebookLink\" data-tracking-category=\"linkClick\" data-tracking-label=\"Link From: https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/weather\/weather-impact\/tampa-weather-fog-thursday-friday-morning\/67-f9b9f576-fec1-4b6b-8309-fcedff90f3b5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-sharing__logo\" alt=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/facebook.svg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"38\" onload=\"this.parentElement.style.opacity='1';\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        <\/a><br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Weather Impact Alerts will go into effect Thursday and Friday morning as widespread fog, which could be dense at times, looks likely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only are we expecting fog to impact the roads, but also develop out at sea, making boating conditions tricky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IMPACT: Visibility is reduced to a half a mile or less for the morning commute. Visibility is potentially less than one nautical mile or less out at sea.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e52801dc-a2e0-4208-bd86-e3abf173a23a_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e52801dc-a2e0-4208-bd86-e3abf173a23a_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHEN:\u00a0Thursday and Friday morning, 2-10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>NEED: Extra time for the morning commute, low beams, extra space between cars on the road. Make sure all navigation lights are working properly on boats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffa97e85-44aa-44c2-bd75-1e318a976d4e_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffa97e85-44aa-44c2-bd75-1e318a976d4e_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dense fog expected both over land and out at sea to round out the week. &#13; &#13; Author:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-159758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}